Reading Time: 3 minutesA few years ago, while I was doing some maintenance in my food forest, I saw an old, sick-looking tree. Excitedly, I thought, “It’s time to get some firewood.” I took my chainsaw, and since the tree wasn’t that big, I started cutting it without considering how things might play out. As I was making […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The beautiful thing about permaculture is that you can make almost any location work. If you’re forced to make the best of it, you can even grow in the desert or close to the Arctic Circle. That doesn’t, however, mean that it wouldn’t be easier if you were on a site with a better climate, […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes Most of my subscribers plan on purchasing some land to improve and farm in the future, maybe even set up a food forest – but often, it’s just a pipedream at the moment. What’s holding them back? “I can’t afford to buy land yet. Realistically it will be X years before I can get the […]
Reading Time: 8 minutes Imagine living in an area where permaculture farms and homesteads are the norm. …Where most of your neighbors are like-minded regenerative land stewards with whom you can share resources and trade produce. …Where you can have a bonfire and invite people from the community to roast marshmallow roots, have a drink, and discuss permaculture and […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes If you are looking for land then you’ll know that, from a permaculture perspective, there are many factors that you need to consider. One of these factors, which ranks pretty high on the scale of importance, is the slope of the land. For permaculture purposes, a sloped terrain is very desirable, as it creates a […]