I came across a peer reviewed study 20+ years ago where some crazy folks got a grant to put, I crud you not, plastic palm trees in the middle of the Sahara desert to see the outcome. Their hypothesis was that the surface layer and third dimensional construct of the...
It’s a common misconception that pine needles can change soil pH. It is also thought that pine trees themselves change soil pH. Pines generally like slightly acidic soil conditions for healthy growth. It is known that they host various soil micro organisms...
The One-Straw Revolution, Masanobu Fukuoka, Rodale Press, 1978 The One-Straw Revolution is a collection of essays written by the author over a period of years, detailing both his methods of natural farming and his ideas of healthful living and land stewardship. These...
Understanding nature’s patterns within a specific landscape gives a framework for sustainable permaculture design. Permaculture is a philosophy not only for agriculture but to human interaction with nature. Its focus is to work with its natural systems and or build...
Permaculture is built on the ethics of earth care, people care and fair share, and is practically applied through 12 different principles. These principles provide the outline for which to begin and continue permaculture as a system and lifestyle to work with nature...
“Permaculture has come to mean more than just food sufficiency in the household. Self-reliance in food is meaningless unless people have access to land, information, and financial resources. So in recent years it has come to encompass appropriate legal and financial...
