Permaculture as a Design Science – Part Five – Epi-3073
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Today we continue what is going to be at least a 5 part series on the design science of Permaculture. These will be both done as audio podcasts and in live feeds with support from power point slides. This series will serve long term as what will amount to a free introductory course on Permaculture. If you have not listened to part one, part two, part three & part four. If you did not yet listen to those episodes, you may want to listen to them first for a better of the science of permaculture, before diving into the topic of techniques.
Today we expand on our series as we continue with techniques, tactics and strategies as they relate to Permaculture design. While today we will focus on food production and livestock I do want to remind you that as a design science permaculture can be applied to just about anything from designing a business to designing your lifestyle.
Today in part five we discuss permaculture for smaller properties ranging from 1/10th – 1 acre specifically though all of these techniques can be employed in any design and especially in zone one design on larger properties as well.
Join Me Today to Discuss…
- Going back to TSPs very early roots, this is really about moving from home to homestead
- Some advantages to small properties and zone one design
- You can mulch and irrigate everything
- You can build the most productive soil in the world
- It forces you to think about every decision
- Your system ends up easy to maintain and you don’t get in over your head
- The truth – You actually already know how to do this – you just need to give yourself permission to act
- Systems and Techniques for Urban Design
- Aquaponics
- Wicking Beds
- Micro Earth Works
- Water Catchment
- Garden Ponds
- Columnar Apples or Spindle Apples
- Trellises
- Encourage Beneficial Insects
- Container Gardening
- Animal Systems – quail, chickens, rabbits, pigeons, fish, worms
- Permaculture Principles for Small Space Design
- Do the least work for the highest return
- Everything should serve multiple functions
- The problem is the solution
- Diversity is only as powerful as the interconnections it creates
- Slow, spread and soak water and hence nutrient
- Humans are native to earths ecological systems
- Water is life, but so is soil – if soil isn’t lost it is being built
- Final Thoughts
This continues a multi part series on Permaculture, next time we will discuss, guilds, free form vs. specific design, 6 more design principles and more.
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- Get the Exodus Wallet
Recommended Reading
- Retrosurburbia – by David Holmgren
- Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway
- Paradise Lot by Jonathan Bates and Eric Toensmeier
Permaculture Videos & Resources
- Clip I Played in the Livestream of Rob Avis’ Property
- Clip I Played of Geoff Lawton’s Urban Permaculture on Earthworks, Water Catch and Garden Ponds
- The Full Length Video of Geoff Lawton’s Urban Permaculture
- The full Video Featuring Rob Avis
- PDF of Today’s PPT Slides from the Video Version
- The 5 Minute Video I Played in Today’s Presentation Walking though my Food Forest
- Understanding Scales of Permanence in Key Line Design
- Great Article on the Scale of Permanence
- Back Yard Orchard Culture Explained
- Permaculture in the MicroSpace – video I played several minutes of today
- Interview I did with Verge Permaculture
- 16 Part Permaculture Design Series I did on Youtube
- Five Primary Functions of Swales
- An Explanation of Swales as a Design System
- Build Your Own High Tunnels with this Tool and Chain Link Fence Rails
- Toby Hemenway on Liberation Permaculture – Epi-180 – TSP Rewind
- Episode-21- TSP Rewind – Toby Hemenway on Developing Self Sustaining Urban Communities
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