Permaculture Playing Cards by Paul Wheaton and Alexander Ojeda

These cards came in super handy today!

I was at my kids school, watching them give their presentations, and the fire alarm went off. It was not a scheduled drill, so we were outside for at least 30 minutes. Thankfully, I had three decks of these cards in my backpack! I handed two decks to the class of teenagers next to us, and played Go-Fish with my daughter with the third.

The teens I handed the cards to thought they were really cool, and I saw them looking through them and reading all the stuff. I can't say enough good things about these cards!

Is that time of the year again when we looks for stocking stuffers and things to buy as presents.

These cards are the perfect size to fit in stockings. And they are beautiful!

Did you see that this thread has almost a quarter of a million views?

paul wheaton wrote:Did you see that this thread has almost a quarter of a million views?

I did not see that. How cool!

I give these cards 10 out of 10 acorns!  Love this compact and information packed bundle
of Permaculture goodness!  

Beautiful design, amazing artwork, wonderful variation of information

I find ideas for different areas of study by just flipping through them.  These are wonderful gifts
that I share with others to spread the word about Permaculture.  They are always well received by
those with any interest in natural gardening, clean food, growing their own food, etc.

I'll miss these if they go out of publication but look forward to seeing a new set of Permaculture
cards...that include Paul Wheaton.

                       

I give this book 10 out of 10 acorns.

When I first discovered these playing cards, which are true playing cards and hold up well to shuffling and dealing and have a nice coating, I was impressed. They really gave me an "around the world, mountain top view" of the most important people and topics in permaculture and homesteading.

Not being familiar with the names and reputations of the giants of permaculture, buying this deck of cards gave me a quick education. What impressed me and led to my giving them a 10 out of 10 is that Paul didn't include himself among the rest of the giants. Maybe I should have deducted a point for that, because nobody has done more to push society toward permaculture becoming a household word than Paul. But though he often calls himself a giant doofus (and similar), he appears to be a humble doofus. And he could have included himself in the deck with little or no resistance from the growing "family" on Permies.

Besides the mini-biographies, there is a good assortment of permaculture methods, techniques, and topics. Some of them will work for you in the right part of the world, others will not. Some of them will work anywhere. Not everyone can raise livestock. Not everyone can put in a hugelkultur. But everyone should know the names of those who have paved the way and gotten us to where we are today. The deck, for accomplishing that, gets a 10.

You can also think of the deck as a pack of flashcards. Keep them close at hand, study a couple of them each day, and within a month, you'll be conversant in perm-ese. ;)



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Need help.. trying to buy some of the packs.. I’m in Australia.. no ability on the system to change it to international shipping please help.  Universalpuzzle@gmail.com

Giselle Burningham wrote:Need help.. trying to buy some of the packs.. I’m in Australia.. no ability on the system to change it to international shipping please help.  Universalpuzzle@gmail.com

You are using this page?  https://gardener-gift.com

If you see the button for "buy 12 decks", immediately under that is a link that says "$215 with shipping outside the US" - is that what you were clicking on?