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Permaculture Design Course Handbook
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  • 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
  • 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
  • Appropriate Technology
    • Renewable Electricity Production, Conversion, and Storage
    • Cooking with Appropriate Technology
    • Transportation/Animal Power
  • Ask A Permaculture Expert
  • Orders
  • Orders

TreeYo EDU Blog

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Buildin Soil on the Daily Video

UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch19 Dec 2020Leave a 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Paw paw setting fruit

UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch10 Jun 2020Leave a comment

Prarie banana, paw paw, Asimina triloba, North America’s largest fruit here in an edible landscaping context. Its 13th growing season at my folks house in the burbs, swale fed. And despite this being its 3rd flowering of the year due to late frost, this soon to be cultivar of grafted trees, is once again loaded…

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Diversity (Guilds) – Permaculture Design Course Handbook

UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch21 May 2020Leave a comment

Know the pattern of diversity, and the details of guilds will follow! #permaculture #foodforest https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/chapter-2-3-or-the-11-design-principles-from-the-intro-book/diversity-guilds/

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Terraces – Permaculture Design Course Handbook

UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch1 May 2020Leave a comment

I absolutely love terracing! Terraces, a long standing tradition throughout many cultures, can still be seen from the past and are being implemented once more for their multi-function approach to landscape productivity and regeneration.  They create access, help to slow water, retain and help build soil, and give productive space for production of crops of all sorts including…

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Banana Circle – Permaculture Design Course Handbook

UncategorizedBy Doug Crouch24 Mar 2020Leave a comment

https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/chapter-10-the-humid-tropics/banana-circle/ Because its everyone’s favorite article and can be adapted plant wise to all climates and even double as a greywater system! Pit gardens rock!

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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…

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