Drylands Permaculture Climates PDC

Drylands : Permaculture Week 5, Part 2

Well, friends, we are already at week 5 out of 7 of my Permaculture Design Certificate. It is bittersweet. The end is soon near, but it is not the end at all, it is just the beginning! I can’t wait to exit the program with an entirely new vocabulary of knowledge and skills and apply them to the world. Read more

Permaculture Microclimates : Week Three

Permaculture Microclimates : Week Three

Week Three into my PDC.
Topic: Microclimates

When I first heard the term “microclimates” I imagined a setting of tiny people living in an abandoned tin can. The scene was tropical and the tiny people were barbecuing amongst tiny palm trees wearing tiny sunglasses and tiny visors. Outside of the summery tin can was a vast field of snow surrounded by regular-sized evergreens and normal-looking reindeer (whatever your definition of normal may be.) And, although this is a very surreal image, it’s not far from what a microclimate really is. Read more