What’s The Difference Between A Permaculture Swale and A Ditch?
Often when I have tried to quickly explain to someone what a swale is a question sometimes gets asked: "what's the difference between a swale and a ditch?" Swales and…
Often when I have tried to quickly explain to someone what a swale is a question sometimes gets asked: "what's the difference between a swale and a ditch?" Swales and…
A backyard food forest can be a wonderful long-term addition to any permaculture homestead. However, many avoid starting one because they believe it will take too long to establish and…
Small yards are not an excuse to not pursue your permaculture homesteading dreams. You can do a lot in a small space and in an urban environment. This property tour…
Aquaculture is the production of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic plants, and algae for food and other purposes. When implemented into a permaculture system a controlled aquaculture…
Known as "The Father of Permaculture" Born: May 4, 1928 - Died: September 24 2016 Bill Mollison was an Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher and biologist. He founded The Permaculture…
There are three main ways you can improve the soil in a garden bed, You can use organic mulches to cover the bed, work in soil amendments or you can…
Property from a few years ago before we started homesteading. The Changes Earlier this year we purchased the lot next door and to the south of ours, this property only…
Listen To The Podcast The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 142 – May 31, 2020 – Just Shootin' The Breeze About Food Forests. I Discuss: How the garden overall is coming…
What is commonly referred to as the 10th Permaculture design principle is the “Edge Effect” which is the use of edge and natural patterns for the best and most abundant…
When it comes to designing your property using permaculture principles one of the many areas of consideration is stacking functions by integration rather than segregation. When I started implementing this…
In this episode, I discuss a few ways to help soil fertility in ways normally exercised in permaculture practices. These are ways that are simulated in nature to create balanced,…
It is great to grow your own food, harvest that food, and then in some form or another preserve that food to make it available year-round. What is even better…
In this podcast episode, I answer a question from a listener about what I would suggest they do first at their soon-to-be new home to turn it into a functioning…
The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 92 – June 18, 2018 – Small Backyard Ponds: Advantages and Dealing With Potential Problems. Question For Today’s Podcast Episode: Tony asks:…
The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 88 – June 4, 2018 – When Are You Too Young or Old To Start Homesteading? Question For Today’s Podcast Episode: Tanya asks: I would…
The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 85 – May 25, 2018 – Protecting Plants In The Heat of Summer. Question For Today’s Podcast Episode: Randy Asks – What are some strategies…