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Nitrogen fixation is an important part of permaculture. Oregon State offers an online certificate in the subject. https://pace.oregonstate.edu/catalog/permacult

by Nydhal 8y ago

Nitrogen fixation is an important part of permaculture. Oregon State offers an online certificate in the subject. https://pace.oregonstate.edu/catalog/permaculture-design-certificate-online https://pace.oregonstate.edu/catalog/permaculture-design-cer...

2sk21 8y ago
Permaculture is going to become a very important subject for study. I have recently gotten interested in the subject and the results have been amazing even in very unpromising conditions. Geoff Lawtons work in Jordan is inspiring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xcZS7arcgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xcZS7arcgk
- zeristor 8y ago
  Greening the desert, I've been following that for months, after watching the Oregon YouTube channel on permaculture. I've just spent an hour following up on Managed Aquifer Recharge, albeit not entirely relevant in my part of Europe. To bring it back to HN, I keep thinking there must be ways to model landscapes, and planting strategies to increase permaculture efficiency, although probably the antithesis of permaculture. The issue seems to be putting plants together so they can support each other in close quarters, sounds like an optimisation problem to me, I've called it augmented permaculture before.
  - ph0rque 8y ago
    Your description of an app for designing / modeling edible landscapes with permaculture principles in mind is exactly what I am working on: https://automicrofarm.com/app/ https://automicrofarm.com/app/ In fact, I thought about creating a "digital twin" for your edible landscape, and wrote about it here: https://automicrofarm.com/blog/2018/11/digital-twin.html https://automicrofarm.com/blog/2018/11/digital-twin.html
benj111 8y ago
As we're on the subject. Has anyone got any good pointers to any actually scientifically sound research/advice on gardening/growing crops on a smaller scale. The amount of rubbish I've heard spouted by gardeners about what you should and shouldn't do is crazy. And I'm not even talking about the more 'spiritual' side. Even seemingly mainstream type stuff like companion planting isn't internally consistent.
mrfusion 8y ago
I’d love to buy an acre somewhere and just set up a food forest.

by Nydhal 8y ago

2sk21 8y ago

Permaculture is going to become a very important subject for study. I have recently gotten interested in the subject and the results have been amazing even in very unpromising conditions. Geoff Lawtons work in Jordan is inspiring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xcZS7arcgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xcZS7arcgk

zeristor 8y ago
Greening the desert, I've been following that for months, after watching the Oregon YouTube channel on permaculture. I've just spent an hour following up on Managed Aquifer Recharge, albeit not entirely relevant in my part of Europe. To bring it back to HN, I keep thinking there must be ways to model landscapes, and planting strategies to increase permaculture efficiency, although probably the antithesis of permaculture. The issue seems to be putting plants together so they can support each other in close quarters, sounds like an optimisation problem to me, I've called it augmented permaculture before.
- ph0rque 8y ago
  Your description of an app for designing / modeling edible landscapes with permaculture principles in mind is exactly what I am working on: https://automicrofarm.com/app/ https://automicrofarm.com/app/ In fact, I thought about creating a "digital twin" for your edible landscape, and wrote about it here: https://automicrofarm.com/blog/2018/11/digital-twin.html https://automicrofarm.com/blog/2018/11/digital-twin.html

benj111 8y ago

As we're on the subject. Has anyone got any good pointers to any actually scientifically sound research/advice on gardening/growing crops on a smaller scale. The amount of rubbish I've heard spouted by gardeners about what you should and shouldn't do is crazy. And I'm not even talking about the more 'spiritual' side. Even seemingly mainstream type stuff like companion planting isn't internally consistent.

mrfusion 8y ago

I’d love to buy an acre somewhere and just set up a food forest.