PASTE survey for the backyard (2019)

Posted on ma 22 april 2019 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, backyard, site information, PASTE, DAFOR(N)

This survey is part of designing the backyard.

The extra information for each plant is derived from the following sources:

Plants

DAFOR(N)

Dominant

  • Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca (mirabelle plum / mirabel)
    • only one, takes up most …

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PASTE survey food forest Weverkeshof (2019)

Posted on ma 15 april 2019 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, food forest design, Nuenen, PASTE, season: spring

This is part of the design for a food forest in Nuenen.

This year we did a new PASTE survey. Data gathered 2019-04-15. See also the previous PASTE survey.

In this section we list the available plants, animals, structures, tools and events we have observed directly or indirectly at the …


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Hedgelaying

Posted on zo 17 maart 2019 in tools • Tagged with permaculture, practical

On Saturday 2019-03-16 I followed a course in hedgelaying. Heg&Landschap organized it in a village close by. Lex Roeleveld was the instructor.

From Wikipedia:

[...] The aim is to reduce the thickness of the upright stems of the hedgerow trees by cutting away the wood on one side of the …


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Community Rules

Posted on di 05 maart 2019 in tools • Tagged with permaculture, social design, community

In social permaculture the community plays a prominent role. Sometime in 2018 I became aware of research done by Dmitry Orlov on communities. He studied communities that last multiple generations; in his words: Communities that abide.

Orlov distilled a set of commandments that communities should obey. I found his list …


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Using wasted heat

Posted on ma 04 maart 2019 in blog • Tagged with permaculture, attitudinal principles, experiment, season: fall, season: winter, season: spring

When making bread, the recommendation is to place the dough in a warm spot to rise for about one hour. Since we hardly heat the house in winter (the thermostat is set at 12°C; the living room is a bit warmer still) this proved a bit of a challenge …


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Survey on Location Advise

Posted on zo 10 februari 2019 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, location design

What are other people advising on location choice?

John Michael Greer - Ecosophia

From a comment on the Archdruid Report (discontinued):

  • Keep calm, take your meds, and carry on;
  • If possible move to a small town less than 50k people;
  • 100 mi. (160 km) from coast;
  • 400 mi. (650 km) from …

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Haybox from common household items

Posted on ma 14 januari 2019 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, urban design, appropriate technology, CEAP, zones and sectors, ethics, attitudinal principles

This is a small design I did to show the different options available for making a haybox at home.

haybox in use

Background

In our household we try to reduce our need for fossil fuels. One way is to prevent cooling of a heated substance by adding insulation. For ourselves we use layers …


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Designing a food forest in Nuenen

Posted on ma 07 januari 2019 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, food forest design, Nuenen, zones and sectors, planning for real, client interview, ethics, attitudinal principles, hugelculture, compost

Overview map

Overview map (courtesy of OpenStreetMap) © OpenStreetMap-auteurs. The red area shows where the food forest is located within the grounds of the Weverkeshof.

Background

The Weverkeshof is a city farm in Nuenen. They would like to convert a (small) part of their grounds into a food forest. This page details how …


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PASTE survey allotment garden (2018)

Posted on ma 31 december 2018 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, PASTE, garden design, Eindhoven, season: fall

Starting from 2018-09-01, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. This survey lists the different species discovered.

Plants

  • Alium ? (onion family / uienfamilie)
  • Amaranthus blitum (purple amaranth / Kleine Majer)
    • leafs edible like spinach
  • Brassica juncea ssp. Juncea (Chinese mustard/ amsoi)
    • cultivar King Mustard
    • cultivar Red Giant
    • cultivar …

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Design balcony

Posted on do 27 december 2018 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, urban design, SADIMet, 9 ways of observing, ethics, Holmgren principles

Background

Ilona and Stefan want to limit the view from the neighbors. They would like a nice environment to look out onto from their living room.

Design team

The design was done by:

  • Arno Peters (permaculture designer)
  • Ina Heinz (permaculture designer)

Design strategy

We used SADIMet for this design.


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