Hot dog! permies.com is now the largest permaculture site on the internet! Most folks are looking for the full collection of permaculture forums.
Sepp Holzer was doing permaculture before he ever heard the word. To my knowledge, his farm is, by far, the best example of permaculture...
Diatomaceous Earth (often referred to as "DE") is an off white talc-like powder that is the fossilized remains of marine phytoplankton. When sprinkled on a bug that has an exoskeleton...
Cooking with cast iron is one of those things where I failed utterly and repeatedly until I finally reached out to people for help. While the mighty internet had lots of advice...
This could be the cleanest and most sustainable way to heat a conventional home. Some people have reported that they heat their home with nothing more than the dead...
After years and years of scraping/shoveling/scrubbing chicken poop I now have a system where I don't scrape/shovel/scrub any chicken poop. After years and years of selling meat/eggs...
A little knowledge makes it so damn near anything can qualify for the "cheap and lazy" label. Including lawn care. Organic is just a bonus. The key to the lawn care game is competition...
don't panic! Fleas are nothing more than a minor nuisance. Panic can lead to poisons for you and profits for the panic mongers...
It's a german word and some people can say it all german-ish. I'm an american doofus, so I say "hoogle culture". I had to spend some time with google to find the right spelling. Hugal, hoogal, huegal, hugel ...
When it comes to eco building, there appears to be a lot of enthusiasm for straw bale homes and for cob homes. In either case, this is usually nothing more than replacing the exterior walls...
I used to like fluorescent lights and then I changed my mind. As the years passed, I found more and more folks like me, and more and more reasons to be uncomfortable with fluorescent lights...
In June of 2010 I moved to a place in Montana with only electric heat. By myself. In the past few winters I had conducted experiments in cutting the amount of energy I needed to stay warm...
Paul presents the the four DVDs that will be created on the Rocket Mass Heater workshop held in Missoula in October 2012 - showing the most sustainable way to heat.
Suzy Bean renders lard in her favorite way. And she talks about some other lard rendering techniques that she has tried and doesn't like as much.
Comfrey may be the most talked about permaculture plant. It is commonly planted under fruit trees because it does not compete with tree roots, but it does compete with plants.
Just some buffalo filmed a little south of Missoula, Montana. Plus some new music from my friend Jimmy Pardo: Buncha Fuckin Weirdos
Jacqueline Freeman of Friendly Haven Rise Farm is my favorite beekeeper and here she is talking about bee huts.
This video shows the why and how of this type of raised garden bed. Hugelkultur can be built by hand or with machinery, on urban lots, or large acreage farms.
oh yeah, sweet sweet money to expand the empire!












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Paul sits down with Evan, the first Ant in Ant Village. Paul asks Evan some introductory questions about how things have been going on his plot. They start to go over the film, "Alone in the Wilderness, the story of ...
Paul and Jocelyn continue from part 1 on explaining Ant Village. Paul shares his initial excitement about the concept, and how his previous community project involving gappers ended...
It's official, at wheaton laboratories there's going to be a free PDC for ants, their gappers and deep roots people. So if someone wants to come an attend...
When Paul was young he tried to be someone who everyone got along with but he realized that this made him very unhappy. Paul likens himself to a...