Nicholas Burtner shows a zone 1 series of terrace gardens and how strategic methods for moving nutrient and harvesting can
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)
In this video Nicholas Burtner explains when the best possible time to install and implement earthworks such as keyline plowing,
Nicholas Burtner discusses an ancient Native American house design called kiva, and how we can put a permaculture lens on it to fit into an eco-architectural landscape. * not mentioned in the video is that the original roofs were often flat as well as tee-peed The “plumb a house tip” mentioned in the video can […]
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 […]
Here I explain a first flush system that is set up in the backyard of our urban site in Plano, TX. Make sure to view our current Course Schedule and to check out the newly redesigned Permaculture Design Course that allows you to start when you can, come when you can, and pay when you […]
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 […]
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.
Swale defined: A water harvesting ditch on contour. Nicholas Burtner explains in detail, but stays light, on the topic of swales in permaculture. What they are, how to create them, and what they are used for in permaculture and earthworks. As a bonus, at the end of the video there is a collage of different […]
Sometimes when we start planning a food forest we can get caught up with getting things very precise. For example when I first was guided into food forestry I was taught that I “needed” to plant one nitrogen fixing tree for every 3 food bearing trees. After having great mentors and a very solid blocks […]