This episode comes from Geoff's request to compare Solarpunk and Permaculture.

This episode started with the question:

How do you approach working with clients and understanding their needs and goals?

This episode is based on a question I received asking:

What is your design process? (site analysis, implementation, and how you approach a design)

Based on this, I walk through the three phases my design process has evolved through over time:

In this episode, I talk about something that we don’t address enough: the hard work of Permaculture is boring. It’s not heroic. It doesn’t make for a great YouTube short or video to add to your story. The pictures that come out of it are rarely art, or something you’d want to post to Instagram.

Until the next time, spend each day showing up and putting in the work, as you care for Earth, yourself, and each other.

An update with a bit of big news: we found, made a winning offer on a house in Cleveland, Ohio!

Today, I want to talk about another question from Owen:

My family and I are in the process of finding a house in a new city, which will bring a new future for us and the show. Listen to find out more about where we're going and what this means for The Permaculture Podcast.

Today's question comes from Owen:

The question for this episode is from Geoff:

 I'd love to hear your thoughts about how homestead sites can create a "whole nutrition" landscape with permaculture. 

What I mean, is that a "healthy balanced diet" typically includes sources for necessary nutrients, calories, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates/starches, etc. Growing the leafy greens, berries, fruit, vegetables is all very well and good -- but if we are seeking to create a 'whole nutrition' landscape, we need to re-evaluate how much area in the gardens are devoted to tubers/roots and protein sources like nuts (hazelnuts) or seeds (sunflower, serviceberry seeds) versus the more typical perennial greens.  Ie Maybe way larger portions of the landscape should be devoted to tubers and fast-growing nuts/seeds than is typically seen in Permaculture Designs, for instance for PDC courses?!

Recommended reading to accompany this episode:

Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon

Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé

Recipes for a Small Planet by Ellen Buchman Ewald

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Today I’m joined by my friend Joshua Hughes as he shares the continued work of the team he’s a part of to create a jungle to marketplace supply chain with the launch of Rewild Organics.

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