So, now to look at the second of the principles I was asked to consider. I’ve chosen look at principle 3: obtain a yield, and to apply it to the fabulous Incredible Edible Todmorden. As before, let’s start by taking a look at what Holgrem has to say about it. “Principle 3 : OBTAIN A [...]
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Incredible Edible Todmorden: Obtain a yield
Posted in homework, tagged agriculture, chickens, design, eggs, environment, garden, grow your own, guerilla gardening, holgrem, incredible edible, incredible edible todmorden, land management, permaculture, permaculture design course, permaculture principles, schools, self sufficiency, sustainability, todmorden on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Permaculture Zoning, you know it makes sense.
Posted in lecture notes, tagged agriculture, design, efficiency, environment, garden, lecture notes, permaculture, permaculture design course, sustainability, zone, zones, zoning on February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Zoning, for me, is one of the simplest, most useful, most obvious and most revolutionary ideas from permaculture. When I was young we moved into a house with a decent sized garden for the first time. Next to the house was a concrete patio area, then a lawn and then, hidden behind a hedge, was [...]
Use Edges and Value the Marginal
Posted in homework, tagged agriculture, bees, bumblebee conservation trust, bumblebees, environment, farmers, hedgerows, holgrem, land management, observations, permaculture, permaculture design course, permaculture principles, sustainability, winter on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, for our homework we have been asked to consider one or two of the principles. First, let’s see what David Holgrem has to say. “Principle 11: USE EDGES AND VALUE THE MARGINAL ‘Don’t think you are on the right track just because it is a well-beaten path’ …Tidal estuaries are a complex interface between [...]
Permaculture principles
Posted in lecture notes, tagged holgrem, lecture notes, mollison, permaculture, permaculture design course, permaculture principles, sustainability on February 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Towards the end of the class we played an extended version of charades. Each of us was given one of the principles to act out. I ended up with two. First and simplest to portray was ‘Use and value renewable resources and services (I mimed being a windmill) but the only reason anyone knew the [...]
Patterns in Nature
Posted in lecture notes, tagged design, lecture notes, nature, patterns, permaculture, permaculture design course, sustainability on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Permaculture makes great use of pattern. What follows is a run down of common forms, their uses and characteristics. This is not an exhaustive list, in particular it doesn’t cover non spatial patterns (ie those that occur over time). Branching: This is common on various scales from rivers, to tree branches, to veins and arteries. [...]
Observation walk: What does it mean to be alive?
Posted in lecture notes, tagged campus., christmas, evergreens, lecture notes, life, mrs gren, observations, permaculture, permaculture design course, radiohead, veg out, winter on February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
One of the first tasks in my first permaculture class was to divide up into groups and go on an observation walk, looking (and listening and smelling and touching…) for things that answered the question ‘What does it mean to be alive?’ Obviously something stuck from my secondary school biology lessons as my mind immediately [...]
