Permaculture Teacher Training: August 7-13, 2011. Cottage Grove, OR.

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Jun 262011
 

This course is being taught by Jude Hobbs, Andrew Millison, and Rico Zook.  Tuition is $825 and includes material, camping, and food.  If you sign up by July 23rd there is a $50 discount.

I’ve had the opportunity to speak with Jude on several occasions and have enjoyed the time she shared with me.  Her experience both with this material and her knowledge of the happenings of the world of permaculture, and the people who are  part of it, is encyclopedic.  Dillon Naber, one of my PDC instructors, had his teacher training with her.  It wasn’t until I made that connection that all those quotes he shared with us from Jude made sense.  He wasn’t quoting a book, but a living resource of this information.  I do not doubt that you will have an amazing time learning from her.

http://www.cascadiapermaculture.com/courses.html

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The Growing Home

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Jun 252011
 

As someone who comes from a computer science background, I have an affinity for the transition Rishi and his family have made.  Whether you have a large amount of space or a little, the passion and dedication to the process can guide you through.

This video is well produced and talks with Rishi and Ro about the project, their accomplishments, and possibilities for the future.

http://diamondbar.patch.com/articles/diamond-bar-home-goes-green#video-6688242
You can learn and see more about the projet at:

http://thegrowinghome.net/

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Listener Q&A: Neal’s Garden Questions

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Jun 242011
 

 

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Neal from New Jersey wrote me a few days ago with the following questions.  I already had a chance to respond to him via email, so he could start working on this immediately, but this takes that response and expands on it a bit.

1) Is it bad to buy non-organic plants for your home garden? I know this isn’t ideal, but since I wanted to get a few more veggies into the garden, I just bought a few from the local Agway. Now I’m wondering if that was a bad thing to do.
2) Should I get my soil tested to see how I can improve it
3) I understand there are a lot of things we can add to improve the soil such as manure (I can easily obtain horse manure where I live), veggie scraps, coffee grinds, etc. However, is it good to use these if we don’t know if they’re organic or not
4)Any tips on making/obtaining supplies to build a raised bed?

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Bingara, NSW, is Creating a Living Classroom

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Jun 232011
 

The Australian Centre for Regenerative Agriculture is to be established on 150 hectares of degraded town land.  It is going to be used to showcase a number of agricultural techniques including Permaculture.  If you are near this area, please consider lending your support to the project.  We need more projects like this to show the viability of old systems that are now considered “alternative” to the mainstream.

http://theland.farmonline.com.au/news/state/agribusiness-and-general/general/bingaras-living-classroom/2203824.aspx?storypage=0

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PDC: Core Concepts: Prime Directive, Ethics, and Principles

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Jun 212011
 

 

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This brings us to the next portion of the Permaculture Design Course with the very core ideas of permaculture: The Prime Directive, Ethics, and Principles that make permaculture permaculture.

The Prime Directive, from Mollison, states:

“The only ethical decisions is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.”

From there we move into the Ethics:

  • Earth Care
  • People Care
  • Fair Share

This time around, I present the Principles differently from those presented by Holmgren and others.  10 Principles in total are covered:

  • Whole System
  • Observation
  • Soil
  • Diversity
  • 4-Dimensional Design
  • Relative Location
  • Planning Tools
  • Scale
  • Yields
  • Energy

For this episode, my primary resources were:

Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual by Bill Mollion
Teaching Permaculture Creatively by Skye and Robin Clayfield
The Earth Care Manual by Patrick Whiefield

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Shepherd Bliss: Learning from the Community of the Land

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Jun 202011
 

This is a sensuous article about what we can learn from the land through permaculture. Beneficial relationships, observation, community, and the wisdom of children.  Oh, if I could write this well.  Reading the words within will take but a few minutes, but the lessons you can take from it will carry with you.

http://augustafreepress.com/2011/06/20/shepherd-bliss-learning-from-the-community-of-the-land/

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