Winter Starts and Microgreens
Winter is almost over, yet at the beginning of this season we were determined to bring more greens into our home during the cold months.
PDC Graduate Series – Scott Miskiel
Scott is a Graduate of: PDC Course #62 – April 2016 at Heal the Planet Farm, Koshkonong, MO Sold his legal practice in Arizona and
PDC Graduate Series – Bridget O’Brien
Bridget is Graduate of: PDC Course #38 – Jan. 2013 at Midwest Permaculture, Stelle, IL Created the game “Adapt” to make permaculture learning fun and easier to
Rainwater Harvesting – Bending Oak Project in Ohio
Hey permies! In this blog post, we’re going to get the skinny on rainwater harvesting… Bill asked if I could share with you all the
PDC Graduate Series – Ian Williams
Ian is Graduate of: PDC Course #60 – Oct. 2015, Grass Valley, CA Teacher Training #7, July 2016 in Stelle, IL Youth Educator at University of Minnesota’s Landscape
PDC Graduate Series – Kate Heiber-Cobb
Kate is Graduate of: PDC Course #4 – Oct. 2007 at Midwest Permaculture, Stelle, IL Founder and Host of the Madison Area Permaculture Guild Permaculture Designer and
Residential Design for Midwest Permaculture Home
Below is the full design map of our Midwest Permaculture Home. Click on the picture to enlarge and zoom in on any details that interest
Natural Building Workshop Successful
Hello All. Our natural building workshop this weekend was a great success. Hassan Hall, our natural-builder friend from Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, taught a great hands-on
Late Flowering Fruit Trees to Avoid Frost Damage
Hello Fruit Tree Enthusiasts… Why late flowering fruit tree cultivars? We have a couple of clients with South facing slopes in Missouri. These slopes warm up
Epic Greenhouse Rocket-Mass Heater
This is an April 2016 Blog Post on how we built a Thermal Mass Rocket Stove at Jordan Rubin’s ‘Heal the Planet Farm’. Bill Wilson
Permaculture Earthworks Explained – The Clay Model
As permaculture teachers, we have landed on this simple clay-model demonstration as an excellent tool for explaining earthworks. We can cover how swales, ponds, key points
Rapidly-Cut Swales with Tractor Blade
3 Miles of Swales Cut in 5-Hours We are making early progress on our 320-acre Missouri permaculture-farm project (Jordan Rubin’s Heal the Planet Farm). Last