Mowing Swale and Berm
Mowing a Swale and Berm System with a Ditch-Bank Flail Mower Greetings… A common question we get is how to maintain the ‘weeds’ or growth
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
Bulldozer Digging Swales
The Design We have been invited by a family in Southern Missouri to assist with the design of a 320-acre farm. They want to transition
Spring Rains Fill Our Earthworks Multiple Times
While the city of Chicago was shutting down due to too much rain last week just 60 miles north of us, the swales, ponds, berms
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
Picture Summary of UWRF PDC Course
Pictures and Text by Bill Wilson and Milton Dixon Thank you to our hosts Dr. Kelly Cain and Cynthia Wells-O’Mally of the University of Wisconsin,
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
Cal-Earth – The PDC Portion of the Combined Earth Building and Permaculture Training
Week 2 – The Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course.(Click here for Photos of Week 1) We not only taught this course to 24 students from around
Wind & Sun Farm – A Permaculture Design (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2 Click Here for Part 1 Pictured: Initial drawing of a keylined hillside with swales and linear food forest overlaid. Current Conditions The