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  • From: "Bob Waldrop" <bwaldrop@cox.net>
  • To: "International Permaculture List" <permaculture@openpermaculture.org>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] Permacuilture News from Barking Frogs Permaculture
  • Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:06:39 -0600

2010-11 Permaculture News
Barking Frogs Permaculture Center

Please post and/or announce.
Please reply only to BarkingFrogsPC@aol.com Replies to other addresses may
be blocked.

For details on the news items below, visit our web site:
www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org

Contents:
• “Annual” Online Course Skips a Year
• Online Course CD at about 1/3 Price
• Vol. III of The International Permaculture Solutions Journal
• Permaculture Design Course Pamphlets Translated into Portuguese, Spanish &
Chinese.
• Patiofarming in the Tropics and Subtropics
• Continuing Projects and Opportunities

“Annual” Online Course Skips a Year –
2012 Date Announced
After offering our 6-month Permaculture Design Course Online for 14
consecutive years, we have decided to skip the offering for 2011 to allow
instructors added time to work on other projects. We plan to begin Cycle 15
of the course Jan. 7, 2012. Download the Course Pre-registration Package
from our website for full details of the course, fees, the reading list, and
scholarships from our website, etc. www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org

Online Course CD at About 1/3 Price Through 2011
Because we had already done the work of updating and enlarging our
online permaculture course CD, we have decided to make it available for $85,
instead of $250, a price that has been constant for many years. The price of
the entire Course Reading List remains unaffected. CDs licensed at the
reduced fee do not carry our usual offer to monitor the course free by
registering with the CD order. However, the discounted CD price + the monitor
fee is still less than the regular CD license Fee. (CDs are licensed on a
single-user basis.) The Cycle 15 CD already contains more than a dozen major
new items. The CD includes more than 400 files, including weekly module posts
(instructors’ lectures and notes), sample designs, an ‘Xtras’ file of useful
information, numerous databases, additional readings, and many other kinds of
documents. The Self-Study Version of the CD does not include digital copies
of back journals included when the disk is purchased as part of the total
reading package.

Vol. III of The International Permaculture Solutions Journal
Following successful resumption of publication of The International
Permaculture Solutions Journal (Vol. II), both on CD and in print, we have
begun work on Vol. III, including themes of ‘Permaculture Education’ and
‘Client/Site Assessment’, in addition to our regular theme such as
“Permaculture Basics” and “Useful Plants.” We always welcome the opportunity
to consider work from new contributors, who can send query letters to Dan
Hemenway at YankeePerm@aol.com We also welcome copies of
permaculture-related books and DVDs to consider for review. Vol. II
continues to be available to purchase on CD and a limited number of print
copies.

Permaculture Design Course Pamphlets Translated into Portuguese
Volunteer Cássio P. Octaviani recently completed translation of all
15 of our Permaculture Design Course Pamphlets (by Bill Mollison) into
Portuguese. Volunteer webmaster Robert Waldrop has posted each to our
website. The following URLs are samples of the format used.
http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/panfleto1.pdf
http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/panfleto2.pdf
http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/panfleto3.pdf
Robert explains, URLs for all the individual pamphlets contain /panfleto
followed by the the (Arabic) pamphlet number, e.g. panfleto1.pdf ,
panfleto2.pdf, panfleto3.pdf, etc. All the pamphlets in one document are
found at:
http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/panfletostodos.pdf .

Design Course Pamphlets in Spanish
In keeping with our intent to make these pamphlets widely available,
we are seeking to post Spanish translations for free download, also.
Pamphlet I, which was translated by permaculturist Antonio Scotti a few years
ago, may be found on our website at
http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/spanishpanfleto1.pdf . Additional
volunteer translators in Spanish or other languages are welcome.



Chinese-language Versions of the Pamphlets
We were recently contacted by a Taiwanese permaculturist who has
expressed his intent to translate the pamphlets into Chinese. Obviously,
permaculture materials in Chinese is a major step in bringing permaculture to
a large fraction of humanity. We will report any progress in next year’s
letter. If you have need of Chinese materials before then, check our
website. We will post all translations there as they become available.

Patiofarming in the Tropics and Subtropics
Warm Climate Food Production for Small Spaces
We have offered this publication by Dr. Franklin Martin for some
years, with the intention of enlarging it with sections on water, soil,
animals, and permaculture design. Patiofarming… is now in digital format
available either in print or on CD. Eventually we will phase out the print
version. Meanwhile, we have begun work on the second edition, with extensive
notes, sidebars, and additional chapters by Dan Hemenway. We expect the
second edition to be available in a year or so. And we added a subtitle,
since it seemed that nobody knew what patiofarming constitutes. Anyone who
buys the first edition on CD, may exchange it for credit when updating to the
enlarged upcoming version. This publication is another candidate for
translations by qualified volunteers. Patiofarming… is a companion
publication to Yankee Permaculture’s Plants for Use in Permaculture in the
Tropics, also by Dr. Martin.

Progress continues with the following projects, previously reported:

Permaculture images: Searches, CDs, Scanned slide presentations.
We continue working on a two-prong effort to make available for sale images
in our extensive permaculture photo library. We have to date indexed about
4,000 images on a database (FileMaker Pro.) We are presently importing
images to the database so that others can scan for images that they need.
Simultaneously, we are scanning our extensive library of 35-millimeter
slides, starting with formal slide presentations. We envision the following
licensed uses for photos in these digital formats:
· A series of library CDs with low-resolution images, a keywords
field, descriptive information, and, where available, presentation script,
additional notes, and suggestions regarding the educational objectives that
the images serve. This will be available as a pdf file.
· A series of ‘slide’ shows on CD, duplicating our older 35mm slide
presentations. These are listed on our website. Presentations for
self-education will be on pdf, with a relatively low price. Shows for public
presentation will be on a graphics format such as JPEG, and will feature
higher resolution.
· Custom production of CDs containing digital images. We will price
these based on the intended use and the registration required.

Internships at Barking Frogs Permaculture Center
While Barking Frogs Permaculture Center, for various reasons, is not open to
the public, we infrequently host permaculture interns who wish to learn
practical matters associated with permaculture design implementation and
maintenance. For details, see our Intern FAQs and related documents on our
web site. Our location in North-Central Florida particularly suits
internships over the winter months. Interns here may simultaneously monitor
our online course at no tuition charge, if the internship occurs while the
course is in session. This option is subject to change.

Florida Permaculture Workshop Opportunities
For personal reasons, we have drastically curtailed
travel for teaching and consulting in the US and Canada. (We will consider
requests for programs in other countries on a case-by-case basis.) In order
to continuing sharing our permaculture experience and insights, we remain
open to leading permaculture programs in Florida, where we now live. The
preferred region is an ellipse 50 miles from Ocala to the south and 50 miles
from Gainesville to the north.
If you live elsewhere in Florida, we will evaluate logistics on
a case-by-case basis.
To explore the possibility for program in your area, please download the
appropriate documents from our web site explaining our standard terms and
what is involved. We are looking at designing programs over a series of
weekends, as well, to minimize the duration of time away from our own site.
For programs offered nearby, we can commute. This would be the area between
Gainesville and Ocala. We are interested in offering certificate courses
weekends, to shadow our online course synchronously, using the same reading
package. We do not organize or host programs—we teach them. Permaculture is
a self-reliance movement. If you want a program, you need to take the
initiative. As you can see from the above, we do not lack for things to do.
After reading what is involved, please contact us if you are interested.
We are also willing to undertake a few consulting jobs each year in Florida.
Again, details are already on our web site.
We never offer training programs at Barking Frogs Permaculture Center. This
is an ironclad policy.
Check our website for possible future workshops in Gainesville, FL.

Other Ongoing Projects

• Baldcypress Swamp. We had good growth again this year in our two main
areas planted to baldcypress. Some previously established trees have been
starting to self-sow, and we plan to dig saplings to add to the larger
planting in 2012.

• Tree Crops / Agroforestry / Forest Gardens. These continue to develop
gradually, and continue to provide lessons about these strategies in this
portion of Florida.

• Container Gardens. Our container gardening strategies appear to be about
fully developed, though we welcome surprises of new ideas and information.
Our main interests now are further integration of containers with our
chinampas and tree crops and related work.

• Bamboo Groves. Most of our groves are pretty well established, supplying
poles for gardening, fuel, and a small amount of material for crafts and
carpentry. The winter of 2009-2010 was unusually harsh for our area and our
Bambusa oldhami was killed to the ground. Other species were not seriously
damaged.


Scholarship Deadline—Still Aug. 1
The annual deadline for online course scholarship submissions
remains August 1 through 2011. ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BETWEEN JULY 1
AND AUG. 1 WILL BE CONSIDERED. Instructions for scholarship application may
be downloaded from our web site. They are also included in our online course
pre-registration package, another free download. Monitor scholarship
applications can be accepted between the deadline and the startup of the
course cycle.



Permaculture-Suitable Land for Sale
We have not yet found someone worthy of buying our land in
Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Because we are consolidating our resources at
our current home base in Florida, we are open to selling 18 acres of land
that Dan has owned since 1968. This land has not been sprayed for decades,
is very suited to the construction of a resource and energy-efficient solar
home, and has blueberries and nut trees planted in several areas. Photos and
more details are on our web site. Purchase of the entire parcel comes with a
one-day verbal consult on the land's features and potential by Dan Hemenway.
We will consider subdividing, starting at the south end of the property.


About our Names
Yankee Permaculture: Our publication project, which produces
journals, pamphlets, papers, slides, CDs, etc. Yankee Permaculture was kept
separate from our other work in the event that someone else takes over these
activities when we are old or dead. (Dan is already old.)
Elfin Permaculture: Our consulting, design, and teaching services.
These are our personal permaculture practice. APT (Advanced Permaculture
Training) is a sub-project of Elfin Permaculture.
Barking Frogs Permaculture: This is a place, where we live and where
our projects are based, sort of an umbrella for everything else. All current
land-based Elfin Permaculture projects happen here.
The Solutions Network: This is our network of volunteers who
support the above projects.


How to Get Off Our Email List

If you do not want to receive these annual newsletters, please send an email
to us at BarkingFrogsPC@aol.com If you 'reply' to another email address, we
may not get your request. We only make corrections sent to the Barking Frogs
address. Be sure to specify the address to which this newsletter was sent if
it differs from the email address that you use to reply. We can't remove
your address if we don't know what it is! (This happens several times each
year.) We always act on requested deletions from our list as soon as
possible. If you later get an announcement from us, then for some reason
your address was added again or we have more than one email address for you.
It wastes our resources and is counterproductive to us to retain you on our
list if you do not want to receive this information.





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