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Permaculture Design Course Handbook
An Online Reader for the Permaculture Community
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  • TreeYo EDU Blog
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
    • Why Permaculture?
    • TreeYo Permaculture Definition
    • Permaculture Ethics
    • History and Mollison’s Inspirations
    • Permaculture As Design
    • State Of The World
    • How Permaculture Is Manifested In The World- An Artistic Glimpse
  • Chapter 2: Permaculture Design Principles
    • Relative Location
    • Multiple Functions for Every Element
    • Each Important Function Supported By Many Different Elements
    • Energy Efficient Planning
    • Use of Biological Resources
    • Energy Cycling
    • Accelerating Succession and Evolution
    • Diversity (Guilds)
    • Small-Scale Intensive
    • Edge Effect
    • Attitudinal Principles
  • Chapter 3: Design Process
    • Final Design Project Guidelines for TreeYo PDC
    • Tools for Cataloging Analysis And Assessment: Consulting And Design Process Guidance
    • Vision Phase
    • Assessment Phase
    • Conceptual Planning Phase
    • Master Planning Phase
    • Design Phase
    • Maps: How To Procure, Read, and Use Them
    • Broad Site Design: Vision and Assessment
    • Conceptual and Master Planning: Idea Generation and Refinement
  • Chapter 4: Pattern Understanding
    • Patterns and Indigenous Culture
    • Creation and Evolution Through Patterns: Classification
    • The Egg Pattern
    • Spoke and Wheel, Webs
    • Core Model
    • Honeycomb
    • Sinuous
    • Dendritic
    • Spirals
    • Overbeck Jet, Eckman, and Von Karman
    • Vortex
    • Cymatics, Lobe, and Wave
    • Pattern Summary
  • Chapter 5: Climatic Factors
    • Factors In Formation of Global Climate
    • Climate Classification
    • Climate and Design
    • Climate Analog and Map Resources
    • Microclimate
    • Savory’s Brittle and Non Brittle Climate Classification
  • Chapter 6: Trees and their Energy Transactions
    • Trees and Their Uses
    • Food Forests or Forest Gardens
    • A How-To on Tree Planting: Before, During, and After
    • Windbreaks
    • Non-Timber Forest Products Part 1- Intro and Herbs and Spices
    • Non Timber Forest Products 2- Medicinal Plants and Fish and Wildlife Management
    • Non Timber Forest Products 3- Mushroom Cultivation and fibers and crafts
    • Non Timber Forest Products 4: Honey Production and Roundwood Construction and Fuels
    • Non Timber Forest Products 5: Fruits and Nuts and Saps and Resins
    • Alley Cropping and Silvopasture
    • Timber and Forestry
  • Chapter 7: Water
    • Hydrological Cycle: Half and Full
    • The Numbers Behind the Half Hydrological Cycle
    • Catchment Calculations
    • A Permaculture Development Model: A Holistic Plan for Climate Change
    • Infiltration Earthworks
    • Greywater
    • Curb Cuts
    • Contour Brush Piles
    • Restoring Natural Stream Hydrology
    • Roof Water Catchment and Tanks
  • Chapter 8: Soils
    • Soil Food Web Intro
    • Compost Teas and Extracts
    • Thermophilic Composting (Hot)
    • Cover Cropping
    • Animal Rotation and Tractoring
    • Chop and Drop of Trees and Biomass Plants
    • Vermi-Composting
  • Chapter 9: Earth Working and Earth Resources
    • Earthworks Best Practices/ Design/ Context Building
    • Permaculture Swales
    • Swale Design Process Case Study 1
    • Rain Gardens
    • Silt Trap
    • Terraces
    • Raised Beds
    • Sunken Beds
  • Chapter 10: The Humid Tropics
    • Banana Circle
    • Tropical Social and Environmental Context
    • Soil Building Techniques Part 1
    • Soil Building Techniques Part 2
    • Soil Building Techniques Part 3
    • Soil Building Techniques Part 4
    • Cottage Industries Part 1
    • Cottage Industries Part 2
    • Cottage Industries Part 3
    • Tropical Housing
  • Chapter 11: Dryland Strategies
    • Drylands Corridor Planting
    • Tree Crop Selection
  • Chapter 12: Humid Cool to Cold Climates
    • Season Extension: A Key to Temperate Living and Food Security
  • Chapter 13: Aquaculture
    • Aquaculture Food Web
    • Aquatic Plant Ecology
    • Water Quality Parameters and Augmentation
    • Chinampas
    • Tyre Pond
    • Alternative Feeds and Systems
    • Supplemental Aquaculture Info
  • Chapter 14: The Strategies of an Alternative Global Nation
    • Conscious Consumption with Eco-Entrepreneurship
    • Fair Share Economics
  • Natural Building
    • Thermal Mass vs Insulation: Materials Choice
  • Fermentation
    • Gringo Kimchi- An Asian/European Fusion of Sauerkraut
    • 13 Permaculture Health Tips for Better Immunity
  • Animal Systems
    • Meeting the basic needs of Animals on a Pattern Level
    • Cut and Carry
    • Fodder Crops for Animals
    • Rotational Grazing
  • Appropriate Technology
    • Renewable Electricity Production, Conversion, and Storage
    • Cooking with Appropriate Technology
    • Transportation/Animal Power
  • Ask A Permaculture Expert
  • Orders
  • Orders
  • Join the Paw Paw Master Class
  • TreeYo EDU Blog
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
    • Why Permaculture?
    • TreeYo Permaculture Definition
    • Permaculture Ethics
    • History and Mollison’s Inspirations
    • Permaculture As Design
    • State Of The World
    • How Permaculture Is Manifested In The World- An Artistic Glimpse
  • Chapter 2: Permaculture Design Principles
    • Relative Location
    • Multiple Functions for Every Element
    • Each Important Function Supported By Many Different Elements
    • Energy Efficient Planning
    • Use of Biological Resources
    • Energy Cycling
    • Accelerating Succession and Evolution
    • Diversity (Guilds)
    • Small-Scale Intensive
    • Edge Effect
    • Attitudinal Principles
  • Chapter 3: Design Process
    • Final Design Project Guidelines for TreeYo PDC
    • Tools for Cataloging Analysis And Assessment: Consulting And Design Process Guidance
    • Vision Phase
    • Assessment Phase
    • Conceptual Planning Phase
    • Master Planning Phase
    • Design Phase
    • Maps: How To Procure, Read, and Use Them
    • Broad Site Design: Vision and Assessment
    • Conceptual and Master Planning: Idea Generation and Refinement
  • Chapter 4: Pattern Understanding
    • Patterns and Indigenous Culture
    • Creation and Evolution Through Patterns: Classification
    • The Egg Pattern
    • Spoke and Wheel, Webs
    • Core Model
    • Honeycomb
    • Sinuous
    • Dendritic
    • Spirals
    • Overbeck Jet, Eckman, and Von Karman
    • Vortex
    • Cymatics, Lobe, and Wave
    • Pattern Summary
  • Chapter 5: Climatic Factors
    • Factors In Formation of Global Climate
    • Climate Classification
    • Climate and Design
    • Climate Analog and Map Resources
    • Microclimate
    • Savory’s Brittle and Non Brittle Climate Classification
  • Chapter 6: Trees and their Energy Transactions
    • Trees and Their Uses
    • Food Forests or Forest Gardens
    • A How-To on Tree Planting: Before, During, and After
    • Windbreaks
    • Non-Timber Forest Products Part 1- Intro and Herbs and Spices
    • Non Timber Forest Products 2- Medicinal Plants and Fish and Wildlife Management
    • Non Timber Forest Products 3- Mushroom Cultivation and fibers and crafts
    • Non Timber Forest Products 4: Honey Production and Roundwood Construction and Fuels
    • Non Timber Forest Products 5: Fruits and Nuts and Saps and Resins
    • Alley Cropping and Silvopasture
    • Timber and Forestry
  • Chapter 7: Water
    • Hydrological Cycle: Half and Full
    • The Numbers Behind the Half Hydrological Cycle
    • Catchment Calculations
    • A Permaculture Development Model: A Holistic Plan for Climate Change
    • Infiltration Earthworks
    • Greywater
    • Curb Cuts
    • Contour Brush Piles
    • Restoring Natural Stream Hydrology
    • Roof Water Catchment and Tanks
  • Chapter 8: Soils
    • Soil Food Web Intro
    • Compost Teas and Extracts
    • Thermophilic Composting (Hot)
    • Cover Cropping
    • Animal Rotation and Tractoring
    • Chop and Drop of Trees and Biomass Plants
    • Vermi-Composting
  • Chapter 9: Earth Working and Earth Resources
    • Earthworks Best Practices/ Design/ Context Building
    • Permaculture Swales
    • Swale Design Process Case Study 1
    • Rain Gardens
    • Silt Trap
    • Terraces
    • Raised Beds
    • Sunken Beds
  • Chapter 10: The Humid Tropics
    • Banana Circle
    • Tropical Social and Environmental Context
    • Soil Building Techniques Part 1
    • Soil Building Techniques Part 2
    • Soil Building Techniques Part 3
    • Soil Building Techniques Part 4
    • Cottage Industries Part 1
    • Cottage Industries Part 2
    • Cottage Industries Part 3
    • Tropical Housing
  • Chapter 11: Dryland Strategies
    • Drylands Corridor Planting
    • Tree Crop Selection
  • Chapter 12: Humid Cool to Cold Climates
    • Season Extension: A Key to Temperate Living and Food Security
  • Chapter 13: Aquaculture
    • Aquaculture Food Web
    • Aquatic Plant Ecology
    • Water Quality Parameters and Augmentation
    • Chinampas
    • Tyre Pond
    • Alternative Feeds and Systems
    • Supplemental Aquaculture Info
  • Chapter 14: The Strategies of an Alternative Global Nation
    • Conscious Consumption with Eco-Entrepreneurship
    • Fair Share Economics
  • Natural Building
    • Thermal Mass vs Insulation: Materials Choice
  • Fermentation
    • Gringo Kimchi- An Asian/European Fusion of Sauerkraut
    • 13 Permaculture Health Tips for Better Immunity
  • Animal Systems
    • Meeting the basic needs of Animals on a Pattern Level
    • Cut and Carry
    • Fodder Crops for Animals
    • Rotational Grazing
  • Appropriate Technology
    • Renewable Electricity Production, Conversion, and Storage
    • Cooking with Appropriate Technology
    • Transportation/Animal Power
  • Ask A Permaculture Expert
  • Orders
  • Orders

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New Page: 13 Permaculture Health Tips for Better Immunity

new page, Project UpdateBy Doug Crouch30 Jun 2020Leave a comment

Health is a form of wealth. Here is 13 Health Tips for Better Immunity that I wrote 18 months ago but only now able to press publish. Its a very long road of health, its hard in fact. Do what you can eh. A lot has to do with supporting your micro biome. 13 Permaculture…

Food Forest Management Vlog: The Asian Pear Terrace

new page, Project UpdateBy Doug Crouch22 Jun 2020Leave a comment

The last few months have been very busy and the time to do much educational material production has been quite minimal.  Many systems are being installed, upgraded, and managed at Treasure Lake.  Here is an example of one of the spaces we created last year that is going through an upgrade via management.  It has…

Mushroom log inoculation

EDU in Action: Mycology: Mushroom Inoculation Class: Treasure Lake: Northern Kentucky

new page, Project UpdateBy Doug Crouch14 Feb 2020Leave a comment

The next day course April 18th will be a fun one and continue our mushroom mission and collaboration with maestro Romain Picasso.  Learn the basics of mycology and mushroom inoculation both theoretically and out in the field.  Learn from our trials and errors and successes at Treasure Lake in Northern Kentucky and the abundance in…

New TreeYo EDU Article: Water Heating: Appropriate Technology Chapter

new page, Project UpdateBy Doug Crouch17 Jan 2020Leave a comment

Beyond food supply, one of the ways in which humans have increased their life expectancy, in my opinion, is to have hot water on demand.  We all consume it, but have we ever thought just how much energy this consumes and how that energy is produced?  At nearly 20% of household consumption on average in…

New TreeYo EDU Article: Timber and Forestry

new pageBy Doug Crouch3 Jan 2020Leave a comment

Timber and Forestry: Its actually the reason I got into Permaculture, not agriculture.  So this article is a special one for me full of different viewpoints, designs, and videos.  Check it out as this is a vital topic in how ecosystems are managed worldwide.  https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/chapter-6-trees/timber-and-forestry/

2020 Courses from TreeYo Permaculture: First Quarter

new page, Project UpdateBy Doug Crouch1 Jan 2020Leave a comment

2020 will be a dynamic and busy year ahead, one I am very much looking forward to with lots of teaching at various places and site development at Treasure Lake. Heres my first quarter schedule of events and classes.  And heres our mission. To teach environmental literacy so positive climate change action along with community…

Paw Paw Online Master Class

new page, Project UpdateBy Doug Crouch21 Dec 2019Leave a comment

After nearly 20 years of growing paw paws and months of production, we bring you the paw paw masterclass online. Very thorough, sale now, USA customer get some free seeds as well! Give the gift of education this holiday season!!! https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/create-your-own-pawpaw-paradise/  

Animal Systems Chapter

New Article: Fodder Crops for Animals

new pageBy Doug Crouch9 Oct 2019Leave a comment

Fodder Crops for Animals, bringing animals into the systems requires a reduction of industrial feed inputs all the while pumping outputs within the system for animals to feed from. A long tradition, a creative complexity, and a boon to the animals. #permaculture #holistic management #regenerative farming Fodder Crops for Animals

App Tech Cooking: New Article

new pageBy Doug Crouch12 Sep 2019Leave a comment

Billions of people don’t have the luxury of turning a nob to cook and our luxury to do so is quite taxing on the environment.  Our daily nourishments and cravings require quite an energy input for cooking. Remember that as you read please! My latest article on TreeYo EDU from the app tech chapter. https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/appropriate-technology/cooking-with-appropriate-technology/

Summer Yields Much: TreeYo Project Update Blog

new page, Project UpdateBy Doug Crouch22 Aug 2019Leave a comment

Harvesting yields is one of the obvious goals of Permaculture and the summer season is indeed bountiful.  Rhythms change from spring, foods diversify, and the heat intensifies. Time is an interesting dynamic with day length long but shortening day after day after the summer solstice. With time, the buildup of a permaculture site is about…

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