The Permaville Farm Course provides strategies for living off the land. The course follows a book and video course listed for free here. No experience required. In this course you will learn how to:
- Build with natural materials
- Filter water
- Make compost
- Grow plants
- Raise fish, insects and animals
- Quick steps to start a farm
The goal of this course is to create a farm plan. General goal to create organic, local, sustainable, economically productive systems on farms, and larger geographic areas. How can we survive from as close to home as possible and stay connected.
Syllabus
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Course preview
Instructor bio (2020)
Recommended Reading
Overview
- What is permaculture (Overview chapter)
- Story of permaculture (Additional resources)
- Story of humans (Origins rap)
- The cloud
- General goals
- Principles and Ethics (Design approach chapter)
Strategies
- Site analysis (Site rap)
- Site maps (Examples of maps)
- Zones and sectors (Design strategies Chapter)
- Climates and microclimates (Climate rap)
- Patterns in nature (Patterns rap)
- Urban design (Urban rap)
Earth and structures
- Earth, water, soil in brief
- Earthworks (Earth chapter, Earth rap, Earth scroll)
- Natural building (Natural Building chapter, Natural building rap)
- Paths and access
Water and soil
- Water (Water chapter, Water rap)
- Soil (Soil/compost/microbes chapter, Soil rap)
- Compost (Compost rap, Compost scroll)
- Compost tea (Kombucha rap) (Compost tea maker, Dosatron, Tea ponics)
- Microorganisms fungi and worms (Microbes rap)
Plants and creatures
- Nursery (Nursery chapter, Nursery rap)
- Garden (Garden chapter, Garden rap) (Garden Strategies Booklet)
- Trees (Trees and Forests chapter, Trees rap)
- Field prep (Project planning)
- Hydroponics (Pipe garden, Pond garden, pdf)
- Fish (Aquaculture chapter, Swimmers rap)
- Insects and animals (Insects chapter, Animals chapter, Creature rap)
Home
- Home in Brief
- Kitchen (Kitchen chapter, Kitchen rap)
- Sanitation (Sanitation chapter, Sanitation rap)
- Appropriate technology (Appropriate technology chapter, Technology rap)
- Economics (Economics chapter, Coin rap)
Farm
- Plan in brief
- Greenhouse (Greenhouse)
- Seed log (Get seed pack) (Bloomsbury Seed log, Gaiatree Seed log, Friendly Arm Farm Seed log, Silent Farm Seed log)
- Spring and summer crops (Crop logs)
- Fall and winter crops
- Field map and field log (Survival Garden booklet)
- Post-harvest (Friendly Arm Farm layout, Silent farm Greenhouse layout)
- Harvest log (Harvest log template) (Log rap)