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Episode-2846- Permaculture Property Design for The Everyday Person

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I have been getting some questions about Permaculture lately and it has been specific to PDCs (permaculture design courses) in a lot of instances.  Mainly is a PDC worth taking and what do you really get out of it. This is where I may take some flack from some Permaculture teachers, I do not believe a PDC is right for many.   Here is why, a PDC is a 72 hour course, it is either rammed into 2 weeks in person or done over time online.  60-70% of the material is philosophy over techniques and tactics or tactics and techniques that … Continue reading →

Episode-2423- The Design Science of Permaculture – Part Four

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Four weeks ago I realized that we have not really dived deep into the topic of Permaculture I began this current series on Permaculture. So far we have completed part one, part two and part three of this series. If you have not listened to them you may want to before proceeding in the series.  You can find the entire series here. Today we are pulling back a bit from a pure design discipline approach to talk about what I see as the goal for the majority of TSP listeners that want to bring permaculture into their own back yard.  … Continue reading →

Episode-2418- The Design Science of Permaculture – Part Three

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Three weeks ago I realized that we have not really dived deep into the topic of Permaculture I began this current series on Permaculture.  So far we have completed part one and part two of this series. If you have not listened to them you may want to because today we are going into techniques and tactics.  In general when people jump into techniques and consider the technique itself “permaculture” we get “type one errors”, and we don’t want that. Today we expand on our series as we continue with techniques, tactics and strategies as they relate to Permaculture design.  … Continue reading →

Episode-2413- The Design Science of Permaculture – Part Two

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Last week I realized that we have not really dived deep into the topic of Permaculture for a while so last Tuesday I did part one of this series.  If you have not listened to it you may want to listen to it for a basic understanding of the science of permaculture, especially if the topic itself is new to you. Today we expand on Part One and discuss sectors of design and basic earthworks.  We also discuss property evaluation though the permaculture lens of “water, access, structure”. I also expand on the prior episodes design principles with 6 more … Continue reading →

Episode-2408- The Design Science of Permaculture – Part One

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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 … Continue reading →

Episode-448- Permaculture Practice and Principles

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Permaculture is viewed by some as a “hippie topic” but its founder Bill Mollison was anything but a hippie.  Bill spent his early life as a hunter of big game in Tasmania, later worked as a logger cutting trees for the construction boom of the mid century.  He eventually realized the unsustainable nature of man kinds “progress” in both agriculture and lifestyle and spent a few years as a hermit studying the forest. Later upon his return to society he stated after his transformational time in the forest, “I decided I could either sit back and let the bastards roll … Continue reading →

Episode-374- Time to Plan the Spring Garden

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We have looked at some dark subjects lately, we will look at more soon but let’s put a positive subject in today that focuses more on what we can do rather than why we need to do it.  It is early Feburary, much of the nation is frozen solid, this may not sound like time to get going with a garden but indeed in most places you may already be late with some seed starting. Tune in today as we discuss… Starting seeds vs. buying plants What can you grow now in many (not all places) Why you need a … Continue reading →

Episode-203- The 12 Permaculture Design Principles

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Today we discuss the 12 principles of permaculture design and how they can be stated in more tactical or business minded views to make them a bit more concrete for some. Tune in today to hear the 12 Permaculture Design Principles and Alternative Views of Them… Observe and Interact – or – Be a Part of Things Catch and Store Energy – or – Be an Ant not a Grasshopper Obtain a Yield – or – Get an ROI on Your Efforts Apply Self Regulation and Accept Feedback – or – Don’t Kill the Golden Goose Use and Value Resources … Continue reading →