Let me shed a little light on how I record, track, and plot various streams across my domain.

A toolbox contains a set of useful tools for artisans to use. A carpenter’s toolbox has hammers, chisels, planes, etc. A plumber’s toolbox has wrenches, nuts, pieces of pipe, etc.

A permaculture designer’s toolbox contains tools useful for designing with permaculture. I have documented a few on …

I cannot say for certain when I became aware of Permaculture. There were hints, websites read, questions asked. My partner Ina has been an active participant in researching and proposing activities. She was instrumental in nudging me over a few thresholds. I am very grateful to have her in my …

This is a list of experiments Ina and I have been conducting during the summer of 2020.

• deepen experience with baking bread with sourdough starter
  • different types of flour
• ferments
  • using sourdough starter for things other than bread
• drying
  • nettle
  • mint
  • leaves of horseradish (blad mierik)
• growing seedlings
• growing cutlings …

I got this originally from an article from Appleseed Permaculture on 8 forms of capital from April 2011. I have added energy as the overarching type of capital as it is the basis for all the complexity and beauty we experience daily in our lives. To give you but one …

Here are some of my presentations on baking bread and using a sourdough starter.

• Introduction to Bread Making
• Bread Making - Step by Step

I have kept a record of the steps I take in making bread. Below is a table that shows the times for one such sessions. The introduction …

I use the following basic recipe for all my breads:

• 200g sourdough starter
• 700g whole meal flower
• 550g warm water
• salt to taste
• linseeds / sesame seeds / sunflower seeds to taste

On this site I have dedicated a few articles to making bread. Peruse them at your leasure:

• Lessons learned baking …

Here is a presentation with an introduction to fermentation.

• Introduction to Fermentation

PMI stands for Plus, Minus, Interesting. It is an analysis tool for ranking between different options to find the one that may be best among the available alternatives at this point in time.

This is a tool I came across not too long ago. It can be used in discursive meditation.

The tool takes seven questions and combines them with seven concepts. So, if you have no clue on how to approach a subject, concept, text, image or other object to meditate on …