permaculture

[Will Carey <cure@rtinet.com>]

on 3/25/05 9:02 AM, permaculture-request@lists.ibiblio.org at
permaculture-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> I'd be interested in comments from folks about how
> they do their actual design process when
> considering a particular site.  What do you do
> first (after careful observation, of course)?
> 
> Robert Waldrop, Oklahoma City

Robert....

Map. Map. Map. 

Do a base map with contours.
Do some overlays of sector and zone considerations.
Then start working with the terrain effects for water flow and keyline
strategies. 
After that, you can start doing some design work.

These are the kinds of skills you can pick up from a good PC course. I found
that a couple classes in Landscape Architecture can really help, too.

Will