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Sustainable Philosophies

             Permaculture is a trademarked term developed by Bill Mollison and David Holgren. In “Permaculture a Designers’ Manual” permaculture is defined as, “a system of assembling conceptual, material, and strategic components in a pattern which functions to benefit life in all its forms. It seeks to provide a sustainable and secure place for living things on this earth.” Permaculture is a style or philosophy of sustainable living and agriculture. Polycultures are created and the farm would ideally become fully self sufficient. In an ideal situation a fully permaculture farm would have 70% of the cropland devoted to forage farming and all needed fuels would be produced on the farm. It is not friendly to large machinery and if you have a bit of land totally doable for a hobby farm or larger suburban farm.

             Biodynamics is the first philosophy of organic and sustainable agriculture developed by Rudolf Steiner in Germany in 1924. According to the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association biodynamics “looks upon the soil and the farm as living organisms. It regards maintenance and furtherance of soil life as a basic necessity if the soil is to be preserved for generations, and it regards the farm as being true to its essential nature if it can be conceived of as a kind of individual entity in itself - a self contained individuality. It begins with the ideal concept of the necessary self-containedness of the farm and works with furthering the life of the soil as a primary means by which a farm can become a kind of individuality that progresses and evolves.” This philosophy comes with great soil preparations and community building. Biodynamic is also a certification like organic that you can look for on the produce you buy or you can have your farm certified if you follow their guidelines.

             French Intensive Method is the first suburban gardening philosophy. It was developed for the narrow backyards of France using raised beds filled with humus. The beds are 5-6 feet by 12 feet with 3 foot paths between the beds. Plant spacing is very important and the beds are known for their high yields. Apparently the hardest part for this kind of gardening is getting started. You also have to wait a year after creating your beds before you can plant your garden.

By not planting your plants in rows but in small blocks you are mimicking nature keeping more moisture in the ground.

And other organic methods

Permaculture, Biodynamics, & French Intensive

The Suburban Home Farm

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Urban and Suburban Home Farmer.