In the Army I was a heavy wheeled diesel mechanic. While I did not realize it as a young man the most valuable skill that job taught me was “trouble shooting”. As a trouble shooter you look at a problem and dissect it logically down to component parts, evaluate and implement a solution.
I believe this is why I have so embraced Permaculture, as at its core it is trouble shooting for the problems we face in feeding, housing and providing energy for ourselves. So today I will take some common problems those attempting to grow their own food face and give you permaculture style principles for solving them.
Join me today as we discuss problems such as…
- Dealing with steep and rocky land
- Dealing with cold climates and short growing seasons
- Hot summers that drive up electric bills
- Dealing with low lying areas that get too swampy
- Dealing with excessive shade with out cutting everything down
- Growing a decent amount of food in very small areas
- Dealing with depleted soils with minimal off site organic matter
- Dealing with swings in climate conditions
- Dealing with deer
- Not all holes, look like holes
Additional Resources for Today’s Show
- Members Support Brigade
- TSP Gear Shop
- Information on DirtTime 2010 (3 Seats to be given in tomorrow’s contest)
- Join Our Forum
- Tactical Response Gear – (sponsor of the day)
- Silver and Gold Shop – (sponsor of the day)
- The North East Braces for a “Snow Hurricane”
- In Grave Danger of Failing Food - Bill Mollison Video I Mentioned
- Greening the Desert with Permaculture
- Mastering the 22 Rifle (my eBook due out soon)
- Ron Hood’s Survival.com Magazine
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