How to Design a Permaculture Food Forest
“Food forest” – “forest garden” – “agroforestry” – if you grew up seeing farms with single-crop fields stretching away into the distance, these terms may provoke some cognitive dissonance. [...]
Three Simple Steps to Overcome Permaculture Design Overwhelm
(A Quick Summary of Rob Avis’ in-depth article on Mainframe Design, published in Permaculture Magazine) When you’re face to face with your new property, how can you set priorities in beginning [...]
How Rainwater Cisterns Filter Water
One of the fascinating concepts in biology is the microbial infallibility hypothesis. In his 1951 textbook, British microbiologist Ernest Gale put forward a hypothesis which stated: “If [...]
Why Build a Permaculture Property Part I
If there was ever a time to add Permaculture to your property, it is now: whether you plan to buy a new piece, rural or urban, and transform it, or to redesign the property you have. The last [...]