Earthworks & Earth Resources
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A Walk though My Food Forest Swale System After a Rain Event at Nine Mile Farm
Every year the amount of rain we put into the ground per inch that falls increases. In this walk though…
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A Simple Principle to Overcome Permaculture Design Overwhelm
When you’re face to face with your new property, planning to create your safe, self-sufficient permaculture farm there – where…
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Juicing Up Your Jargon – Part 2
I’m so pleased with the reception to my previous glossary article, “10 (or More) Common Garden Terms in Permaculture”, that…
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A Rocky Relationship
For the second time this year, I’m in the midst of transferring the rocks of a felled chimney to our…
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Five Years From Limestone Slab to Food Forest
Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas. While the general area is not particularly challenging,…
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Permaculture Patterning with Animal Systems – Part 2
In part one of ‘Permaculture Patterning with Animal Systems,’ we explored some of the animal systems we are using in…
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The Earthen Spillway Project
The Picture To put things into perspective, our dam is relatively shallow, peaking out at maybe two meters. It’s fed…
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Theory In Practice : A Tour of Zaytuna Farm
Take a sweeping 20-minute tour of our 66-acre Zaytuna Farm property. Throughout, I explain specific features of the farm, how…
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Ponds can absorb more carbon than woodland
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Mike Jeffries Associate Professor, Ecology,…
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Leaky Weirs
I cant swim, but I’ve been fascinated by water all my life and have learnt water harvesting and storage design…
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Constructed Wetland
In May 2018 I was invited to work in Western Australia, which was quite the milestone for me, as it…
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THREE FREE TOOLS THAT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE PERMACULTURE LAND DESIGN
I’ve been teaching permaculture for the past decade, as I feel it’s one of the best ways to deal with…
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