permaculture principles for home gardens
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Kakariki Sustainability Conference
2009
Permaculture principles for home gardens
Presentation: Nicole Bührs
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Overview
1. Permaculture2. Home gardening - Growing food –3. Pest and disease control
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1.Permaculture
What is Permaculture?The term comes from Perma(nent) (Agri)cultureIt was first used by Bill Mollison and David HolmgrenIt is based on ethics and principles
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Ethics and principlesEthics – care of the earth, care of people, surplus shareSome of the principles:
Relative locationMultiple functions for each elementEnergy cyclingDiversityAnd more
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Some Permaculture principles
Relative location
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Principles (cont.)
Multi functions for each element
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Principles (cont.)
Energy cycling
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Principles (cont.)
Use of biological resources (plants and animals)
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Principles (cont.)
Diversity
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What permaculture amounts to is Let nature do the workMinimum work for maximum resultSaving people’s time and energyA healthier environment
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Bill Mollison’s view of conventional egg production
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Bill Mollison’s view of permaculture egg production
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One of the best way to reduce the environmental impact of our lifestyle is to produce as much food as possible of our
own food.
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2.Home gardening - Growing food –
No garden – no problemGrow sprouts in the kitchen
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Growing plants in pots/containers
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Use space saving techniques
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More space saving techniques
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Growing a vegetable garden
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Being involved in a community garden/allotment
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When growing food you might find that others want to share with you…
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3.Pest and disease control
Crop rotationPhysical resources Companion planting
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Physical resources
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Plants that attract beneficial insects
Daisy familyCarrot familyMint familyBuckwheatPhacelia
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Companion planting: plants that help each other
Carrots and tomatoesTomatoes and celeryBroad beans and early potatoesSweet corn and dwarf beansBeetroot and cabbage
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Companion planting / Guilds
3 sisters: sweet corn, beans and pumpkinTomatoes and basil
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Basil (tomatoes, peppers, eggplants)Chives (carrots, courgettes, cucumbers, gooseberries)Garlic (tomatoes, carrots)
Protection against fungal diseases
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Protection against nematodes
Tagetes or French marigold
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a
lifetime.
Chinese proverb
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The endSources:
Molly Chalken’s workshop notes (2000)Rodale’s Successful Organic Gardening COMPANION PLANTING
Illustrations:The Permaculture Garden – Graham BellPERMACULTURE A Designer’s Manual - Bill Mollison
Photos:Nicole Bührs