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
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
Old Greenhouse into Multi-Purpose Structure
Originally constructed as an industrial sized greenhouse, this structure has been exposed and empty for the last 30 years. Located in the CSC apple orchard,
Stelle Winter PDC
Now that we’ve wrapped up our last course in 2012, it’s time to look forward to our offerings in the coming year. Our first course
Pictures From our June 2012, Stelle PDC Course
Pictures by Milton Dixon and Bill Wilson – Captions by Bill “Thank you Bill and Becky for such an incredible, life-altering week.”Jody T. – Community
Linear Food Forests along Hugelkultured Swales
In this design we will be planting linear-food forests all along the downhill side of each of three hugelkultured swales. What is a hugelkultured
Chickens for the Orchard (Part 1)
Part 3: 8-13 Weeks of Age (As Adventurers)Part 2: 4-8 Weeks of Age (As Kids)Part 1: 0-4 Weeks of Age (As Chicks) Objective: Raise
Connect Africa Hub – A Permaculture Design
Context: Grant Shadden took his PDC Training with us – summer 2011. While here, he shared about his upcoming 2-month trip to Africa to support
Photos of a Winter PDC at Midwest Permaculture
Special Note: Wondering about missing some hands-on activities at our annual Winter PDC Courses? You won’t! Most all of the hands-on activities we undertake at
6-Day Family Friendly Training
6-day “Hands-on” Training – August 2011Held at Midwest Permaculture in our Sustainably Oriented Community of Stelle, ILWe expect to be offering a ‘family friendly’ training every
Learning Permaculture by Doing Permaculture
6-Day Hands-on Training – May 22-28, 2011 Next Week –At Midwest Permaculture, Stelle, IL Last fall, at the request of our host following one
Spring Has Sprung
The yo-yo weather of spring is with us now with temperature on one day of 65-degrees and the next at 30. Thank goodness for our