Re: Fwd: [permaculture] New book focused on small scale permaculture

**t* <t*@gmail.com>**

At least in my neck of the woods (urban/suburban), whenever anyone says
they are doing permaculture, what it looks like is a weed patch. It's sort
of synonymous with "letting nature take its course." A permaculture person
finally left one of the community gardens because his plot was always
getting complaints; he said he was "growing soil," but in fact his plot was
serving as a nursery for some intractable pests. It was always mulched very
nicely, but it rarely looked like much was harvestable.

At another local community garden,  one section is set aside as a "food
forest" and serves as a nice shady place to get out of the sun. As far as I
know, it is seasonally productive, but I'd guess it's less productive per
square foot than most of the surrounding community-garden plots.

Here are some other terms to toss around.

"Edible landscaping" captures the goal of a productive, small-scale
landscape.
"Ecogardening" (sounds awkward) and "natural landscaping" connote
wildlife-friendly more than food-for-people.
"Home-scale food forest" sounds like mostly trees, and therefore shade,
which doesn't leave much room for summer annual vegs.
"Ecological homestead" connotes more of an integrated approach, with as
much concern for energy and water use as food production, combined with the
goal of obtaining a good harvest and putting it to use year-round.

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Dargan, Mary Palmer <mpdargan@dargan.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Happy Holidays! xx mp[image: Inline image 1]
>
>
> The image did not come through, could you repost?
>
> The three ethical principles embodied in permaculture give rise to
> interpreting
> it as a social philosophy as well as an environmental one.
> care for the earth
> care for people
> return the surplus
>
> Some seem to go off the deep end about the ethics and do not emphasize
> personal survival through "permacultural" urban and rural homesteading,
> home food production and self sufficiency.
> If more did that then there would be ample surplus to share with those who
> can not.
>
>
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