3. Obtain a Yield
The most obvious example of “obtain a yield” is to grow food. You do work planting, growing, maintaining, and harvesting a garden to get a yeild. Amazing food that you can eat and then store the excess to eat through the winter. Simple, right? We can make it a little …
2. Catch and Store Energy
The second permacuture principle is catch and store energy. When you think of “catch and store energy,” solar power tends to be the first thing that comes to mind. This is a great start, but energy that can be caught and stored can be so much more than just solar. …
1. Observe and Interact
The first of 12 permaculture principles is observe and interact. This is about sitting back and looking at what you have before you interact. Take a walk, sit on a rock, get a portable hammock so you can set it up in various places so you observe your land in …
Permaculture Design Principles
The permaculture design principles are a set of tools that we are using to design a more efficient and sustainable homestead. While we are using these principles in a certain way, according to what we have and our climate, these principles can be universally applied to create systems anywhere you …
What is Permaculture?
What is permaculture? Broken down into its parts, permanent agriculture. It is a sustainable living methodology including home, garden, and community. According to Bill Mollison, one of the founders of permaculture, it is, “The conscious design and maintenance of cultivated ecosystems which have the diversity, sustainability, and resilience of natural …
Autumn is for Garden Bed Building
My autumn season has been incredibly busy. Cut firewood. Haul materials for new garden beds. Along with all the regular chores of course. I am preparing beds now so that the compost can start to rot in its new home and because the leaves are so numerous in the autumn. …
Yard Waste Upcycle
This is the fantastic pile of rich yard waste we have to work with: The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how a pile of twisted up “waste” can be useful for so many different things. The pile is tree tops left by the logger and pushed aside, twisting …
Starting Rootstock with Crabapples
Fruit trees are a major component in a food forest. Since we plan on cultivating a large food forest, we better get going on some fruit trees. Especially since trees don’t bear fruit for quite a few years. However, we have approximately $0.00 to buy fruit trees so what do …