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    Nicholas Burtner

    Design Highlights for Gun Ranges

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Concepts in Design, Design, Earthworks, Methods of Design, Tip of the Day, Uncategorized
    January 13, 2021
    0

    I’ve had a number of folks ask me to design in a firing range on their farm. Good idea for practice and especially if you have excess material you need to find something to do with. In the past I’ve …

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    How to Live off the Land: A Permaculture Guide

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    • Categories Blog, Community, Design, Earthworks, Farming, Gardening, General, Methods of Design, Tip of the Day, Videos, Water
    August 27, 2019
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    Here we’re sharing a cool resource from our colleagues at Wild Abundance. They run a school for permaculture, homesteading, and natural building in the southern Appalachian mountains, near Asheville, NC. Based on nearly 2 decades of experience living with the land …

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    Nicholas Burtner

    Permaculture Consultation – Suburban Lot, HOA & Tiny

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Design, Gardening, Methods of Design, Videos
    January 17, 2018
    0

    In this video I consult for Nicholas and his family about moving forward and taking the next steps to getting his hands in the dirt and moving forward with starting to enjoy life, not over think, and growing their own …

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    Nicholas Burtner

    Permaculture Tip of the Day – What Are Type One Errors?

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Aquaculture, Architecture, Climatic Factors, Community, Concepts in Design, Courses/Workshops, Dryland Climate, Earthworks, Farming, Food Forestry, Gardening, General, Methods of Design, Patterns, Soils, Temperate Climate, Tip of the Day, Trees, Tropical Climate, Uncategorized, Urban, Water
    February 17, 2015
    215

      (A busted and breached pond/dam wall) TYPE ONE ERRORS are classified as errors/mistakes on a site which will either cost you or the client a lot of time, money, or energy to replace, redo, or clear out of a …

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    Nicholas Burtner

    Permaculture Tip of the Day – The Permaculturist's Tool Bag

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Concepts in Design, Methods of Design, Temperate Climate, Tip of the Day, Uncategorized, Water
    September 29, 2014
    7

    A year or so ago I consulted on a beautiful property (The Earthstead Farm) with Sam Dodson and Rebecca Visconti who are passionate about system change and moving towards a sustainable and regenerative future in homesteading. Listening back to this …

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    Nicholas Burtner

    Problems/Solutions to Permaculture Design Course Formats

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Community, General, Methods of Design, Uncategorized
    • Comments 1 comment
    September 15, 2014
    2

    The original Permaculture Design Course format was three weeks long. The first two weeks taught the bulk content of the course and the last week was filled with networking (this was even before fax). Since then the course has had …

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    Nicholas Burtner

    Permaculture Tip of the Day – How to Plan and Develop a Permaculture Site

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Aquaculture, Architecture, Climatic Factors, Community, Concepts in Design, Courses/Workshops, Dryland Climate, Earthworks, Farming, Food Forestry, Gardening, General, Methods of Design, Patterns, Soils, Temperate Climate, Tip of the Day, Trees, Tropical Climate, Uncategorized, Urban, Videos, Water
    September 2, 2014
    4

    What is often left out in much of permaculture teaching is the “how to install the design”. And not only what that entails, but steps in how to do it. It is most manageable when the design is implemented in stages …

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    Nicholas Burtner

    Permaculture Tip of the Day – Zone Planning Basics

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Methods of Design, Tip of the Day, Uncategorized
    August 27, 2014
    16

    Permaculture really shines when it comes to the practical placement of elements in a holistic design. Permaculturists are taught a wide variety of methods of design, and utilized often, is zone planning. Zone planning makes the idea of time – …

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    Nicholas Burtner

    Permaculture Tip of the Day – Planning a Food Forest Part 1

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Food Forestry, Gardening, Methods of Design, Tip of the Day, Trees, Uncategorized
    August 26, 2014
    250

    In permaculture design we utilize a method of design called analysis. When designing a food forest it wise to analyze and think through as much of the succession as possible of your forest (click here to learn the 7 layers …

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    Permaculture Tip of the Day – How Much Dedicated Water Storage?

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Aquaculture, Concepts in Design, Methods of Design, Tip of the Day, Uncategorized, Water
    July 7, 2014
    2

      Water is an exceptionally important design feature when designing permaculture sites. Where it comes from? how to store it? how to distribute it? and how will it exit a property? are just a few questions that arise in the design stage. …

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    Nicholas Burtner

    Permaculture Tip of the Day – Uninspired Design

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Methods of Design, Tip of the Day, Uncategorized
    June 27, 2014
    10

      At the end of a permaculture design course, students are asked to create their first permaculture design, usually for a real location. Often times students say, “I cannot draw” or “I am not creative”. Contrary to their beliefs anyone can …

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    Nicholas Burtner

    Permaculture Tip of the Day – Wind Breaks as Nutrient Traps

    • Posted by Nicholas Burtner
    • Categories Farming, Food Forestry, Methods of Design, Tip of the Day, Trees, Uncategorized
    June 24, 2014
    32

    Photo: Ian Scanlan www.igivetrees.com When two environments come together we usually can prepare to see the edge effect in full effect. When a prairie meets a forest, a rain of nutrient in the form of pollen and insect parts and feces …

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