Posted on za 21 september 2019 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, site information, urban design, mapping, building design
Ina and I live in a house in a bloc constructed in 1957. Our house is a terraced house; we share two side walls with our neighbors. The house has three floors: the ground floor, the first floor and the attic.
Over the last years, Ina and I have …
Posted on ma 22 april 2019 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, backyard, site information, PASTE, DAFOR(N)
This survey is part of designing the backyard.
The extra information for each plant is derived from the following sources:
Posted on ma 15 april 2019 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, food forest design, Nuenen, PASTE, season: spring
This is part of the design for a food forest in Nuenen.
This year we did a new PASTE survey. Data gathered 2019-04-15. See also the previous PASTE survey.
In this section we list the available plants, animals, structures, tools and events we have observed directly or indirectly at the …
Posted on zo 17 maart 2019 in tools • Tagged with permaculture, practical
On Saturday 2019-03-16 I followed a course in hedgelaying. Heg&Landschap organized it in a village close by. Lex Roeleveld was the instructor.
From Wikipedia:
[...] The aim is to reduce the thickness of the upright stems of the hedgerow trees by cutting away the wood on one side of the …
Posted on di 05 maart 2019 in tools • Tagged with permaculture, social design, community
In social permaculture the community plays a prominent role. Sometime in 2018 I became aware of research done by Dmitry Orlov on communities. He studied communities that last multiple generations; in his words: Communities that abide.
Orlov distilled a set of commandments that communities should obey. I found his list …
Posted on ma 04 maart 2019 in blog • Tagged with permaculture, attitudinal principles, experiment, season: fall, season: winter, season: spring
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 …
Posted on zo 10 februari 2019 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, location design
What are other people advising on location choice?
From a comment by sandy on the Archdruid Report (discontinued):
Posted on ma 14 januari 2019 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, urban design, appropriate technology, CEAP, zones and sectors, ethics, attitudinal principles, haybox
This is a small design I did to show the different options available for making a haybox at home.
Another, more recent article documents our current (2025) use of the haybox.
In our household we try to reduce our need for fossil fuels. One way is to prevent cooling …
Posted on ma 07 januari 2019 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, food forest design, Nuenen, zones and sectors, planning for real, client interview, ethics, attitudinal principles, hugelculture, compost
Overview map (courtesy of OpenStreetMap) © OpenStreetMap-auteurs. The red area shows where the food forest is located within the grounds of the Weverkeshof.
The Weverkeshof is a city farm in Nuenen. They would like to convert a (small) part of their grounds into a food forest. This page details how …
Posted on ma 31 december 2018 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, PASTE, garden design, Eindhoven, season: fall
Starting from 2018-09-01, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. This survey lists the different species discovered.