Tip of the Day – Page 8 – School of Permaculture

Permaculture Tip of the Day – One Family, Seven Kids, Homesteading & Home Schooling

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January 14, 2016
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THIS IS PERMACULTURE! If they can do this, so can you! Nicholas Burtner is near Victoria, BC, Canada and got to visit Many Hands Farm of Curtis and Kim Robinson. They come from the same background just like many of you and turned their lives around for the better – into permaculture. Check this video […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – How To Make A Keyhole Garden

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January 4, 2016
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Learn how to build and make a keyhole garden bed from start to finish with Nicholas Burtner, the director of the School of Permaculture. And here is a vegetable garden growing guide for beginners – here ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. What next? (click below) Take […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Mediterranean Dry Land Gray Water System & Plant Selection

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December 9, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner gets a tour of Orella Ranch with Loren Luyendyk as he discusses the intricacies of planting a gray water banana circle-ish system in the Mediterranean dry lands. You can contact/hire Loren at: www.sborganics.com ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. What next? (click below) Take a […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Quick & Easy Freeze Protection For Your Plants

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December 4, 2015
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School of Permaculture graduate and owner of Dancin Creek Permaculture Center shows us how to make a quick and easy portable freeze protector that can be set up in a few minutes. Just in time for winter! ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. What next? (click below) […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Replenishing an Aquifer with Swales – A Case Study

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November 26, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner is at Casitas Valley Farm getting the scoop from Warren Brush on how a 9 month old swale has had unbelievable aquifer filling ability for a well on the property, even in the midst of a drought! ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. What next? […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Are Pallets Poisonous?

By nicholas
November 16, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner searches through a few stacks of used pallets (with permission of course) and gives a very timely and practical tip on which pallets to use and which pallets to stay clear of – especially if using in the garden. ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Gravity Fed “Dark” Gray Water System

By nicholas
November 9, 2015
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Gray water is typically any waste water that is used other than the toilet and kitchen sink water. Dark gray water is the same but inclusive with the water that drains from kitchen sink. Nicholas Burtner is in Victoria, BC, Canada with the amazing Ann and Gord Baird on their off grid established homestead showing […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Swale Crossing Suburban Size

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June 4, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner is at, what is believed to be the first apartment complex in the country (USA) that has specifically asked for permaculture and a food forest, woohoo!!!, and shows us a how to put in a suburban size swale crossing pathway. #TortillaCheeseTortilla ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Self Wicking Seed Starter

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May 21, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner explains what is seed starter and talks us through how to put together a larger version which is good for all types of permaculture site applications, and especially for the suburban and urban environments. ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. What next? (click below) Take […]

Permaculture Tip of the day – Hydrating a Suburban Food Forest With Swales

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April 30, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner is at the School of Permaculture’s suburban site, demonstrating properly designed swales in a back yard food forest. The suburban earthwork features have substantially hydrated the very dry and expanding clay subsoil (which could hardly be quenched years prior) to now hold water in basins even with just a few light rains. ~We […]

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