PDC LESSON 2.2 DESIGN - AROUND THE HOUSE

 

PERMACULTURE COURSE AGRO-ECONOMY

PDC LESSON 2.2 DESIGN - AROUND THE HOUSE

 Design around the House

The house needs to be sited according to the aspect that is most suited to the property ie: considering the prevailing winds, sun etc. Planting strategically around the house when there are problems with overheating or unwanted views with a wind break or a micro-climate can be created to cover a multitude of sins.

 

Plan first then plant, this will make the house a more comfortable place to live in. Planting trees to create shade where they are wanted to screen out the hot sun and allowing the sunlight to pour in where it is desirable is the first step in planning for climate control. You would then need to consider where from the kitchen door you would place a herb and vegetable garden.  When these are planted near the kitchen it will be so much more user friendly to the cook than if the garden is placed further away. You will need to look for a handy place for the worm farm or/and the compost heap as well. Or do all your food scraps go to the chooks? If so, the chook house needs to be close enough to the house but far away enough not to be a nuisance.

 

How about all those spaces between the garden beds? Why not grow a ground cover instead of lawn? This will avoid mowing all those little areas of grass in between gardens that makes the mowing such a chore. There are quite a few useful and hardy ground covers to choose from and a favourite Permaculture ground cover around vegetable gardens is pinto peanut. This plant is very suitable to grow on garden paths and is also a legume, so it helps to increase soil fertility. Pinto peanut will become a carpet like cover. It needs semi- shaded areas and also needs adequate moisture. The pinto peanut is more suitable to plant around raised garden beds such as tank gardens so as not to encroach onto the garden beds. Planting a groundcover is the first step to creating your own micro- climate.

Text from the roots, Elisabeth Ferkonia (Aus.) PDC studied with Bill Mollison,  




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