Pictures by Milton Dixon and Bill Wilson – Captions by Bill
![Midwest Permaculture first day in the classroom](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2005-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
“Thank you Bill and Becky for such an incredible, life-altering week.”
Jody T. – Community Organizer
![PDC Touring Stelle](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2014-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Edible parts of a cattail](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2019-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Willow grove](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2022-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Over the bridge](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2024-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Swales on the clay model](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2037-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Waiting out the rain to learn the "A" frame](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2042-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Swinging the pick-ax to start the hugelkultur swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2049-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Hugelkultured Swale with Linear Food Forest - Cross Section - 640pix](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Hugelkultured-Swale-with-Linear-Food-Forest-Cross-Section-640pix.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Hugelkultured Swale with Linear Food Forests for Center for Sustainable Community - 640pix](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Hugelkultured-Swale-with-Linear-Food-Forests-for-Center-for-Sustainable-Community-640pix.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Loading up wood for the hugelkultur swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2066-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Wood laid in the hugelkultur swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2073-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Throwing wood chips for the swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2081-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Covering the hugelkultur swale with soil](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2089-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![The designer is a recliner on top of their hugelkultur swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2098-Cropped-with-Zack-Large-640x392.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Putting the soil back on top of the hugelkultur swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2100-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Check out this Short YouTube Video that we made to Help Explain the Function
The Hugelkultured Swale
(Video Animation and Editing by Milton Dixon)
![Permaculture class in the orchard - Bill Wilson teaching](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2122-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Making a cob bench](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2135-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Permaculture teacher Milton Dixon demonstrating how to make a graft](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2149-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Permaculturists working on their final project 1](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2154-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Permaculturists working on their final project 2](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2158-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Permaculturists working on their final project 3](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2160-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Who makes dinner? Nancy!](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2162-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Nancy Lee Bently is the Author of the book: Truly Cultured
![A feast from Nancy.](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/JMG_1638-480x640.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Note: As graduates of a Midwest Permaculture PDC courses, these students are now linked into our network of other PDC Grads; will receive all updates to our Foundations of Permaculture Webinar Series in the coming years; and may audit a future PDC course we host at half-price should they like to repeat the training.
Congratulations to you all… and Welcome Aboard…!!!
Bill and Becky Wilson
2 thoughts on “Pictures From our June 2012, Stelle PDC Course”
I was looking at photo of your linear food forest, At my house top of hill is south and bottom is north. Would I just reverse Over Story to further down hill and Under story at base of swale?
Pretty much, you’d also want to think about spacing and plant selection. The north face of a hill is going to be a cooler microclimate all around, something like each 10° away from the sun is like a zone north (the converse is also true). I would also take advantage of any other strategies you can like thermal mass. Just watching what happens during a frost or thaw will be very instructive.
On the other hand being on the north slope may mean that blossoms would appear later, so that those that would have otherwise been killed in a late frost may not even be out yet.