Jonathon Engels
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Dec- 2016 -2 DecemberDesign
Learning What the Dendritic Pattern Is (It Looks Like a Tree) and Applying It to Design
Recently, I’ve been working my way through Geoff Lawton’s new online course, in particular chapter four, which concentrates on Pattern…
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Nov- 2016 -25 NovemberPlants
20 Quick-Producing Perennial Fruit Trees, Vines, Bushes, and Grasses
Quick is a relative term, especially when it comes to fruit, but what we’ll generally boil down to is in…
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18 NovemberDesign
How and Why to Rotate Your Annual Crops
Sure enough the bulk of us permies are working to establish perennial sources of food, cultivating food forests for high…
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11 NovemberDesign
Building Ponds & Talking Liners
We all know that harvesting and storing rainwater is a huge part of designing a garden, and while swales are…
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10 NovemberNews
Donald Trump for One United People?
So it has come to be that Donald Trump is the president-elect of the United States, yet the world has…
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4 NovemberWhy Permaculture?
The US Election, Standing Rock, Before the Flood, and How It All Ties in to the Permaculture Movement
Some time ago I wrote an article about permaculture as a political act, and as an idea, it was one…
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Oct- 2016 -28 OctoberPlants
How Plant-based Permaculture Is Possible
I get laughed at a lot. It’s frequent enough that, when I tell people of my intention to build a…
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21 OctoberDesign
Gardens Aren’t Just for Plants, So What Else Is There?
Like any budding permaculturalist, I spend a lot of my design time obsessing about what plants to include, how I’ll…
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14 OctoberPlants
Basil: What Every Permaculturalist Should Know
In a design system in which we are looking for each element to perform multiple functions, there are few plants…
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7 OctoberEconomics
Money Is Not the Motive
What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money. Henny Youngman I can’t say money doesn’t matter. A lack…
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Sep- 2016 -23 SeptemberWhy Permaculture?
Survival in Different Terms: A Healthy Ecosystem Is Not Based on Survival of the Fittest
As I’m working my way through and around Geoff Lawton’s online PDC course, I’m pulling out all sorts of nuggets,…
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19 SeptemberWhy Permaculture?
Permaculture, a Holistic Solution, Is Applicable Empowerment to World Poverty on a Local Level
I worked for many years with NGOs, most of which were providing English education in order to provide people with…
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