Bending Oak Permaculture Farm, Design-Element Permaculture Posters
We recently visited a long-term project of ours, Bending Oak Permaculture farm in Youngstown, Ohio. We have been designing and implementing for this demonstrative site
Living Woven-Willow Brush Fence
Another Experiment at Midwest Permaculture How one can attractively store woody brush to give it time to break down. Hello permaculture friends. We wanted 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
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
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
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
EarthCamp Village
Why ‘EarthCamp’ Village is part of This Permaculture Design In William McDonough’s book, Cradle-to-Cradle, he talks about the importance for us as humans to reexamine the
Earth-Shelter #1 – CSC Permaculture Design
Ground breaking has begun for EarthCamp Village which is part of our 8.7 acre permaculture design for Center for Sustainable Community here in Stelle, IL.
Plant Guilds
Free Plant Guilds eBooklet We teach the fundamentals of plant guild design at every Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course we host. Here is our Upcoming