In addition to the Permaculture Ethics, David Holmgren's list of 12 design principles shows us helpful ways to think about our systems.

• Observe and interact
• Catch and store energy
• Obtain a yield
• Apply self regulation and accept feedback
• Use and value renewable resources and services
• Produce no waste
• Design from …

I came across this book when I was looking into the writings of Bob Waldrop. He was a Permaculture Designer living in Oklahoma City. He created a set of flyers called the Better Times Emergency Notes, which I republished on this site. He passed away in 2019.

In 2013 he …

I found these flyers a while ago and filed their location away in my archive. I recently came across them again and discovered the original website had vanished. Its creator, Bob Waldrop, has passed away in 2019.

Because the information contained in the flyers is helpful and compact, I wanted …

This is a reformulation of the principles Bill Mollison used:

• Multiple elements x multiple functions
• Everything gardens
• The problem is the solution
• Yield is theoretically unlimited
• Work with nature
• Minimum effort, maximum effect

The Dreaming Circle is a process for elucidating a vision. A vision puts a dot on the horizon of where you would like to end up. A vision can be for a project, for a company, for your life, for a partnership.

Creating a vision statement has a few aims …

Ingredients:

• 4 beetroot
• 3 carrots
• 1 pumpkin
• water
• kitchen salt
• glass container with lid
• old sock

Preparation:

• Slice beetroot and carrots;
• Cut pumpkin in pieces;
• Weigh the empty container, this is to later deduce the weight of its contents;
• Put the pieces into the container, make sure the larger pieces …

This analysis is a way to track different flows across our systems and how the output flow of one element can be used as the input flow to another element in our system.

Every output stream that is not matched to an input is a waste stream and becomes pollution …

I have designed our haybox in 2019. Over time I streamlined the use of our haybox. This page documents the current (2025) way we use the haybox.

First put rice and salted water to a boil. Take one part rice to two parts water. Put on the lid and let …

Knowing how to Keep the Books is a skill, I believe, everybody would benefit from.