PERMACULTURE 101 ~ Sustainable Living

in #gardening8 years ago

Hello my dear Steemians!

Today I'm starting to write about this NEW way of Thinking and Treating Nature!
There's so much to say on this topic, so my first post will be just a brief introduction about PERMACULTURAL DESIGN!

Let's get started with basics.

Permaculture is a system of agricultural and social design principles centered on simulating or directly utilizing the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems. Permaculture was developed, and the term coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in 1978.

It has many branches that include but are not limited to ecological design, ecological engineering, environmental design, construction and integrated water resources management that develops sustainable architecture, and regenerative and self-maintained habitat and agricultural systems modeled from natural ecosystems.

Mollison has said: "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system." (1)

Image #1 : Permacultural design of House and infield

Many people think that Permaculture is just about new approach to gardening, but it is much much more. Organic gardening is definitely an essential part of this but not the only aspect.

This year was my first year of permacultural gardening with my boyfriend so in the next posts I will write about how we grow crops no one even heard about, how we taught the villagers of our village smarter ways of growing some crops, carrot for example and how we proved to all (and ourselves too) that diversity of plants attracts less parasites and the one that were there were removed with natural repellents. More about that later!

The benefits of this kind of living are numerous. The most important one is that the food we eat is organic, fresh and personalized. Huge money saving is also a benefit, but that's just after the ecosystem is created because the cost of making this kind of system is not cheep but when done, the costs are minimized and can be only few dollars spent on internet connection. :)

Have You seen these beautiful yellow cherry tomatoes? They are sooo sooo sweet!



Now I'll just name few topics I will write about soon connecting this matter and please comment which one You would like hear about first:

  1. Rocket Mass Heater - saves up to 70% of wood.
  2. How to plant a carrot to grow really big
  3. Raised flower beds
  4. Hugelkultur / Hugelbed - what is, how to make
  5. Food Forrest
  6. Solar Panels
  7. Rain water saving
  8. 7 Plants You may never heard about
  9. Parasites in Garden
  10. Organic repellents and fertilizers - create Your own
  11. Composting
  12. Mulching

Thank You for Your attention!

Petra

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lots of interesting stuff here resteem folowing! ;)

thank You, following You too :D

Very good post about permaculture. Well done.

Good short intro - but Permaculure is not new - Mollison popularised this back in 78. Unfortunately, most of his works are based in Tropical / Sub-tropical areas using volcanic soil bases. There is less written about alpine or desert conditions although you can carefully apply the principles.

It's not new, I agree but still many people haven't yet heard about it... I would like to be a part of community that educates people about it and also learn new thing in the process.

Love this! This design is an absolute dream!

Awesome! I've followed Joel Salitan of Polyface Farms for some time. Smart farming is good for the earth, good for the animals, and good for humans!

Awesome, I would like to see his blog, can You link it to me? I agree, It's good and necessary for us all!

Here's a link to the farm's site: http://www.polyfacefarms.com/

I have visited there, and can attest to the efficiency (and efficacy!) of their operation.

Hello @oceansoul13,
You are welcome to link your article to mine by replying at:
https://steemit.com/education/@chrisaiki/what-would-you-study-if-you-are-paid-to-learn-it

Thank You, I like Your article very much!

Awesome work. Looking forward to learning more about sustainable living! (Following!)