Jonathon Engels
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Jan- 2016 -8 JanuaryGeneral
How to Make New Resolutions Using Permaculture Methods
2016 has begun as the years before it once began: There is a whole lot of opportunity on the horizon.…
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5 JanuaryFood
Legumes in the Kitchen: They Are Not Just for Nitrogen-Fixing
When it comes to legumes, I come from a fortunate background. Born and raised in the southern Louisiana, where cuisine…
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1 JanuaryCommunity
Our Year of Permaculture: Learning As We Go
It wasn’t far into 2015 that my wife and I decided we were ready to start the search for our…
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Dec- 2015 -18 DecemberDesign
5 Chop-and-Drop, Nitrogen-Fixing Perennial Legumes for the Tropics and Beyond
Recently, I’ve been looking to buy land in the tropics, most likely southern Belize, and in doing so, my wife…
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11 DecemberDesign
Found-Object Garden Design at The Farm Inn in Southern Belize
Something that has thoroughly impressed Kevin during our six weeks at The Farm Inn in the southern depths of Belize,…
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4 DecemberDesign
5 Fun and Fruitful Techniques for Small-Scale Earthworks
I’ve spent most of the last two years volunteering on farms throughout Central and South America, as well as a…
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Nov- 2015 -27 November
The Amazing, Multi-Functional Cohune Palm
I first knowingly encountered the cohune palm in its tree form when looking for property in the far eastern region…
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13 NovemberDesign
Humanure Is No Laughing Matter, Part 2: The Easy-Does-It Instructions
So, it would seem with one mountain of humanure now behind us—that, without a doubt, we should be composting human…
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6 NovemberDesign
Humanure Is No Laughing Matter
It’s something that becomes more and more unsettling for me the deeper I look into the issue. With every morning…
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Oct- 2015 -30 OctoberGeneral
Permaculture As a Political Act
Permaculture, I believe, is not just a political act, but true to its nature, it is one in which all…
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23 OctoberDesign
Piecing Together a Guild of Your Own
Photo: Panorama (Courtesy of hardworkinghippy) In the scheme of permaculture food production, harnessing the most out of nature whilst using…
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16 OctoberGeneral
Why Is the Edge So Damned Important?
Photo: At the River’s Edges in Orgiva, Spain. Photo courtesy of Emma Gallagher. I must begin with the confession that…
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