PERMACULTURE

Permaculture DefinitionPermaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive systems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems.

It is the harmonious integration of the landscape with people providing their food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way.

Ethics: Care of Earth, Care of People

& Fair Share

Observe & Interact

Catch & Store Energy

Obtain A Yield

Apply Self Regulation &Accept Feedback

Use and Value Renewable Resources & Services

Produce No WasteDesign from Patterns to Details

Integrate Rather Than Segregate

Use Small &Slow Solutions

Use & Value Diversity

Use Edges & Valuethe Marginal

Creatively Use & Repond To Change

Permaculture Ethics & Principles

Principles of Permaculture

Care of the Earth (Rebuild nature’s capital)

Care of the People (Nurture the self, kin and community)

Fair Share(Live simply so that others may

simply live)

Permaculture Ideas

Collect and save energy

Close material loops

Layer functions

Maintain diversity

Mimic Ecosystems

Catch and Store Energy

SIMPLE GARDEN IDEAS

Use black plastic containers for compost and rain barrels to trap heat. Compost waste faster

at higher temps Keep water unfrozen

in rain barrel

Close Materials Loops

SIMPLE GARDEN IDEAS

Reuse fish waste to grow plants (aquaponics)

Use compost to recycle nutrients into soil

Upcycle pallets to use as planters

Layer FunctionsSIMPLE GARDEN IDEAS

Create greenhouses, which keep plants warm, out of recycled products

Make beautiful planters out of recycled materials

Use chickens tractors (weeding, fertilizing, aerating, pest control) while feeding your chickens

Maintain Diversity

SIMPLE GARDEN IDEAS

Employ polyculture to prevent diseases and pests

Encourage natural ecosystems (feed fungi, bacteria, and insects that helps keep the system in balance)

Mimic Ecosystems

SIMPLE GARDEN IDEAS

Use legumes and bacteria to enhance nitrogen in soil

Create environment to encourage organisms (grow mushrooms)

Use mulch to prevent bare soils

Resources

http://permacultureprinciples.com/

http://www.permies.com/

http://www.fix.com/blog/topics/gardening/

https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=permaculture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FJPJ5DyMc4