Essential LEARNING CURVES in PermCulture

The Organic design science process

??s & Sensing what to do when

Question levels in PC Design Course & process on land

1. What are our basic food & water & space needs on land?

2. How much water & food can we grow & harvest in a yr?

3. What are mimimum needs for healthy naturaliving?

4. How much work do the parts of whole design require to

begin, continue & complete the growing cycles?

5. Terrain - elevation & gravity - how does your land sloap

effect your sun/wind exposures & water flow?

6. Eco-sectors - what areas get sun in day/ seasons cycles

7. Zone Protection - for plants & animals growin together

maximum & mini space needs from pests & extremes?

fences, shade, windbreaks, water flows, walls, edges?

8. Where is composting organics in you design & working

to make soil fertililty, use in garden, on trees, etc?

9. What are the mimimum tools you need to grow OG food?

10. How does the rain & ground water flow, drain, pool,used?

11. Any land restoring from past damage, abuse, toxins?

12. What native species are on land to stop or bring in?

OG = On Going?s + Organic Growing needs to fill

1. What's the best time to plant certain crops in the cycles?

2. What PC info & sites are you studying to learn more tools

& methods potential options now, about how to grow

more food from balance with less work, cost & stress.

3. What problems & worries, goals & focus you have now &

coming if>>? from lack or excess of? broken or debt$?

4. Do you have any tradexchange agreements/arrangments

to cooperate with you neighbors to share energy

resources-work as planned or needed in emergency?

5. What new plants &or animals do you have or plan to?

have growing food in supporting organic eco-zones?

6. What's you most enjoyable PC activity, pleasure & fun?

7. What are the best tools you need to grow better OG food?

8. How do your plants, animals & bug cooperate together on

to support maximum food growing & water harvesting.

PC memory & understanding energy growing systems -

works with natural patterns, cycles & forms we witness more than ideas & ideals. So we awarely study & observe: weather, soils, plants, animals health & extremes, thru the seasons & varied growing rates of soils, grass, herbs, vegies & trees, animals & fish in complimentary eco-systems & zones.

Organic patterns to learn as they happen: waves, cones & radiation, clouds & bubbles, fractals repeat, layers/strata, spirals & curves, currents & channels, tetrahedrons & triangles, cones & domes, gravity & levity, hot & cold, wet & dry, branching & rooting, seeding & sprouting, storing & releasing, freezing & melting, budding & flowering, peaks & lows, rotting & entropy, harvest & flows balancing or not?!