If you could write a book about permaculture, what would your table of contents look like? Here's what mine would look like:
Permaculture - ethics and principles
Chapter 1 - Soil
Medium - why use Medium, what’s in Medium, alternatives, and benefits
Building topsoil and soil preservation -
pH -
How to treat nutrient deficiency -
Soil tests -
Chapter 2 - parts of plants, trees, etc.
Seeds - GMOs vs hybrid vs heirloom, sarcification, how to start from seed, parts of a seed, how to read a seed catalog, how and where to buy seeds, how to read a seed packet, sanitizing seeds and trays
Roots - parts of a root, a plant’s food storage system,
Stem or trunk - parts of a stem or trunk, plant delivery system, how to read tree rings
Leaves - parts of a leaf, photosynthesis
Flowers - Parts of a flower, pollination, and self-pollination, list of pollinators other than bees
Moss - parts of moss, function, different types of moss, moss lawns (alternatives to moss)
Trees - Tapping trees
Chapter 3 - The importance of fungi
Mycelium - function, the mycelium network
Volva (cup) - function
Stipe (stem) - function
Ring (Annulus) - function
Spores - function, how to collect spores
Gills (lamellae) - function
Margin (edge) - function
Cap (pileus) - function
Scales - function
Decomposers - importance
Chapter 4 - Gardening
Garden planning - planning a garden for your needs, how to select plants, and where to garden
Types of gardening - Hugelkultur,
Small space gardening -
Greenhouse - greenhouse management, small space green housing
Bug hotels -
Olla pot -
Green manure and mulches -
Seed saving -
Crop rotation -
Companion planting -
Homemade fertilizers -
Chapter
?minimising human impact on the land
Chapter ?? Waste recycling/zero waste
Compost - Why compost, Benefits and disadvantages, Small space composting, Different methods of composting
Chapter ?? Utilizing resources and building
Getting materials for free -
Natural building - cob, willow building,
Rainwater collection -
Wood carving -
Road building/path building -
Chapter ? Diversifying incomes
Farmstand -
Chapter ? Animal care
A respectful harvest - using all parts of an animal
Sustainable grazing techniques -
Raising livestock feed -
Rabbits -
Chickens -
Worms -
Sheep -
Cows -
Goats -
Silkworms -
Bees -
Dogs -
Cats -
Pigs -
Ducks -
Quail -
Turkey -
Fish -
Horses -
Llama/alpaca -
Chapter ? climate change
Carbon footprint - how to reduce
Chapter ? Weeds
Weeds - What are the weeds telling you?
Cooking with weeds -
Foraging - safety
Chapter ? Cooking and baking
Solar ovens -
Processing food -
Storing food - Root cellars
Food preservation -
Chapter ? Herbalism
Basic herbalism -
Herbalism first aid kit -
Herb recipes -
Natural healing -
Apothecary -
Chapter ? Food forests
Main food forest products
Swale
Windbreaks/hedgerows
Creating an orchard
Site selection/Identifying differences in climate (i.g. hotspots)
Chapter ? Native habitats
Habitats -
Habitat restoration - Encouraging native birds, bats, and bugs; building bug hotels; raising native bees -
Chapter ? Landscaping
Foodscaping -
Chapter ? Renewable energy
Chaper ? - Permaculture programs and resources
Metric conversions chart
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