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We have not really dived deep into the topic of Permaculture for a while so we are going to do that today.  For those who have studied Permaculture for a while today might be just a bit remedial but I will try to make it interesting for everyone.  We are going to start out with the prime directive, ethics, zones of design and the layers of a forest.  These four components drive the entire system thinking process of permaculture.

We will then discuss 6 permaculture principles and how they apply to the modern survivalist life style.  We will then finish up with some myths and misconceptions about Permaculture.  In doing so I think you will realize that Permaculture is so much more than a way to grow food naturally.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

• Permaculture’s Prime Directive and Three Ethics
  • The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.
    • Care of the earth
    • Care of people
    • Return of surplus
• Zones of Design
  • Zone 0 – inside your shelter
  • Zone 1 – where you naturally step every day
  • Zone 2 – where you are weekly
  • Zone 3 – main crops of agriculture
  • Zone 4 – large scale farm forestry
  • Zone 5 – nature, hunt and gather only
• Rules of Zones
  • You don’t have them all on all properties
  • They should get progressively larger
  • They are not circular they are specific to a property
  • They are in the end subject to the designer not the other way around
  • Spend most of your initial effort on zone 1 or zone 1-2
• The layers of a forest
  • Canopy
  • Sub Canopy
  • Shrub
  • Herbaceous
  • Ground Cover
  • Rhizome
  • Vine
• Key Takeaways About Layers
  • They exist so if you don’t fill them nature will
  • They scale up and down
  • Layers exist in natural and man made systems
• Six Key Permaculture Principles – There are many more.
  • Observe, interact and accept feedback
  • Integrate rather than segregate
  • The greatest yields are always on the edges of systems
  • The forest is the greatest of all teachers
  • Catch, store and rebound energy
  • The more restriction on a design the more eloquent the design if the designer is up to the task
• Permaculture Myths
  • It is only perennials
  • It is separate from techniques like say aquaponics, rotational grazing, etc.
  • It is only for ______
• Final Thoughts

This begins a multi part series on Permaculture, next week we will discuss, sectors of design, earth works, guilds and 6 more design principles.

Resources for today’s show…

• Join the Members Brigade
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• Walking To Freedom
• TspAz.com
• The Granddaddy’s Gun Club
• Biltong for Breakfast
• Carry On My Wayward Son on SongFacts.com
• Carry On My Wayward Son – Kansas

Permaculture Videos

Check out these free videos, you are going to love them…

• 2019 Permaculture Masterclass :: Video-1
• 2019 Permaculture Masterclass :: Video 2
• 2019 Permaculture Masterclass :: Video 3
• 2019 Permaculture Masterclass :: Video 4

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