Posted on wo 24 maart 2021 in blog • Tagged with survey, practical
Since Sunday 2017-07-30 I have been involved with gardening at the Proeftuin Meerhoven in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This is a community garden maintained by volunteers in the neighborhood adjoining ours. We use the space with approval from the local council. In addition to helping with gardening, I learned a lot …
Posted on ma 08 februari 2021 in blog
Below are a number of examples of growing complexity due to available energy surplus. As the available energy inexorably turns down we will be forced to live by the Permaculture principle of Use Slow and Small Solutions.
Car:
Posted on do 31 december 2020 in blog
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 …
Posted on zo 18 oktober 2020 in blog
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 …
Posted on zo 18 oktober 2020 in blog
Posted on di 26 november 2019 in blog • Tagged with experiment
I have been making bread regularly since 2017. As I look through the photo's I have made over the years I notice quite a shift in how I do things now versus how I did them when I started out.
Notable changes:
Posted on wo 28 augustus 2019 in blog • Tagged with experiment
This is a list of experiments Ina and I have been conducting in July and Augst of 2019. Some things I put under several headings as they contain elements of both.
Posted on di 20 augustus 2019 in blog • Tagged with experiment
A few days ago a friend and I set out to do an experiment in distilling alcohol from a fermented sugar solution.
On 2019-04-13, I put the sugar ferment together as follows:
Yeast starter:
Sugar solution:
Michael O. Church made a model of US social classes in 2012. The percentages given refer to US population numbers only. These models may have a limited correspondence to the social classes of Europe. I have taken the information from the original article and condensed it further.
Posted on ma 04 maart 2019 in blog • Tagged with permaculture, attitudinal principles, experiment
When making bread, the recommendation is to place the dough in a warm spot to rise for about one hour. Since we hardly heat the house in winter (the thermostat is set at 12°C; the living room is a bit warmer still) this proved a bit of a challenge …