6 Tips for Backyard Permaculture
Channel: Survivalist Gardener
Date: 04/06/2020

6 Tips for Backyard Permaculture
Work with the nature and landscape around you to design a garden spaces where you can work, play and, most importantly, eat.
Growing highly nutritious food in nature’s patterns, planting for years to come, less annual work … what’s not to love about permaculture?

Answer: Adapting it to a small space, for one.

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Many permaculture plans start with a foundation of fruit and nut trees that can get very large. Keyline design and other water-management systems are often at odds with zoning regulations and space restrictions. But you can still establish beautiful, lower-maintenance perennial gardens in your backyard. Ultimately, permaculture is about designing outdoor spaces so that all elements of plants, resources and humans interact in a synergistic, efficient way. Each part of the system can perform and support many different functions no matter the size of the space.

Here are some ways to include permaculture in your backyard farm.

1. Use Resources Wisely.
Permaculture design includes minimizing human-created energy use, designing smart water systems and maximizing natural resources. On a large permaculture farm, efficiently using resources might mean digging a large system of drainage swales and holding ponds. Some include solar panels, wood stands and windmills to harvest natural energy.

On a backyard scale, you can install rain barrels to water the garden and align garden beds, and dig swales to work with natural rain run-off, whether that’s collecting excess in dry areas or draining it away in swampy areas. Consider growing prolific plants, like hops and beans, to shade sunny parts of the house in summer and reduce indoor temperatures. Use highly efficient hand tools, like a broadfork and hand tiller, to minimize gas-powered machine use.

Carefully use your time and space too. If growing a certain plant takes extensive pruning or weeding and you don’t like those chores, try something else. If your family desires an outdoor cooking space or more privacy, adjust plans to create those areas.

2. Prioritize Diversity.
Diversity—of plants, wildlife and experiences—is key to permaculture. Systems with many plant varieties are more productive than monoculture in the face of challenges like difficult weather, soil or chore time. They allow space for play, work and relaxation. Diverse gardens attract many species of pollinators and birds, and can be beautiful in all their variety.

3. Work With Nature and Existing Elements.
Working around existing buildings and valuable real estate can be tricky for city growers, but part of the permaculture mindset is transforming those obstacles—those “problems”—into something that can benefit you and your garden, says Patrick O’Connell, certified Permaculture and Restoration Agriculture instructor and member of the Columbus Agrarian Society.




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