4. Apply Self Regulation and Accept Feedback
The fourth principle of permaculture is to apply self regulation and accept feedback. Self regulation is about mimicing the systems of nature to form your own living systems. Natural systems take what they need to grow and reproduce and not more. These systems can adapt to change, which is accepting …
Mini Cordwood House Plans: Outside
While the landscape is not quite part of the house, there are many features outside, around the house that will improve our day to day life and the house itself. From the outdoor kitchen and kitchen garden to the garden pond, all the elements including make a more functional home. …
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. …
Saving Corn for Seed
Corn is a very simple crop to save seed from. Just be sure you know what makes for good corn seed. Open pollinated variety You need to have your corn 1000 feet away from other varieties if yoy want to produce the same kind of corn next year. Corn is …
Saving Squash Seeds
Quick note on seed saving: The kinds of seeds you plant to save seeds from matters a lot. Check out this link for information. Saving seeds for squash is basically the same for all different kinds, including pumpkins. All you have to do is pull the seeds out of the …