Tropical Climate – Page 2 – School of Permaculture

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Refrigeration – Part 1

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November 4, 2014
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Nicholas Burtner demos a low tech water based refrigeration method for perishable foods and drinks in the tropics. ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. What next? (click below) Take a Course Hire a Consultant Hire a Speaker Donate Volunteer (hourly, daily, permablitzes)

Permaculture Tip of the Day – A Permaculture Shower

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October 31, 2014
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Nicholas Burtner does over and explains the main components of a permaculture shower including water heating, water pressure, local construction,

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Turkey Nest Pond

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October 29, 2014
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Nicholas Burtner displays an example of an established turkey nest pond that has been installed at The Yoga Forest which

Permaculture Tip of the Day – When to Install Earthworks

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October 23, 2014
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In this video Nicholas Burtner explains when the best possible time to install and implement earthworks such as keyline plowing,

Permaculture Tip of the Day – To Drill or Not Drill a Water Well?

By nicholas
October 22, 2014
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To drill or not to drill?… Most agricultural land is irrigated by water either on site or from municipalities. That water is usually drawn up from wells that are drilled down to aquifers below 2100 ft. Aquifers that are pumped up from below 2100 ft are not a renewable resource and there is no future that […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Keyhole Mandala Garden Video

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October 11, 2014
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In this video I go over the reason why to create a keyhole and mandala garden, their functions, basic construction, and a strategy for planting. The link to the sheet mulching video mentioned in this video is here. ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. Make sure to […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Fresh Water on Salt Water Islands

By nicholas
September 24, 2014
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It is imperative when working in/on/with islands that all fresh water sources stay as unpolluted as possible. On coral islands (which are often found less than 30 degrees away from the equator) a fresh water lens, from rain that seeps through the top soil and coral, stays afloat on top of the salt water. These fresh […]

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

By nicholas
September 2, 2014
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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 and each stage should build upon the previous (an the electrical system works better and installs […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – The 5 Layers of a Prairie

By nicholas
August 14, 2014
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Depending on where you live the word prairie can be exchanged with rangeland or grassland. The popular, and profound, work of Allan Savory and his Holistic Management has shown how large herding animals graze off of rangelands/prairies, and then are moved by predators, thus giving us a blueprint of how rangeland ecosystems function. This knowledge […]

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 […]

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