This permaculture design has been based upon Bill Mollison's Introduction to Permaculture book.

 

permaculture principles

RELATIVE LOCATION

• LOCATION OF ELEMENTS ARE INTERCONNECTED, INPUTS ARE LOCATED CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER.

• THE WORM FARM IS LOCATED NEAR THE BACK DAY FOR CONVENIENT DAILY USE, WHERE THE COMPOST IS CENTRAL TO THE VEGETABLE GARDENS FOR EASY SPREADING.

• WOODLOT IS LOCATED ON THE BOUNDARIES NOT VISITED REGULARLY AS THEY ONLY NEED TO BE VISITED YEARLY.

 

EACH ELEMENT PERFORMS MANY FUNCTIONS

• EACH ITEM SERVES A NUMBER OF PURPOSES, INCREASING THE VALUE OF THE ITEM.

• BASIC NEEDS ARE MET IN MORE THAN ONE WAY FOR SUSTAINABILITY, WATER IS HARVESTED ON SITE, AND RETAINED IN A POND AND WICKING BED.

• WATER TANKS COLLECT WATER AND BECOME A STRUCTURE FOR THE PASSIONFRUIT TO GROW ON.

• ACAIA TREES ACT AS A WINDBREAK FOR THE FRUIT TREES, PROVIDE GREEN MULCH AND ARE NITROGEN FIXING TO THE SOIL.

 

EFFICIENT ENERGY PLANNING

• AREAS TO BE VISITED FREQUENTLY ARE LOCATED ALONG THE DAILY ROUTE OR NEAR THE BACK DOOR, PLANNING IN ZONES.

• PATH TO LETTERBOX AND FROM CAR TO BACK DOOR ARE WHERE AREAS TO BE FREQUENTLY VISITED ARE LOCATED.

• SUN LOVING PLANTS ARE LOCATED IN AREAS OF MAXIMUM DAYLIGHT, DAMP AND SHADED AREAS ARE UTILISED FOR PATHS AND

• PLANTS THAT THRIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS.

 

USE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES

• USE PLANTS AND ANIMALS TO SAVE ENERGY AND DO THE WORK.

• THE WORM FARM USES HOUSEHOLD WASTE SCRAPS WHICH ARE TURNED INTO NUTRIENT RICH WORM CASTINGS.

• PLANT POTATOES AND PUMPKINS TO BREAK UP HARD COMPACTED SOILS, PROVIDE NUTRIENTS AND ADD MOISTURE TO THE SOIL.

• USE BEES AND BIRDS FOR POLLINATION

 

ENERGY CYCLING

• USE NATURAL ENERGY, SELF SUFFICIENT CYCLES NOT RELYING ON EXTERNAL ENERGY.

• WIND ENERGY WILL BE USED FOR THE POLLINATION FOR THE BLACK MULBERRY IN THE FOOD FOREST.

• SUNLIGHT WILL BE REFLECTED BY THE POND.

 

SMALL SCALE INTENSIVE SYSTEMS

• USE LAND EFFICIENTLY, START SMALL NEAR THE BACK DOOR AND WORK YOUR WAY OUT.

• SMALL SYSTEMS ARE EASIER TO MANAGE, AND NEED LITTLE IMPUT ONCE ESTABLISHED.

• EACH ZONE CAN BE COMPLETED IN STAGES SO THAT IT IS MANAGEABLE FOR ONE PERSON TO ESTABLISH.

• VEGETABLE GARDEN BEDS ARE AROUND 1M WIDE TO ENABLE EASY HAND REACH.