Swales Filled by Melting Ice and Snow (Texas, USA)
We just harvested over 20,000 gallons of ice and snow melt into our swales. by Jack Spirko Last week we had about 4 inches of snow and ice — mostly ice. It totally coated the roads and shut down the...
View ArticleOver 1 Hour Presentation on Food Forest Establishment (video)
by Jack Spirko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnpRhA-Zp2A?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen> This is a presentation I gave in November 2013 when we installed the swales for our 3/4th acre food...
View ArticleThe Hidden Horror of CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder)
Photo © Craig Mackintosh At PermaEthos we are working hard to get our first flagship farm profitable and already thinking about the next few farms. We are working to teach Permaculture to as many...
View ArticleThe Duck Chronicles
In this episode, the ducks find their temporary home for the next few weeks. Jack covers the heater, the feeder, the water situation and more.. Jack Spirko has made and shared on his Youtube Channel,...
View ArticleSwales in North Texas Take on 2.5 inches of Rain and Perform Perfectly
In this video, Jack Spirko, shows just how effective good Permaculture Earthworks are in capturing 26,000 Gallons of water from a “barn burner of a storm”. This morning we got 3 hours of pouring rain....
View ArticleSeason 2 of the Duck Chronicles has commenced!
Jack Spirko who hosts The Survival Podcast and his own Youtube Channel has been showing season two of his duck chronicles. Season one really illustrated, from the first episode to the last episode, how...
View ArticleDon’t Try Building Hugel Swales – This is a Very and I Mean Very Bad Idea
Let’s start out with a basic understanding of what full scale Hugelkultur and full scale swale based systems are. Then we can jump into what they are not and why combining them can be a very bad idea....
View ArticleSwales Filled by Melting Ice and Snow (Texas, USA)
We just harvested over 20,000 gallons of ice and snow melt into our swales. Last week we had about 4 inches of snow and ice — mostly ice. It totally coated the roads and shut down the city for about...
View ArticleOver 1 Hour Presentation on Food Forest Establishment (video)
by Jack Spirko This is a presentation I gave in November 2013 when we installed the swales for our 3/4th acre food forest during an earthworks workshop. The class was mostly hands on — during this...
View ArticleThe Hidden Horror of CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder)
At PermaEthos we are working hard to get our first flagship farm profitable and already thinking about the next few farms. We are working to teach Permaculture to as many people as we can and spread as...
View ArticleThe Duck Chronicles
In this episode, the ducks find their temporary home for the next few weeks. Jack covers the heater, the feeder, the water situation and more.. Jack Spirko has made and shared on his Youtube Channel,...
View ArticleSwales in North Texas Take on 2.5 inches of Rain and Perform Perfectly
In this video, Jack Spirko, shows just how effective good Permaculture Earthworks are in capturing 26,000 Gallons of water from a “barn burner of a storm”. This morning we got 3 hours of pouring rain....
View ArticleSeason 2 of the Duck Chronicles has commenced!
Jack Spirko who hosts The Survival Podcast and his own Youtube Channel has been showing season two of his duck chronicles. Season one really illustrated, from the first episode to the last episode, how...
View ArticleDon’t Try Building Hugel Swales – This is a Very and I Mean Very Bad Idea
Let’s start out with a basic understanding of what full scale Hugelkultur and full scale swale based systems are. Then we can jump into what they are not and why combining them can be a very bad idea....
View ArticleTexas Food Forest and the Results of Good Design.
Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas. While the general area is not particularly challenging, the property itself was. The three acre property has anywhere from 11 inches...
View ArticleSwales Filled by Melting Ice and Snow (Texas, USA)
We just harvested over 20,000 gallons of ice and snow melt into our swales. Last week we had about 4 inches of snow and ice — mostly ice. It totally coated the roads and shut down the city for about...
View ArticleOver 1 Hour Presentation on Food Forest Establishment (video)
by Jack Spirko This is a presentation I gave in November 2013 when we installed the swales for our 3/4th acre food forest during an earthworks workshop. The class was mostly hands on — during this...
View ArticleThe Hidden Horror of CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder)
At PermaEthos we are working hard to get our first flagship farm profitable and already thinking about the next few farms. We are working to teach Permaculture to as many people as we can and spread as...
View ArticleThe Duck Chronicles
In this episode, the ducks find their temporary home for the next few weeks. Jack covers the heater, the feeder, the water situation and more.. Jack Spirko has made and shared on his Youtube Channel,...
View ArticleSwales in North Texas Take on 2.5 inches of Rain and Perform Perfectly
In this video, Jack Spirko, shows just how effective good Permaculture Earthworks are in capturing 26,000 Gallons of water from a “barn burner of a storm”. This morning we got 3 hours of pouring rain....
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