Tip of the Day – Page 16 – School of Permaculture

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Keypoints

By nicholas
June 25, 2014
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After a permaculture design course, many permaculture practitioner and designer feel as they though their understanding of key points in landscape is rather blurred. I have come up with a list of tips that make keypoints easier to understand, easier to find, and some of the ways they can be utilized. There is not just one keypoint per hillside or mountain […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Wind Breaks as Nutrient Traps

By nicholas
June 24, 2014
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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 falls on the inside edge of the forest. To capture that nutrient we can utilize […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Soil Building Ecosystems

By nicholas
June 23, 2014
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In permaculture we look to nature as a teacher to show us how to biomimic it’s design to create life rich systems. There is a hierarchy of soil creation in nature. The richest regions of life on earth can be found in the shallow marines. These are brakish in characteristic meaning they have a mixture […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Condensation as Irrigation

By nicholas
June 20, 2014
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In dry land climates or places where summers are very hot and dry it is beneficial to add water condensing surfaces for long term irrigation strategies. We can feed trees and vegetation up to 80% more of the average rainfall of the region by setting up appropriate condensation traps in the areas where we are […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Pest Traps for Protein

By nicholas
June 19, 2014
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In permaculture we have a principle that states: The problem is the solution. I could write the next week’s worth of tips just on that topic alone. However today’s tip will use this principle with pest management, specifically to invertebrates such as termites, grasshoppers, ants, and cockroaches. These guys are more than likely going to […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Shading Snow

By nicholas
June 17, 2014
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It is too cold to rain in Antarctica. This actually makes Antarctica the driest place on earth. In places where there is 6 months or more of snow, we work and plan a design around and for the snow melt. When spring comes in these environments (often times in cold temperate climates) it comes quick, […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Which Fish First?

By nicholas
June 17, 2014
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After newly establishing a fish pond or a fish tank, it is wise to allow the orders of life in the pond to initiate before filling with fish. However, there is a fish that can be added right away which will aid in life inoculation for the pond which will boost the orders of life. Silver perch, (Bidyanus bidyanus), can be […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – The Desert Garden

By nicholas
June 13, 2014
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I am a big fan of sheet mulch gardening. It is a life inoculating, less weedy, less work, major output to minimum input gardening method. Sheet mulching also biomimicks nature in the way that nature creates soil and rich life filled organic matter by adding layer upon layer of decaying leaves, twigs, grasses, etc… Nature does […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Transplanting a Young Tree

By nicholas
June 12, 2014
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Often times when we transplant young tree saplings we will tie or stake them to encourage them to grow straight. What is not widely known and often times overlooked is that when a tree bends or stretches in the wind it creates special hormones such as auxin to grow thicker. The tree will also aid […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – What is a Banana Circle?

By nicholas
June 11, 2014
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Nicholas Burtner discusses how to build a banana circle, how to plant a poly culture guild around a banana circle, how to work strategy and time within a banana circle, and how to link banana circles together for true abundance in farming and growing bananas.

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