Our Permaculture Homestead – Video Tour
This is a 3-part series where we explain and explore our:
– thriving food forest complete with fruit trees, bushes and tons of edible and medicinal perennials
– passive solar greenhouse with rocket mass heater
– water harvesting systems including underground rain tank and swales
– energy-efficient house retrofits
– composting and soil-building systems
– solar-powered water heater
– and mega-productive veggie gardens (with wicking beds, swales and more)!
Part 1: The Food Forest & Drip Irrigation System
Part 2: The Garden and Underground Raintank
Part 3: Soil, Solar Hot Water & Greenhouse
About Verge
Verge Permaculture is:
A Calgary-based company that specializes in a systems design approach to sustainable human habitat and a focus on interconnected elements: low energy buildings, water management, waste re-use, renewable energy & food production systems.
Passionate about helping Canadians regenerate degraded landscapes, build topsoil and improve our surrounding ecologies so both ours and future generations can lead healthy lives and benefit from natural resources.
Excited to be offering permaculture courses and looking to inspire people to embrace integrated solutions and empower them to bring connected design concepts into their own home, businesses and lives.
For more information, please visit them on their website, or on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/vergepermaculture/