Mapping Your Property

for Optimal

Land Use

Photo by Liz Perry

1.Clear Mission and Objectives

2.Permaculture Ethics, Principles

3.Scale of Permanence

4.Call 811

Preliminary Guidelines

Rural Property MappingClimate, Geology, History

Understanding the Watershed

• Discover seasonal rainfall patterns

• Know the conditions that enhance infiltration

• Learn to track runoff courses

Photo by Marianne Campbell

UsingGeographic Information

Systems

• esri.com• ArcGIS Desktop Explorer• County Tax Assessor GIS

Reading Contours using

Geographic Information

Systems

Reading Contours using

Geographic Information

Systems

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu

Jar Test

Clay

Silt

sand

Jar Test

Clay

Silt

sand

NOW I’LL HAVE TO

MIX THAT ALL OVER AGAIN!

Flooding Frequency

Water Table

Past Use

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Plants

Plants

Animals

Plants

AnimalsPoints of Interest

Plants

AnimalsPoints of Interest

Human Activity

Plants

AnimalsPoints of Interest

Microclimates

Human Activity

MapPad

Google fusion tables

Import Comma Separated Values files (.csv) to map or satellite image

REMEMBERSCALE OF PERMANENCE!

CLIMATELAND SHAPE

WATERROADSTREES

STRUCTURESFENCING

SOIL

Urban Property Mapping

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http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/

Sun Surveyor

Treeyo permaculture

Mapping Your Property for Optimal Land Use

Introduction

A. Clear Mission:

“We wish to accomplish two basic goals:

1) to provide food for our family through increased production from our land and livestock.

2) to reclaim our land by returning the living soil to where it is naturally productive through carbon

sequestration, nitrogen fixing, minimizing a carbon footprint, and all responsible means using a

holistic design.” – Stephen A. Wright

B. Permaculture Ethics, Principles

1.Books:

Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison

Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual by Bill Mollison

Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway

The Permaculture City by Toby Hemenway

Permaculture Design: A Step By Step Guide by Aranya

2. Websites:

Treeyopermacultureedu.wordpress.com (chapter 2)

Permaculturenews.org

C. Scale of Permanence

Water for Every Farm by P. A. Yeomans

D. Call 811 (call811.com)

Part 1: Rural Property Mapping

A. Watershed Literacy

B. Contours (County GIS, esri.com, ArcGIS.com)

C. Geology and Soils (Water Table Map, Soil Web- http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/)

1. Obtaining Maps

2. Reading Soil Profile

3. Jar Tests, Ring Test

D. Climate (Flood Frequency Map)

E. History (History of Use Maps, Past Satellite Images)

F. On Site Observations

1. Plants, Animal and Human Habits, Points of Interest, Microclimates

2. Dropping Waypoints, CSV files, ( MapPad app, Google Fusion Tables)

G. Putting it all Together

1. Using Degree of Permanence to Place Main Elements

2. Zones

3. Books:

Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard

The Resilient Farm and Homestead by Ben Falk

Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture by Sepp Holzer

Part 2: Urban Property Mapping

A. Contours (County GIS)

B. Sun Angle (NOAA Solar Calculator-http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/, sun surveyor app)

C. Creating a Sector Map

D. Urban Challenges (Soil Toxicity, Exhaust, Regulations)

E. Putting it all Together

Websites related to audience questions:

http://www.peakprosperity.com/wsidblog/91878/how-build-earthen-pond-and-dam-wallhttp://www.homestead.org/NeilShelton/Pond/AddaPondtoYourProperty.htmhttp://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/build-a-pond-zmaz06amzwar.aspx