A diverse and complete soil food web where soils are well structured and fertile through an increasing organic mater percentage is the goal of modern-day regenerative agriculture, organic gardening and Permaculture design systems. https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/chapter-8-soils/soil-food-web-intro/
Universal law: nature works with diversity to produce functional interconnections to facilitate flows of energy. Shall we not embrace natures teachings to lead us in these times? How can we form guilds in community? https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/chapter-2-3-or-the-11-design-principles-from-the-intro-book/diversity-guilds/
When you manage so many different systems and ventures, it’s the tiny steps that indeed count most. After all, giant leaps can only happen after a thousand little steps. So I walk these 60 acres (24 HA) of Treasure Lake with tiny steps because it’s how one works with nature, not against it. My forest…
Tiny house living at treasure lake has begun. The collins family did a wonderful build on this one, the layout and details are spot on! I even have running water and electric! Now its time to build out the #tinystead #tinyhouse #treasurelakeky #permaculture
It was an itinerant permaculture teaching and project installation company, a brand identified with being on the move. I made the conscious choice to not go on with this lifestyle for many reasons. Rather rooting into community and long term intensive site development is the goal. This holistic vision has kept me put in Northern…
TreeYo EDU: This article focuses on examining the depth of electricity in our current lives and how to produce it renewably, as well as conversion and storage. Electricity is everywhere in our lives and one of the main design considerations for a regenerative homestead. Create edge in the cultural landscape through breaking up centralized control…
Response to Carolien via this article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320718313636 Insects are the basis of the food chain for so much. Birds for example are one of the many creatures that thrive off of them, well certain types thats for sure but even predatory birds that eat larger forms of life depend on bugs to build the food…
The videos bellow are taken about 24 hours apart in mid January 2019. One during a high flow situation due to rain on top of snow. Then as the stream flow slows down, you can see the architecture of our restoring natural hydrology work in the second video. It shows an incised creek being reshaped,…
I am out chopping and dropping non native honeysuckle to make way for paw paw today. Fun stuff, making contour brush piles to deal with the limbs and slow movement of water and soil. Fun stuff eh. https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/chapter-8-soils/chop-and-drop-of-trees-and-biomass-plants/
As the debate rages on whether we should be eating meat or not, I publish my latest article within the animals chapter to present another key facet to holistic animal management; Cut and Carry. Its a traditional technique that has been adapted by Permaculturists to ensure healthier animals and pastures. Read about it here and…