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
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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’. (We cover
Permaculture Earthworks – 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
Plant Guild Designs for ‘Heal the Planet Farm’, Missouri
Click on Image to View the Full Size (10MB) Feel free to download, forward, print or share with others. It’s really interesting. As part of
Dry Brick Rocket Stove Maple Evaporator
Greetings… At the last minute this winter we decided to tap our mature maple tree (just one tap) and boil off some sap to make
Pictures of Winter PDC in Stelle, IL
Here is a brief picture summary of our2015 Winter PDC at Midwest Permaculture in Stelle, IL. As expected, during a winter course with high temperatures below 32