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Designer’s Toolkit

These are the tools that I use for site visits and design

SITE CONSULTATION TOOLKIT

  • AWP canvas roller tool bag (contains all site tools)
  • Fisherman’s vest  (for carrying tools and field guides)
  • Fanny pack
  • Small first aid kit
  • Business cards
  • Small Maglight flashlight
  • IPhone (compass and carpenter’s tool apps, phone calls, etc)
  • Cell phone charger
  • Video camera
  • Digital camera
  • Camera cord
  • Silva Compass
  • Garmin E-Trex portable GPS with altimeter
  • Book of US maps
  • Maps of property (plat, site plant, topographical, soil, geology, etc)
  • Solar Pathfinder (measures shade and obstacles)
  • Binoculars
  • 25’/50’/100’ tape measures
  • Torpedo level
  • 2 line levels
  • Roll of string
  • Pocket sighting level
  • Small round table level
  • 4-way post level
  • Pitch and angle locator
  • Plumb bob (for A-frame and plumb measurements)
  • Clear tubing with corks for ends for bunyip water level
  • Wire flags
  • Project Plus Builder’s Calculator
  • All-in-one grafting tool
  • 2 grafting knives
  • Knife sharpener
  • Corona pruning tool
  • Grafting wax
  • Grafting tape
  • 4-way analyzer for measuring fertility, light, moisture and Ph
  • Digital soil thermometer
  • Moisture meter
  • Refractometer (takes brix readings for carbohydrate-sugar levels in plants)
  • Garlic press (for taking samples from plants for refractometer)
  • Aquarium bubbler for making compost tea
  • 5 gallon bucket
  • Rubber boots
  • Shovel
  • Rain jacket
  • Sport sandals
  • Handyman in Your Pocket by Young and Glover
  • Grafting, Budding, Layering, Making Cuttings by Young and Crocker
  • Field guides (plant, animal, geology, etc)

TOOLS

  • Drills
  • Assorted drill bits
  • Screws
  • Assorted tools in Stanley rolling tool chest
  • Bungee cords
  • Tie downs

DESIGN KIT

  • In roller oversized briefcase
  • Vectorworks CAD design software
  • Grass GIS software
  • 15” Mac Book laptop computer (with photos, design software, reference materials, designs, videos for Permaculture work)
  • Projector
  • Portable Hewlett Packard printer
  • Adapter for Mac for projector
  • Digital camera
  • Scissors
  • Four color pens
  • Assorted Sharpies
  • #2 HB pencils
  • Batteries
  • Name tags
  • Hole punch
  • Pen level
  • Staedtler Mars Lumograph assorted pencils
  • Magnifying sheet
  • Magnifying glass
  • Architect’s ruler
  • Engineer’s ruler
  • Flexible ruler
  • 1/4” graph paper pad
  • Box of pushpins
  • Masking tape
  • Paperclips
  • White out
  • Rubber bands
  • Assorted clips
  • Assorted plastic templates for drawing
  • Right triangle squares in different sizes
  • Scotch tape
  • Color index cards
  • Assorted seed, tree, herb, agricultural supply catalogues
  • Clipboard
  • Art Bin containing: colored pencils, erasers, pencil sharpener, glue stick, compass, pens,
  • ches, paper clips, buttons, dental floss
  • Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual by Bill Mollison
  • Design for Human Ecosystems by John Lyle
  • Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer by Tony Bertanski
  • The Essential Garden Design Workbook by Rosemary Alexander
  • Understanding Green Building Guidelines by Tracy Rider
  • Appendices form Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway
  • Appendices from Edible Forest Gardens Volume II by David Jacke
  • Appendices from The Passive Solar House by James Katchadorian (formulas)
  • Appendices from Water Harvesting by Brad Lancaster
  • Biointensive Field Charts from How to Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons
  • Assorted formulas for energy efficiency, rainwater collection, photovoltaics and wind, etc.
  • Selected DVD’s for Permaculture education


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