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ThePermaville Site Analysis makes it simple to create a long-term plan of sustainability. This analysis follows the Permaville Farm Course and Book. 

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Parts of Permaville Site analysis:

  • Make site map, with existing and proposed elements
  • Projects to install listed by priority, include materials, resources, detail drawings
  • Plan of action, outline of next steps

General considerations for a long-term plan:

  1. Describe a piece of land to create a sustainable farm plan. Any sized piece of land.
  2. What kind of earthworks projects would reduce erosion or make the land more useful? What is the source of water at this site? What types of water or water body projects would work well to store, filter, heat, or recycle water?
  3. Describe the soil, available materials or how you could use compost?
  4. Describe gardens, greenhouses, crops to grow
  5. Describe insects and creatures appropriate, describe how homes, food and water may be provided for the creatures as they go through their lifecycle.
  6. Describe home improvements or new construction, include plans for sanitation, kitchen, electricity
  7. Describe farm plan, create map, describe project list of projects to install by priority. Describe a plan of action, whether farming or some other activity (cooking, exercising, music, etc)

General project overview (same as info in Site analysis)

  • Name:
  • Name of farm:
  • Location of farm:
  • Size of farm (include units):
  • Farm website:
  • Mission of the project:
  • Story of the project / history of the land:
  • Describe existing conditions:

Maps

  • Satellite map from Google earth:
  • Site map (include legend and existing elements):
  • Zones, sectors and contour map:

Design strategies

  • First frost:
  • Last frost:
  • Annual rainfall:
  • Population density, urban/rural:
  • Surrounding community, proximity to nearest town

Earthworks

  • Describe earthworks plan
  • Describe plan for path, roads and fences

Water

  • Describe water source
  • Method for filtering water
  • Method for transporting water
  • Water recycling system/ greywater

Soil and microorganisms

  • Type of soil on site
  • Available organic composting materials (on or near site)
  • Composting systems

Plants and trees

  • List plants to grow
  • Describe garden design (sketch garden design)
  • List of trees to grow
  • Tree guild species to grow
  • Plant and forest design

Fish, insects and creatures

  • Plan to raise fish
  • Plan to attract insects
  • Plan to cultivate animals

Building

  • Available natural building materials
  • Kinds of buildings/structures to build

Sanitation

  • Types of toilets to use
  • Method of disposing of commercial waste

Appropriate technology

  • Fermentation recipes
  • Plan for making charcoal (any other use for heat/fire)
  • Source of electrical energy (plan for renewable energy installations)

Phase plan, Startup projects

  • List elements of Phase I design, in order of general priority
  • List general tasks for startup- ie buy materials, get permits etc
  • Draw at least one schematic design for one of your elements
  • Draw other schematic flow diagram, plan view, etc
  • Draw a final site map, including all elements in phase I design

Economics and implementation

  • List startup costs – land, tools, transport, fees, permits, utilities
  • Material costs for Phase I
  • Do you, or how do you, plan on making an income from this project?

Project start date

  • Phase I length
  • Need volunteers? How many people can you accommodate?
  • If phase is completed, what are next steps?