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Permaculture and Money – Part 1
Permaculture and Money – Part 1 Cash, conflict and crisis: How is money connected to limited and violent beliefs, and how can we transcend these beliefs? Permaculture design is about finding ways in which parts of a system can harmonise together, creating regenerative patterns and structures which can help us to develop as part of […]
Overpopulation, Nature’s Revenge, & Pandemic
Overpopulation, Nature’s Revenge, & Pandemic Don’t Dismiss the Design Option Has the planet simply had enough of people? Are there are too many of us, and this pandemic is the paramount example? It’s easy to let our minds meander this way, but we have likely had more serious pandemics (Let’s see this one reach its […]
The Permaculture Pantry
The Permaculture Pantry Naturally Prepared Going to the supermarket, in this time of pandemic, has increasingly begun to look more like a game of Russian roulette. While the odds may still seem to be considerably better than 1 in 6, the stakes keep increasing and the likelihood of COVID-19 coming to a house near you […]
Planting Seeds in Crisis
Planting Seeds in Crisis Food and seed sovereignty in uncertain times As governments of more and more countries introduce various kinds of lockdowns (1) during the ongoing virus “pandemic” (1), we appear to be experiencing what many would say is an unprecedented global “crisis” (see for example 2). This article will explore the opportunities inherent […]
Applying Food Forest Growing to Farms
Applying Food Forest Growing to Farms Beyond Garden Scale Gardeners know too well the feeling of overwhelm when facing a new landscape. The seemingly infinite possibilities brings up the question, “Where do I start?”. Fortunately, there is a process we can use to answer that, it’s called permaculture design. From Food Forest to Farming Dreams […]
Making The Most Of What We Harvest
Making The Most Of What We Harvest Secondary Uses for Common Crops It’s nearing the end of our main growing season here in North Carolina. Halfway through October, our tomato plants are not much longer for the world, perhaps even living on borrowed time now. Summer squashes have given way, and winter squashes are strewn […]
How to Make Instant Garden Beds
HOW TO MAKE INSTANT GARDEN BEDS A common problem when just starting a garden is dealing with the fact that we’ve not had time to condition the soil, fostering it into something heaving with fertility. Or, maybe we just aren’t that far into gardening yet anyway and don’t know what to do. Basically, it seems […]
How to Start an Urban Farm
HOW TO START AN URBAN FARM Like any new venture, starting an urban farm is a daunting and difficult task. Not only do you have to find land to farm, but that land also must be suitable for growing food. Not only do you have to know how to grow food, but you also have […]
Fixes for Nutrient Deficient Soil
FIXES FOR NUTRIENT DEFICIENT SOIL Basic understanding of plant health comes from the soil they grow in. Their nutrition is vital to their health and overall sustainability, so it’s essential for plants to get all of the macronutrients necessary to thrive. However, there are times we still struggle with a plant mysteriously dying off long […]
Greening the Desert with Permaculture
GREENING THE DESERT WITH PERMACULTURE “I have never seen soil like this before” was the comment that Bill Mollison made during a visit to the Greening the Desert Project in 2011. At the time, he was referring to the poor state of the soil in the small village of Jawasari, Jordan. An area of the […]
Permaculture Chickens–6 Practical Lessons From the Evolution of Chickens
PERMACULTURE CHICKENS – 6 PRACTICAL LESSONS FROM THE EVOLUTION OF CHICKENS One of the fundamentals of permaculture design is to observe, understand and work with natural ecosystems. It sounds simple enough to apply permaculture principles to chicken keeping. Can’t we just observe wild chickens in their natural environment? The problem is, modern domesticated chickens don’t […]
Ornamental Plants That are Edible and/or Edible Plants That are Ornamental
ORNAMENTAL PLANTS THAT ARE EDIBLE AND/OR EDIBLE PLANTS THAT ARE ORNAMENTAL When I first began growing food and working with ideas of permaculture, I lived in the tropics where many edible plants leaf out large and are exceptionally stunning. Moreover, the places I found myself building gardens tended to be free-for-alls, where anything goes and […]
Principles For Designing a Holistic Food System
PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGNING A HOLISTIC FOOD SYSTEM Most people have an unconscious feeling that we can´t continue down the path we´re currently on. The supposed abundance witnessed on the shelves of our local grocery store might seem promising, but deep down we know that we can´t continue to outsource our need for food to a […]
Using Gray Water When It’s Too Late to Design Your Home For It
USING GRAY WATER WHEN IT’S TOO LATE TO DESIGN YOUR HOME FOR IT Recently, I wrote an article about passively heating and cooling homes when they haven’t been designed well for it, and to my delight, lots of people left comments, many of them appreciative, regarding the tips. Within those post-article conferring, someone asked for […]
Money & Permaculture
MONEY & PERMACULTURE Money, though valuable in its own way, probably should not be the motivating factor for adopting a permaculture lifestyle, that is unless the idea is to escape the perils associated with it. Nonetheless, how and where money will come from seems to be one of the more frequently asked questions when I […]
