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Gardening our way Home:
toward a biological Way of Life
Local Food Insecurity• Results of a 2011 Gallup survey on Food
Insecurity in 100 US metropolitan areas:– 2010 Survey: Asheville metropolitan
area(Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison Counties) - 7th worst in the nation!
– 2011 survey - 3rd worst !! – One in 5 people (approx 106,000 People) in WNC
is food insecure!!!!– NC 1st in local food insecurity in USA– 1 in 4 kids hungry in NC, 1 in 3 obese!– We source less than 5% of our food locally!
Russian Home Gardens
Gardens trump Agriculture
Gardens• 1 calorie in/40 calories out• High production efficiency• Minimal external inputs• Intensive space use• Diverse yields/stable• More nutritious foods• Supports local community• Unites• Human Scale• Distributes wealth and power• Restore and regenerate
Industrial Agriculture• 4-12 cal. in/1 cal. Out• Less efficient production• Maximum external inputs• Extensive space use• Monoculture/fragile• Questionable nutrition• Destroys local community• Separates• Corporate Scale• Concentrates wealth and power• Pollutes and degrades
Incredible Edible Todmorden
Permaculture Design Goals
Restoration and regeneration of damaged lands, ecosystems, communities, cultures
Conservation of natural and cultural resources.Production: Whole system yields for all life. Systems care: Maintenance and management
across generations. People care: Meeting peoples primary needs.Regeneration of our culture and our world.
Permaculture in the Garden• Build soil, plant plants, tend animals• Begin at the kitchen door and work outward on a controlled
front.• Overcome limiting factors. • Optimize use of space, fill the niches, stacking and packing.• Select for place and optimum nutrition: varietal selection• The art of placement: right plant, right place• Mixed perennial, annual, and animal production systems for
creating food poly-cultures.• Diverse yields over time. Year round production.• A place for animals and fish.
Our Nutritional Needs
• Calories • Protein• Fat• Carbohydrates• Vitamins• Minerals• Phytonutrients• Medicinals
What do we eat?
• Vegetables• Herbs and spices• Root Crops• Grains• Animals and animal products• Oils• Nuts• Fruits and berries• Mushrooms• Products of the above: ferments, sauces, canned and dried
goods
Our Most Nutritious Foods• Vegetables - greens:
cabbage, kale, spinach and collards- carrots- Brussels sprouts- peppers- squash- sweet potatoes -potatoes- celery- green beans- peas- asparagus- parsley - onions- garlic- broccoli
• Fruit- all berries - all melons- hardy citrus- grapes- cranberries- apples, pears
- cherries - peaches, plums
- mulberry - paw paw - fig
• Nuts (raw)- almonds- walnuts- hazelnuts
- chestnuts - pecans• Seeds (raw)- flax-
sunflower- pumpkin- sesame - hemp
• Grain - oats- millet- quinoa- buckwheat- spelt- barley- wheat
- rice• Legumes- chick peas-
black-eyed peas- black beans- pinto beans- other dried beans
• Fats- hemp oil- flax oil- pumpkin oil- olive/hazelnut oil
- grape seed oil• Animal Products - Fish-
chickens and ducks - rabbits and guinea pigs - squab - free range eggs-
yogurt- goat’s milk and cheese- cottage cheese
• Mushrooms
Antioxidant Super Foods
FRUITSElderberryAronia berrySea BuckthornMulberryServiceberryMuscadine GrapeHardy KiwiBlueberriesCranberries
Blackberries Raspberries Strawberries ApplesPlums CherriesPeachesRed grapes Prunes Black Currants VEGGIESCollards/KalePotatoes Kidney beans Pinto beans
Asparagus Yellow pepper Green grapes Black eye peas Cooked tomatoes Red Cabbage Red-leaf lettuce BroccoliBeetsTea Camellia
Regional Staples
– Sweet Potatoes– Potatoes– Onions– Beans– Corn– Pumpkin and Squash– Cabbage and greens– Eggs– Fruit, nuts, and berries– Wild Plants and Game– Small and large Livestock
Plugging the local nutritional food gaps
• Oils: Nuts, Seeds, Animal Fats• Minerals: soil remineralization• Grains• Staples• Cultivate more specialized farm/orchard
enterprises to close the loop/ fill the niches.
PRIMARY HOME PRODUCTION
Vegetable Gardens
Herb Gardens
Home Orchards
Vineyards
Small Livestock
Aquaculture
WHAT WE CAN GROWAnimals: bees, fish, chickens, ducks, rabbits, quail, etc.Vegetables Root cropsFruitsNutsBerriesGrapes and vinesHerbsMedicinal plantsMushroomsGrainsFlowersChildrenOurselves
SUPPORT ELEMENTS
GreenhouseCold FramesRow CoversBiomass ProductionCompost and Worm BinsBeehivesLivestock Housing and YardsAquaculture Tanks and PondsWater Storage: Cisterns and PondsRoot CellarSolar CookerFood DryerOutdoor Kitchen
• Vegetables to the center; nuts, fruits, and berries on the edges
• For limited spaces, grow trees as shrubs
• Speed succession.• Increase the productive
edges. • Alley cropping• Use vertical space –
Grow up, not out!• Use shady spaces• Use slopes to advantage
Permaculture Garden Strategies
Keyhole Garden Beds
Reclaim unused spaces
Sheet Mulch Gardens
Sheet Mulch Stages
Restore Soil Fertility
Vertical Gardening
Pavement Gardens
Detroit community Garden
Have fun. Savor the journey toward an abundant future.
Chuck [email protected]
Zone Planning Principle: Locate elements within the system for energy
conservation and best use.Design Goal: local nutritious food for all. energy and resource
conservation.Community scale zone planning:Zone 1. Urban Homestead: example and inspirationZone 2. Neighborhood gardens, orchards, vineyards,
pharmacies, forests, urban farms.Zone 3. Public spaces: Abundant food for allZone 4. Local farms, orchards, vineyards, forestsZone 5. Regional farms, orchards, vineyards, forestsZone 6. Continental producersZone 7. Global producers
Relative location
Principle: Make connections between elements. Place elements in a system so that the needs of one element are met by the yields of another element within the system.
Design Goals: Build and link local food and resource networks. Plan stable and resilient food producing home and community landscapes.
• Develop logistical and connecting strategies for building local food systems.
• Local community food and resource maps as organizing tools.
Redundancy
Principle: Design redundancy into critical survival systems: food, water, energy, etc. Redundancy and diversity support security.
Design Goals: Build redundancy into:• Food: Scalable, diverse local food supply.• Energy: Diverse blend of local fuel and energy
sources.• Economy: Develop a diverse local economy.
Support local businesses first.
Use biological resources
• Principle: Use biological resources instead of fossil fueled or industrially based resources.
• Design Goal: • Biological Economics• Return to biologically based local food, energy, and
economic systems.• Take advantage of the productive potential of natural
systems • Close the loops. Turn “Waste” into resources.• Carefully choose imports to support biological systems.