Making bread

Posted on 2020-10-18 16:43 in blog • Written by Arno Peters

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

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 …


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Sourdough Bread

Posted on 2020-10-18 16:43 in recipes • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with recipe

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:


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Introduction to Fermentation

Posted on 2020-10-18 16:42 in blog • Written by Arno Peters

Here is a presentation with an introduction to fermentation.


Personal Philosophy

Posted on 2020-10-01 19:45 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with vision, attitudinal principles, reiki principles, adaptation principles, NVC

Putting together a personal philosophy can be helpful for focussing your energy. Keep it as a daily reminder in your journal, calendar or hang them somewhere you regularly see them.

Below are a few examples of personal philosophies. There are many more to choose from. You will notice recurring themes …


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PMI

Posted on 2020-09-28 13:45 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, PMI

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.

Procedure

When in a group, someone presents the different options. For every option, the other participants give …


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Sevenfold Wheel of Thought

Posted on 2020-09-03 21:13 in tools • Written by Arno Peters

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 …


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Mindmap around Early Retirement Extreme

Posted on 2020-07-29 19:52 in contemplation • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, forms of capital, early retirement extreme, saving rate, burn rate, safe withdrawal rate

Mindmap of ERE

  • why is it important to me?
    • freedom to persue my interests
    • takes money out of the decision making process
    • gets me out of the rat race
  • resources
  • insights
    • having no expenses means you don't need an income and you can immediately …

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Contemplation on global economy and society

Posted on 2020-07-26 19:42 in contemplation • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with contemplation, global economy

Contemplate on the notion that our global economy is alive and can be likened to an animal.

Key insights:

  • alive:
    • requires at least a constant flow of energy to sustain itself
    • emergent behaviour from a large number of smaller elements
    • arises, persists over a period of time, fades away / dies …

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PASTE survey food forest Weverkeshof (2020)

Posted on 2020-07-06 14:39 in surveys • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, food forest design, Nuenen, PASTE, season: summer

This is part of the design for a food forest in Nuenen.

This year we did a new PASTE survey. The data was gathered on 2020-07-06. See also the previous PASTE survey.

In this section we list the available plants, animals, structures, tools and events we have observed directly or …


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PASTE survey allotment garden (2020)

Posted on 2020-06-22 21:00 in surveys • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, survey, PASTE, garden design, Eindhoven, season: summer

Starting from 2018-09-01, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. This survey lists the different species discovered in June 2020. For comparison, at two years ago I did the same thing.

This list is part of the ongoing design for the allotment garden.

Plants

  • Aegopodium podagraria …

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