So yesterday we discussed finding a remote piece of land as a get away retreat/BOL or even as a low cost place to live full time. Whether you are working with such a piece of land or even a larger homestead most affordable land isn’t ideal for agricultural pursuits.

So today we discuss how to take arid, rocky, steep or any otherwise non agricultural land and convert into a fertile and productive landscape.

Join me today as we discuss…

Okay I screwed up the military discount it is now fixed

We made the first of two server moves all is well

The initial land assessment is all about slope and sun

The secondary assessment is what is already there and doing well

“Hardscaping comes first” applied to permaculture

Permaculture’s key with water is make it take the longest and slowest path

Design in totality and a foot at a time

Think in guilds vs. crops

Consider the Permaculture layers Canopy Sub Canopy Shrub Herbaceous Soil Surface Vertical Climbers Rhizosphere

Think natural growing systems not “organic”

Don’t force round pegs into square holes

Naturalist vs. Monoculturist vs. Permaculturist

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