Permaculture Design for the Homestead Part 2

This workshop covers fundamentals of permaculture design for people developing self-sufficiency with the land. We will cover zones, useful plants, and water, among many other principles of permaculture. This workshop will help you develop a design plan for your own homestead in harmony with the land and natural elements surrounding you. In part 2, permaculturist John Nelson begins by talking about design methods to keep the water circulating on your land as long as possible.

[MichaelFlynn-jxdd]

That's so true! Sorry for my previous disrespectful comment...I watched the rest of the series and it's very good especially on driveways and drainage.

[DJ-ukmm]

Thank you for sharing this great presentation ;-)

[Sheenasalesthriftytreasures]

So beautiful there I look forward to watching and learning to improve my food forest thank you

[TheREALMuad-dib]

I'm going to dig and build my own aquaduct system, its going to be the best game.

[kanamugireinnocent]

You are good trainer like Rick Coleman

[diversitylove]

The greenhouse water basin. Yes I totally agree. Now this is very old design. The most recent examples are the qunat in Persia and the ice houses in the Persian desert.

In west African architecture they add the power of wind to the thermal dynamics of water, as they have wind towers to an underground tavern. It is ancient air conditioning.

However the approach is older than the separated continents as you find another water harvesting wind spiral buried deep underwater in South Africa and also in Peru.

The commonality of design features leads me to assume. That it is so old that cultures using it, once common cultures, but became distinct. The structures were abandoned and their purpose forgotten with time until recently.

[diversitylove]

Also there are ancient arts of using roots. Permaculture use roots to address soil conditions. In India roots have been used for structure, just google living bridges in India. The same structure underground is permissive to water flow

[zachwalker]

You use whatever you got when you got it

[doloresreynolds]

There are often rules about how far your well must be from a septic system, if you are using one.

[stuartmartin]

If you use plastic pipes for water supply make sure it's polyethylene, not PVC. Don't use PVC anywhere if you can avoid it!.

[Chocoboranger]

I wouldn't use poly pipe for anything. theres probably so much microplastic in that just contaminating everything. rather go with the bamboo even if it is a pain in the ass.

[annetteericsson]

Unless you live in the braine dead state of Oregon or Washington USA where it is illegal to catch rainwater even in a barrel or for watering your garden.

[MichaelFlynn-jxdd]

So much ignorance from this lecturer re water storage.
A 10, 000 galleon concrete tank 45000 litres is not expensive in the context of total homesteading costs. Two or three of these can fill up with winter rainfall, providing a usefull amount then for summer!