The first lesson begins at 6pm Pacific on October 6th.
Join best-selling permaculture author Toby Hemenway for a dynamic and practical course on creating your home ecosystem. Imagine living in a yard that overflows with food and other useful products such as medicine, fiber, and building supplies. Your yard can also shrink home energy bills, extend your growing season, and be a comfortable outdoor space year-round in all but the harshest climates. It can also help provide income and reduce your dependence on money. In this 5-session course, you’ll learn how to do all this, but there’s more: That same yard that gives you food, energy, and income security can also enhance wildlife habitat, sequester carbon, and provide a beautiful, restful sanctuary for you and your partners or family. If you enjoyed readingGaia’s Garden, this course will show you how to bring that book to life in your yard. Those who complete this course will earn a certificate from the Permaculture Institute (USA).
—Course overview: lessons, goals, homework, completion
—Basics of permaculture design
—Four key design methods for abundance
—Designing intensive production systems for the small yard.
—Zone 1 and 2 design: stacking functions
The second lesson begins at 6pm Pacific on October 13th.
—What is soil? Soil basics, ecology and structure
—Building soil organic matter
—Minerals in soil: The key to nutrient-dense food
—Compost, compost tea, cover crops, and other soil-building methods
The third lesson begins at 6pm Pacific on October 20th.
—Multifunctional all-star plants for the home ecosystem
—Intensive growing methods with a permaculture twist
—Designing guilds and plant communities
—Food forest design and management
The fourth lesson begins at 6pm Pacific on October 27th.
—Tailoring your microclimates: season extenders, windbreaks, suntraps, and other ways to create comfortable spaces in your yard
—Landscape design for saving energy
—Efficient home energy systems and fuel from your yard
—Saving, harvesting, and using water wisely
The fifth lesson begins at 6pm Pacific on November 3rd.
—Income sources from your yard
—Reducing the need to earn with permaculture
—The eight forms of capital
—Putting it together: integrating the pieces of your landscape for a fear-free future
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