Comments on: Introducing the Permaculture Designers’ Manual, Chapter 1: Introduction to Permaculture

By: Brian Rock

Brian Rock — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:04:36 +0000

It would be helpful to have a possibility to download the article to pdf or word file. Great job, looking forward to more.

By: David de Smit

David de Smit — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:05:24 +0000

Useful and inspiring post and a great idea for a series. Thanks for sharing all this.

It’s about time somebody with the appropriate training began to share the practical practices of permaculture. Here in the US it sometimes feels as though it has become the bailiwick of a small group of practitioners, who while enthusiastic and very knowledgeable in most cases, are capable of appealing only to a limited number of folks, and especially those with enough money to take their often pricey ‘design courses’.

Looking forward to the rest of the posts. I hope you are intending to include lots of diagrams, graphics and photos.

By: Su

Su — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:22:32 +0000

Right on.

By: Rain

Rain — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:40:13 +0000

great start jesse! i enjoyed the article about chapter 2 even more!!!

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:56:12 +0000

aye aye, I’m with you JBob!

By: JBob

JBob — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:42:55 +0000

Thanks very much. That part of the Manual does mention that (as of 1978) lawns used 15-20% of the fertilizer production of the USA. That sounds far more likely to me than “most.” At any rate, lets all trade the mower for some sheep.

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:04:16 +0000

JBob check the ‘designers manual’ Chapter 12.12, pg 434 for more info though obviously those stats are a bit out of date. I don’t have anything more recent than that unfortunately.

By: JBob

JBob — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:28:54 +0000

Do you have a source for the “The largest and most energy intensive agriculture on the planet is the lawn” statement? I just googled this for 15 minutes and can’t find any relevant statistics. Thanks.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:28:42 +0000

“Information is often the first resource in surplus.”

Well said. Looking forward to the series… thanks a million for your work!

By: David

David — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:01:24 +0000

Yes also wish it was weekly – can’t wait!