Water – Page 4 – School of Permaculture

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 – Plumbing a House

By nicholas
September 23, 2014
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When possible, it is ideal to have as much piping and plumbing for water use in the house in close proximity to each another. Not only is this common sense, but it maximizes effectiveness and reduces the amount of material, and hours working, plumbing the house. If designing a house with let’s say two interior […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Ridiculously Fast and Easy Compost Tea

By nicholas
September 10, 2014
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When making soil pro-biotics such as compost tea, it is easy to get bogged down in the “chemistry” of compost tea preparation. Often we learn very precise measurements, time and infiltration for air inoculation, and a host of different ingredients to add. And on a large farm or broad acre site, I will recommend to stick […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Double The Yield

By nicholas
September 9, 2014
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When thinking about the placement of water loving plant species such as water chestnut and blueberries, it is beneficial to home them near the edge of a water feature such as a pond or grey water system. A whole day is usually given to the study of pattern in a permaculture design course. If we take a 1/4 […]

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 – Neutralizing Acidic Water

By nicholas
August 22, 2014
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7 is neutral on the p.H. scale. The average p.H. of rain water is around 6.2 on the p.H. scale. If rain water is captured and stored in tanks for drinking then becomes acidic due to a variety of reasons (biology, pollution, tank material, etc…) we can add a bit of limestone (the rock – not the powder) inside the tank […]

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 – The 4 Layers of a Pond

By nicholas
August 15, 2014
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When studying permaculture at any depth it is easy to be empowered with information such as every forest in the world has seven layers (learn more), or that prairies are layered too (learn more). Since design and order is not exclusive to land systems, we can see the order of life in every pond or aquatic system. The […]

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 – Regenerative Rice Fields

By nicholas
August 5, 2014
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There are very few sustainable and regenerative farming methods in known recorded history that can be modeled after for long term food and water abundance. Thailand has been known to bear highly productive rice fields that have existed for over 5000 years. At first glance of the abundance it is easy to think “why don’t we just build rice […]

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