Fuck Yeah Permaculture: Archive

Fuck Yeah Permaculture

February 2012

35 posts

VOTE FOR UMASS PERMACULTURE →

emilyalic-e: UMASS Amherst Permaculture Initiative - Ryan Harb, University of Massachusetts at Amherst The UMass Amherst Permaculture Initiative is a unique and cutting edge sustainability program that transforms grass lawns on the campus into diverse, edible, low-maintenance, and easily replicable gardens. Over the past two years students have create three community demonstration...

Permaculture Leaf Shredding →

The situation: We have an over-abundance of oak leaves every Fall. We have a shortage of good topsoil on this rocky Ozark hilltop year-round. How to use one problem to solve the other? Why, chickens of course.

“I believe the building industry to be one of the most wasteful of industries,...”

– Ben Law via Ben Law’s Campfire Mythology.

Grand Designs - Ben Law and The Woodsman’s Cottage: In this monumental documentary, the famous British woodsman Ben Law is covered as he plans and executes the development of the wooden house of his (and monay others’) dreams. Build entirely of wood that he himself has husbanded, on land that he has cared for, this represents the culmination of a lifetimes work and acheivement in...

DIRT! The movie (full version). DIRT! The Movie takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility—from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. The real change lies in our notion of what dirt is. http://dirtthemovie.org/

Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest →

ver2go: Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is going forward. A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and lingonberries; herbs; and...

Six steps to create your own organic permaculture... →

Info on: Choosing a location Selecting plants Making a home for your plants Feeding your plants Watering your plants Protecting plants from pests

Vegan Permaculture - An Introduction. →

Underpinning all permaculture systems are fundamental ethical values around caring for the earth and its peoples, as well as the fair and just distribution of resources - To me these fit well with the vegan philosophy of compassionate living. But is animal-free permaculture actually possible? Of course not – neither would it be desirable. For example, how would we fence out the earthworms that...

Anonymous asked: I wanted to thank you for being respectful to those of your followers who are veg*n or simply sensitive to violence against animals by posting that short warning about the most recent video. It's always wonderful to see someone be so considerate.

cestlavierurale asked: are you a student?

“A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how...”

– Doug Larson (via rbreel)

Creating Swales for Water Retention – A... →

n-morgan: Last week, I gave a brief introduction to what Permaculture is, and why you should care. You can find that post here. Today, I’d like to talk about one of the techniques that Permaculture has given us. That tool is called swales.

How farms are using permaculture design to survive...

kadbudugorjeligradovi: Louise Cartwright visits three farms in England and discovers how they have used permaculture principles to diversify yields and manage their businesses Haye Farm education centre The rise in fuel prices has seen greater awareness and a wider concern for what life will be like when the oil runs out. This has seen interest in less chemical dependant farming...

Anonymous asked: You may be interested in a documentary called The Garbage Warrior. Most of the film is about the fight to make the homes "legal", but it shows homes being built, without the traditional lumbar yard materials.

Video tours of natural homes →

^^ You want to check this out, it’s really great. Does anyone have any suggestions for other websites about natural homes/building? Or tumblrs on the subject?

The Problem is the Solution

January 2012

19 posts

Hugelkultur Can Create Irrigation-Free Garden... →

If your yard is big enough that you might have a felled tree from time to time due to lightning or winter storms, you may wonder how you can put the wood to good use. Most people who don’t regularly heat with wood just post an ad on Craigslist for free wood if someone picks it up. Instead consider using the wood to form the backbone of a type of gardening bed known as Hugelkultur, that is,...

The first pantyhose recycling program →

Anonymous asked: Hi,I don't understand why you think the video that uses cows is beautiful when you are against raising animals for food? thanks

The Growing Fabrication of Anarchie →

gotitgrowingon asked: Dehydrator works great for drying mushrooms. I have a container full of shitake and one of oyster I got on sale at the grocery store. Throw them in soups, or soak a bit before using in stir-fry and they are great!!

livingwind asked: i put them in a pantry, and like herbs hang larger from strings

intobeing asked: Hey there guys, I was curious if you knew of any sites that talk about drying mushrooms. I hear they are full of vitamin D, which is what I need (I'm living in Chicago) the winter fatigue is starting. Or if you can recommend any other vegan friendly foods that would be wonderful. Thanks! -Melissa