<H1>The Permaculture Design Course</H1>

What appeals to me about Permaculture most? Designing things that work with nature, not against it. Cycling everything - energy, water, nutrients. Getting three uses out of every element. Designing systems so they're easy to run. It shows how energy decent could be fun.

Whilst this blog focusses on growing food, permaculture is about much more. It's about meeting peoples needs sustainably, so we create more energy than we consume. So it's about passive solar housing, relative location of items, mobility and EVERYTHING.

I did my Permaculture Design Course over 13 Sundays with Cam Wilson, at a property in Ringwood, an Eastern suburb of Melbourne in 2009.

The property where the course was held had had a permaculture design and make-over. This oversize worm farm - saves turning compost, and think of the juice!


Tagasaste or Tree Lucerne. Chop and drop it to build soil in the orchard. These trees are between fruit trees, on swales.


Trellises run N-S to protect from sun.


After the course I did a design for my place

Here's a basic intro to permaculture, by its founder, Bill Mollison. Visit Utube for the next part.