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

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Thx Tanya,

I like your suggestion:

"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."

Its a good one, does this resonate with urban cottages in most cities?

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On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 9:52 PM, tanya <tanyagarden@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Lawrence F. London
> > lfljvenaura@gmail.com
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