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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@mailman1.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] (93) Polycultures and Guilds Ep2 - Grapes, Honeylocust and more! - YouTube
  • Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 10:23:48 -0400

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Georg Parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at> wrote:

> Thanks a lot, Lawrence, for these links - guilds is the way to go,
> succession the challenge, and both are design tasks that are ahaed of me,
> nor since out pc settlement is manifesting more and more.


I always thought so too. Identifying natural guilds would be a challenge
and maybe discovered by chance during a walkabout or site inventory. These
vids were a real find. Credit to Facebook for providing the post with the
links. There must be natural guilds and designed ones in which elements are
aligned according to inputs and outputs of each; then to test and refine. I
informally do something like this in my yard with the diverse collection of
grasses and weeds that have established themselves there over the years. I
only hand scythe the area after they have gone to seed. What's nice is all
the red clover that returns each year, mixed with greater burdock, Johnson
grass, morning glory and some amazing grasses with tall seed stalks. I am
hoping for a kind of lawn, after scything, that I can settle a lawn chair
into.
I guess the design task at hand would be laying out the architecture of the
site or portion thereof. Then pull site or micro site attributes together
such as lay of land, soil type, drainage, microclimates and existing
vegetation and other site features and earchworks. At that point locate
ornamental gardens, food gardens, food forests, orchards, constructed
wetlands, pools and ponds.

"since out pc settlement is manifesting more and more"

Put the community to work, get them involved in all aspects of site
analysis, design, materials aquisition, construction and maintenance.
Good fortune for your PC settlement!


--
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lfljvenaura@gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared




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