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==Weed Permaculture== | ==Weed Permaculture== | ||
* | * [[Dandelion]] all year round ([[sprouting]] experiment) | ||
* Bindweed aka morning glory{{w|Morning glory}} can be removed permanently by using Paul Wheaton's method: | * Bindweed aka morning glory{{w|Morning glory}} can be removed permanently by using Paul Wheaton's method: | ||
** Break your lawn into ten zones, numbered 1 to 10. One day, go an pull all the bindweed and thistle from zone 1. You might think that on the second day you will go and pull the bindweed and thistles from zone 2, but you would be wrong. | ** Break your lawn into ten zones, numbered 1 to 10. | ||
** One day, go an pull all the bindweed and thistle from zone 1. | |||
** You might think that on the second day you will go and pull the bindweed and thistles from zone 2, but you would be wrong. | |||
** Go and pull them from zone 1 again. It should go much faster because you did such a thorough job yesterday. THEN go to zone 2. | |||
** On day three, pull the thistle and bindweed from zone 1, then zone 2 and then zone 3. | |||
** the theory is that constantly pulling the bindweed and depriving it of photosynthesis exhausts it and makes it vulnerable to rot | ** the theory is that constantly pulling the bindweed and depriving it of photosynthesis exhausts it and makes it vulnerable to rot | ||
** [http://www.permies.com/t/1999/organic-sustainable-practices/Please-reassure-me-bindweed-thistles] | |||
* Sunchoke Guild: sunchokes, ground nuts, and chinese artichoke. | * Sunchoke Guild: sunchokes, ground nuts, and chinese artichoke. | ||
** Paul Wheaton: http://www.makeitmissoula.com/2012/10/paul-wheaton-benefits-of-growing-sunchokes | |||
==Permaculture-friendly Tools== | ==Permaculture-friendly Tools== | ||
Revision as of 22:54, 9 February 2014
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Permaculture
Education
- Permaculture integrated into the school curriculum via moodle
- Transition Towns: online courses as support for The Great Re-Skilling
Zone 0 Permaculture
- Kitchen permaculture
- Recycling Mini-blinds: they make excellent garden plant markers (use grease pencil or china ink)
- Bokashi and Bokashi_Workshop and the use of Friendly Microbes (specifically for reducing garbage in schools)
- Creative Housing solutions for areas with extremely high real estate prices: Collective House
- Tiny Homes
Weed Permaculture
- Dandelion all year round (sprouting experiment)
- Bindweed aka morning gloryW can be removed permanently by using Paul Wheaton's method:
- Break your lawn into ten zones, numbered 1 to 10.
- One day, go an pull all the bindweed and thistle from zone 1.
- You might think that on the second day you will go and pull the bindweed and thistles from zone 2, but you would be wrong.
- Go and pull them from zone 1 again. It should go much faster because you did such a thorough job yesterday. THEN go to zone 2.
- On day three, pull the thistle and bindweed from zone 1, then zone 2 and then zone 3.
- the theory is that constantly pulling the bindweed and depriving it of photosynthesis exhausts it and makes it vulnerable to rot
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- Sunchoke Guild: sunchokes, ground nuts, and chinese artichoke.
Permaculture-friendly Tools
Money Permaculture
- Community Currencies
- Community Currencies Workshop version 1 (2012) - used in 16 presentations
- Community Currencies Workshop 2.0 (2014)