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Permaculture Design Course Handbook
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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
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Buildin Soil on the Daily Video

UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch19 Dec 20201 Comment

My wintertime musings, how should i build soil today here at Treasure Lake?  Here is a glimpse into it from a 24 hour period.  Enjoy

2020 Food Forestry Recap through Designs

Project Update, UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch10 Dec 2020Leave a comment

As I reflect upon this last year of tree planting through the design documentation that I love to do on these days that are cold and day length is short, I remember what was and what is.  My yearning to plant trees is still strong, mostly limited by resources like time and money.  Nonetheless, the…

2020 Winter to Fall Update: Deepening Roots

Project Update, UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch20 Oct 2020Leave a comment

Honestly, it has been so much change and evolution that I have not even had the time to write. While a shame in some ways, it is tied to deepening roots here at Treasure Lake. It has been about executing the 2020 plan, of course altered by covid, but the intention led to action. Major…

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…

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/

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Tree Planting Recap 2019

Project Update, UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch26 Dec 20192 Comments

Lets face it, I love planting trees. Doug the Digger. And after moving back to Treasure Lake in Northern Kentucky in summer of 2017, I have been busy planting and caring for trees. However in 2019, it took a large step forward building on top of what was before and planting in new spaces framed…

New class: Rooted in Gratitude: Treasure Lake, Petersburg, KY, : November 30th, 2019

Project Update, UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch30 Sep 2019Leave a comment

Our next foraging foray focuses on the fun of the roots beneath out feet. Thus we are rooted in gratitude at this time of the years for the gifts that nature provides. Both culinary and medicinal application is the focus of this next course with myself and Abby Artemisia https://www.facebook.com/events/518271358745666/?ti=as

EDU Earthly: Treasure Lake, KY Stream Repair update: VLOG of Back to Back days of footage

new page, UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch30 Jan 20191 Comment

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,…

New Article: Cut and Carry: Animals Chapter

new pageBy Doug Crouch23 Jan 2019Leave a comment

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…

Terra Alta Food Forest Update: A Vlog from my old home: Sintra, Portugal

UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch17 Jan 20193 Comments

  It was a true joy to see it again. Years and years of effort to rehabilitate what once was just an abandoned track of land.  The stacking in space and time, the building of resources to enhance succession, the diversity, it is all there on this special slice of land at Terra Alta, Sintra,…

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