Subject: Re: [permaculture] diploma in permaculture design
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 15:12:14 -0500
I'm probably like many people, very interested in permaculture, but
there isn't a permaculture school in Oklahoma, and in any event, cash
is perpetually tight around our house. Attending a course would be a
great opportunity, but in the meantime, it is possible to learn a lot
from books like Gaia's Garden, Permaculture in a Nutshell, the books
about Robert Hart's forest garden, and various internet sites.
But there is no teacher like actually doing. I'm three years into my
learning curve, and beginning to transform a place has been by best
teacher.
the hardest part for me is conceptualizing the "whole thing". So I
get around that thus far by concentrating on smaller segments. If I
can't get the whole garden, I can understand a guild, and if I can
understand one guild, and do that, then maybe I'll understand what to
do next to it.
Now we've been given two vacant lots in our neighborhood, one on a
corner, one just around the block from it in the middle, both about
60' x 200'. Hopefully we'll be able to do something sensible, and
beautiful, and productive with our new stewardship.