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

By nicholas
August 26, 2014
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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 of a food forest). A good example of this can be seen by looking to the […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Evolution of a Pond

By nicholas
August 20, 2014
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Not widely known is that most prairies and forests start as water retention pools also known as ponds. When a water filled hole in a landscape fills, the “4 layers of life” balance the pond and maintain it for several hundred years (learn more). After many years silts from decaying organic matter start to fill the pond. If […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Where is the Nitrogen in Legumes?

By nicholas
August 19, 2014
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Nitrogen fixation, to say the least, is COOL! The design of nature that allows for bacteria to symbiotically align with legumes, and some other species, to deliver atmospheric nitrogen into the soil is a blueprint for the next phase of the long term food supply for humans. When we combine a technique called chop and […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – The 7 Layers of a Forest

By nicholas
August 12, 2014
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(Artwork by Graham Burnett from his book “Permaculture A Beginners Guide” – www.spiralseed.co.uk) Every forest in the world has a minimum of seven layers. (Some tropical and subtropical forests have up to nine layers and depending on how we classify layers, bacteria and fungus can hold additional layers as well). What is amazing is that when the order of life […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Make It Rain!

By nicholas
August 8, 2014
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There are a variety of ways that nature seeds clouds. When we look to deserts and through history of the Native Americans (and many natives of other countries too) community events such as rain dances are often used to make it rain. Known of unbeknownst to them, when having a community full of dancers in […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Poison for Dry Lands

By nicholas
July 22, 2014
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In permaculture we learn a truly remarkable arsenal of techniques, strategies, and patterning that is at our disposal for permaculture consulting and design. It would probably lift a few eyebrows if I said that if a farmer truly needed a chemical such as fungicide to save a crop which will provide money and food for his […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Winter Livestock Grazing & Feeding

By nicholas
July 16, 2014
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In an agricultural system that is built with organic fertilization, grass fed animals, abundance, and nutrition at the forefront of thinking, then we will, on most occasions design a system that moves grazing and herding animals in a paddock/cell shifting way. Whether it be rotational, rational, or other grazing type, a problem occurs in regions […]

Working With Nature Permaculture School’s Urban Site Design

By nicholas
July 11, 2014
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Permaculture Tip of the Day – What Goes in My Orchard?

By nicholas
July 10, 2014
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Orchards vary in species widely depending on which climate region they reside in. We can use a stone fruit orchard as an example which will be at ease in a temperate climate region. As well as stone fruits, this region grants room for pomes, nuts, and a myriad of berries. Below are some very crucial […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Root Spreading Stone

By nicholas
July 3, 2014
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Given enough time and planning we can add a large stone underneath the root layer of a freshly planted tree (usually best for sapling trees that do not already have a large root foundation). This particular method can be utilized greatly in arid climates and underneath dwarf trees that are used in the urban and suburban environments. The […]

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