Automated Microgreen Bottom Watering System – DIY
We finally made the investment in automating our microgreen growing set up and it has demonstrated immediate time savings of several hours a week (and we’re a small scale grower). Prior to building this system we had all of our germinated 1020 shallow trays with their own white, leak-proof bottom watering tray. This, not surprisingly,…
Steep Dry Hillside Transformation With Vetiver Grass and Natural Stone
This South-facing hillside has a grade ranging from 55-65%. The soil is very friable, dry and has little perennial vegetative cover. The slope was formed when the lot was graded for the house site and has been steadily slipping, its edge creeping closer to the house with each passing year. This post details how we took…
Pallet Framed Slip Straw Bathhouse – Part 1
Got started a bit late with documenting the build, but these shots will give the basic idea. Pictured below is the stone and stacked urbanite foundation with underlayment of old pieces of stone countertop from a nearby dump site. Several sections of the pallet wall have already been measured and attached in between 4×4″ posts. The…
Creating Places: Four Corner Tree Hammock
When I was a kid summer was all about building forts. Tree forts, earth forts, pillow forts, bark houses – you name it, I built it. I’ve always loved creating spaces that I loved to be in, and interestingly enough, other people loved those spaces too. Much like the forts of childhood, these spaces are…
DIY: Build Your Own Automated Misting Bed
So you’ve finally gotten that piece of land to start your homestead, you’ve done your site plan and installed your mainframe earthworks. Now its time to plant! But wait, all of those plants cost money! And not just pocket change, but some serious dough! If each fruit tree you plant also needs a comfrey, two…
Cynefin: Making Sense Amidst Disorder
This post is an introduction to Cynefin Sense-Making Model. Cynefin: ‘habitat’ or ‘place’ – from Old Welsh, means a “place of multiple belongings; cultural, religious, geographic, tribal etc. We can only ever be partially aware of all these multiple belongings, but never all of them simultaneously. The Cynefin Model is useful in recognizing causal differences that…
Decision Making Process Flowchart
Contained in this post is the simple yet thorough decision making protocol put forth in Peter Drucker’s book “Decision Making For Effective Executives”. You can download and print my condensed version of
Type 1 Errors: A Running List We’ve Seen…
Type 1 Error: A error in design and/or implementation that costs you time, energy, money or emotional well-being as long as it remains present in the system. Committing a Type 1 Error (T1E) is like building a bucket to carry water with wood that has been eaten through by termites – it’s going to leak,…
Strawbnado
Strawberries + Tornado = Strawbnado! Want to maximize how much you can grow in a small space? If so, you’ve got to consider going vertical. Here’s a simple description and materials list for a very productive and fun space-maximizing element in your home garden.
GOBRADIME Design Framework
GOBRADIME is another excellent design framework well suited to permaculture design projects. Below I’ve fleshed out each step to provide a jumping off point for using it in the Team Pulse Design Process.
Garden Metamorphosis
The visual journey of creating a garden from nothing, sometimes planning, sometimes reacting, but always having a blast! [tribulant_slideshow gallery_id=”1″]
Choose A Framework For Your Design Process
If the Team Pulse Design Process is a skeleton, think of the various design frameworks within this post as the muscles and organs of a complete iteration of a design process. Time to “flesh out” your design process with a simple design framework. For this example we’ll use the SADIMET framework
