034 – Living With Fire (Part 2)
Today we dive into the nitty gritty of regenerative firescaping following Living With Fire – Part 1 in Episode 33. We will cover: Using Zones & Sectors to plan out the landscape around your house with regards to fire resilience. Regenerative Fire Resistant Landscaping Principles – the basic do’s an don’ts to apply when designing…
033 – Living With Fire (Part 1)
Today’s show is the first episode in a series of shows that I’ll be putting out on designing, building and managing a homestead in a high-fire risk climate. So much energy in the form of human labor, tax dollars, and lost ecological integrity is expended each and every year for the purpose of reducing fire…
030 – Homesteading As A Tool For Creating Freedom Outside The Scope, Reach And Will Of The State
Today’s show is about homesteading being one of the best tools we have as sovereign individuals for creating freedom for ourselves and our families outside the Scope, Reach and Will of the state. The State, which I’ll refer to as the Matrix here, has 3 aspects to it’s control structure: Scope: “laws on the books”…
028 – Basic Principles Of Resilient Whole-Site Access Design
Today’s show is about the second layer of designing resilient homestead properties. Last week we started with the basic principles of holistic whole-site water system design. This week, we build on that with the basic principles that guide holistic access design and implementation across broadacre landscapes. Paradigm Access can be an asset or liability –…
027 – The Basics Of Whole-Site Water Systems Design
Today we go over the four basic questions that guide all holistic water patterning design. Whether you’re an experienced designer or homesteader, or a complete novice that is just getting introduced to optimizing water patterning on your land, this show is for you. That’s because, no matter what level you’re at, the process is always…
024 – Water Storage Elements for Broadacre Water Patterning
Join me this week as we look at the basic types of water storage elements used in designing a functional broadacre water system. Nearly all broadacre water systems include some form of water storage, either as groundwater (aquifer storage), retained soil moisture (accessible by living plant roots), or bulk water (ponds, lakes, tanks, cisterns). Water…
Water Infiltration Elements For Broadacre Water Patterning ~Epi-023
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Water Storage Elements
Nearly all broadacre water systems include some form of water storage, either as groundwater (aquifer storage), retained soil moisture (accessible by living plant roots), or bulk water (ponds, lakes, tanks, cisterns). Water storage elements function to:
Water Drainage Elements For Broadacre Water Systems Design ~Epi-022
Any time water encounters anything but a perfectly level surface, it will move. This movement is called drainage. Water will always move at right angle to contour in response to gravity on a non-level surface – i.e it will move straight down slope. Water will continue to move straight down slope until its course is…
Water Infiltration Elements
Infiltration elements are utilized to increase the effectiveness of the precipitation a landscape receives. Effective precipitation is that water which manages to percolate into the soil where it can be utilized by soil biota and plant life to grow more biomass. The infiltration elements detailed here function to reduce run-off and evaporation losses when properly…
