Permaculture and the Three Epochs Curriculum: Trees

Types of forest: Fuel – Forage – Structural – Shelter; animal barrier – Food – Natural – Conservation Fuel: It is essential that least use is made of solid fuels, barks and leaves should be returned to the soil or the system will degrade. Liquid fuels from species yielding sugars for conversion to alcohol, or [...]

Permaculture and the Three Epochs Curriculum

TREES AND THEIR ENERGY TRANSACTIONS Trees should be considered as energy transducers of: Wind, Sun and Rainfall. Wind: Only 40% of the wind is forced through the trees, and friction causes heat inside the forest with no frost in marginal frost sites. The trees on the outside have thicker trunks due to wind force and [...]

More Pictures from the Suburban Homestead

Here are a few more pictures from yesterday after the rains.

Our Suburban Homestead: After the Rain!

The swales are holding water as prescribed and the gardens are bursting out! Over a hundred species of plants already in the ground! Not even three months ago this is what we started with…

The City Museum in St Louis: Worth a Visit

Recently I took my family to the City Museum in St Louis. We had the opportunity this time around to be the first folks on the scene and it was like walking into the fantasy of your life made manifest. Normally we arrive amongst screaming kids and adults. Of course, given the fact that the [...]