Comments on: Episode-259- Learning to Harness Permaculture Zones and Layers http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-259-learning-to-harness-permaculture-zones-and-layers Helping You Live the Life You Want, If Times Get Tough, Or Even If They Don't Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Cross http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-259-learning-to-harness-permaculture-zones-and-layers/comment-page-1#comment-15340 Chris Cross Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:13:25 +0000 http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/?p=1067#comment-15340 Gaia's garden is on my wishlist. Seek out many of the mollison videos online via youtube and other video sharing sights, while his core principles are excellent - not knowing any of the plants he is using, nor being able to grow most of them in my climate is not very helpful. I paged through _The Backyard Homestead_ by Carleen Madigan at a local bookstore and it looked excellent and more US based. It is on my wishlist too. Searching for nitrogen fixers has been challenging. Many of them that grow in my area are not native and are classified as invasive. I don't want to introduce something that will take over my production plants. The advanced search here: http://plants.usda.gov/adv_search.html has been excellent. I use it to drill down to the plants that fit my need, then search my county extension office website (which is outstanding) to see if it is a good candidate here. Keep in mind plants that are not invasive in one area may be so in another -- for example a plant that can not handle hot dry summers without irrigation in Texas will never take over there. Put that plant in Minnesota and it goes nuts and crowds out natives and food producing plants.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15340">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Gaia’s garden is on my wishlist. Seek out many of the mollison videos online via youtube and other video sharing sights, while his core principles are excellent – not knowing any of the plants he is using, nor being able to grow most of them in my climate is not very helpful.

I paged through _The Backyard Homestead_ by Carleen Madigan at a local bookstore and it looked excellent and more US based. It is on my wishlist too.

Searching for nitrogen fixers has been challenging. Many of them that grow in my area are not native and are classified as invasive. I don’t want to introduce something that will take over my production plants. The advanced search here: http://plants.usda.gov/adv_search.html has been excellent. I use it to drill down to the plants that fit my need, then search my county extension office website (which is outstanding) to see if it is a good candidate here.

Keep in mind plants that are not invasive in one area may be so in another — for example a plant that can not handle hot dry summers without irrigation in Texas will never take over there. Put that plant in Minnesota and it goes nuts and crowds out natives and food producing plants.

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]]> By: BlackMacX http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-259-learning-to-harness-permaculture-zones-and-layers/comment-page-1#comment-15291 BlackMacX Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:26:04 +0000 http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/?p=1067#comment-15291 I've not had a chance yet to listen to this episode; but the same question came to mind about a good book to start with as a tome/bible for Permaculture; what would be your preference when comparing Bill Mollison's book "Permaculture One" to "Getting Started with Permaculture" to "Gaia’s Garden, Second Edition: A Guide To Home-Scale Permaculture"? I am just curious as I want one that not only gives the basics and the theory; but is also timeless and versatile for any area.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15291">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I’ve not had a chance yet to listen to this episode; but the same question came to mind about a good book to start with as a tome/bible for Permaculture; what would be your preference when comparing Bill Mollison’s book “Permaculture One” to “Getting Started with Permaculture” to “Gaia’s Garden, Second Edition: A Guide To Home-Scale Permaculture”? I am just curious as I want one that not only gives the basics and the theory; but is also timeless and versatile for any area.

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]]> By: Modern Survival http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-259-learning-to-harness-permaculture-zones-and-layers/comment-page-1#comment-15288 Modern Survival Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:50:12 +0000 http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/?p=1067#comment-15288 Also a lot more affordable with a lot of action items is "Getting Started With Permaculture" it gives 50 pretty cool projects you can do. http://tinyurl.com/perma-getting-started<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15288">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Also a lot more affordable with a lot of action items is “Getting Started With Permaculture” it gives 50 pretty cool projects you can do.

http://tinyurl.com/perma-getting-started

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]]> By: Modern Survival http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-259-learning-to-harness-permaculture-zones-and-layers/comment-page-1#comment-15286 Modern Survival Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:47:15 +0000 http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/?p=1067#comment-15286 Permaculture One by Bill Mollison is "The Bible" is is also expensive even used. http://tinyurl.com/permacultureone<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15286">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Permaculture One by Bill Mollison is “The Bible” is is also expensive even used.

http://tinyurl.com/permacultureone

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]]> By: John http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-259-learning-to-harness-permaculture-zones-and-layers/comment-page-1#comment-15284 John Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:39:54 +0000 http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/?p=1067#comment-15284 What is the best book for permaculture?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15284">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> What is the best book for permaculture?

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]]> By: lvschant http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-259-learning-to-harness-permaculture-zones-and-layers/comment-page-1#comment-15282 lvschant Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:32:53 +0000 http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/?p=1067#comment-15282 Great show! Thanks for all the permaculture information. Love these 'growing stuff' shows.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-15282">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Great show! Thanks for all the permaculture information. Love these ‘growing stuff’ shows.

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