Jack Spirko
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Apr- 2021 -16 AprilSwales
A Walk though My Food Forest Swale System After a Rain Event at Nine Mile Farm
Every year the amount of rain we put into the ground per inch that falls increases. In this walk though…
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Mar- 2021 -15 MarchPodcasts
Geoff Lawton on Permaculture in Strange Times
Geoff is a world-renowned permaculture consultant, designer, and teacher. He has established permaculture demonstration sites that function as education centres…
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May- 2019 -28 MayFood Forests
Five Years From Limestone Slab to Food Forest
Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas. While the general area is not particularly challenging,…
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Jun- 2018 -6 JuneAnimals
Texas Food Forest and the Results of Good Design.
Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas. While the general area is not particularly challenging,…
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Nov- 2015 -6 NovemberDesign
Don’t Try Building Hugel Swales – This is a Very and I Mean Very Bad Idea
Let’s start out with a basic understanding of what full scale Hugelkultur and full scale swale based systems are. Then…
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Sep- 2015 -30 SeptemberAnimals
Season 2 of the Duck Chronicles has commenced!
Jack Spirko who hosts The Survival Podcast and his own Youtube Channel has been showing season two of his duck…
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Apr- 2015 -29 AprilDesign
Swales in North Texas Take on 2.5 inches of Rain and Perform Perfectly
In this video, Jack Spirko, shows just how effective good Permaculture Earthworks are in capturing 26,000 Gallons of water from…
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3 AprilAnimals
The Duck Chronicles
In this episode, the ducks find their temporary home for the next few weeks. Jack covers the heater, the feeder,…
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Jun- 2014 -19 JuneBiodiversity
The Hidden Horror of CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder)
At PermaEthos we are working hard to get our first flagship farm profitable and already thinking about the next few…
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Jan- 2014 -6 JanuaryCourses/Workshops
Over 1 Hour Presentation on Food Forest Establishment (video)
by Jack Spirko This is a presentation I gave in November 2013 when we installed the swales for our 3/4th…
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Dec- 2013 -18 DecemberLand
Swales Filled by Melting Ice and Snow (Texas, USA)
We just harvested over 20,000 gallons of ice and snow melt into our swales. Last week we had about 4…
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