The third and final permaculture principle is Fair Share. This involves setting limits and redistributing surplus. To embody this ethic, one should take only what is needed. Excess should not be harvested, to ensure that there is enough supply for everybody. For a permaculture garden to benefit an entire community, each member must set limits […]
Permaculture design philosophy is based on three fundamental ethics: Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share. These three ethics work together to inform decision-making and design processes, as well as support our communities and ecosystems. These ethics were originally formulated by the co-founders of permaculture, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren Permaculture must be practiced with […]
Posted on febrero 23, 2019febrero 26, 2019 By: southsidep With lots of snow followed by warmer weather, there’s lots of water flowing everywhere. Here on the mountain, that water rushes with gravity downslope towards… Posted on febrero 16, 2019febrero 26, 2019 By: southsidep With the polar vortex bringing bone-chilling cold this winter, it seemed like […]
Chickweed is a common annual that people usually want to round up (with Round-Up weed killers). But chickweed has loads of health benefits and uses for your garden, livestock, and kitchen. Since it is considered a ‘weed’, it is relatively easy to grow, emerging in the early summer in nutrient and nitrogen-dense soils. The plant […]
Description: Nasturtium is a brightly colored, orangey reddish toned flower that is very easy to grow. There are two main types of nasturtiums, a trailing/ climbing type and a bush type. The trailing type is more commonly found in a window box where the bush type stays more compact and in one place. In both […]
Posted on February 23, 2019February 26, 2019 With lots of snow followed by warmer weather, there’s lots of water flowing everywhere. Here on the mountain, that water rushes with gravity downslope towards the river, but on its way it picks up a little something extra. As the snow melt accelerated down the mountain along the […]
Every element serves multiple functions. Every function is supported by multiple elements. Like trees in a forest who lean on each other for support in heavy winds, systems that are integrated are stronger and less likely to fail. In a linear chain where each link is connected only to its immediate neighbors, the strength is determined by […]
Posted on June 11, 2018April 29, 2019 We’re located on the corner of Summit St. and Montclair Ave. in Bethlehem, PA. Our vision is to create a space where members of the community can engage with the systems that make life possible. The South Side Permaculture Park provides a space where people can learn, eat, […]
Posted on septiembre 24, 2018julio 31, 2023 Welcome to the Southside Permaculture Park’s official website. In this 4-part post series, we will dive deeper into the many of the topics that we have touched on earlier as we explore the philosophy of the SSPP. This series is intended to supplement other posts and our About […]
The following Processes & Techniques are a combination of tried-and-true permaculture practices guaranteed to boost productivity in the garden as well as some experimental procedures we are testing out. The following pages include step-by-step guides to help you learn the ways of permaculture and build the best garden possible. Creación de un nivel de fotograma […]
Posted on February 23, 2019February 26, 2019 By: southsidep With lots of snow followed by warmer weather, there’s lots of water flowing everywhere. Here on the mountain, that water rushes with gravity downslope towards… Posted on February 16, 2019February 26, 2019 By: southsidep With the polar vortex bringing bone-chilling cold this winter, it seemed like […]
The future is uncertain. We do not know for sure what it will bring. Every model makes simplifying assumptions, and absolute information can never be attained. We do, however, have many methods that can tell us what is likely to happen and what is very unlikely to happen. We can use these methods of general prediction to […]
Posted on March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 SPRING IS HERE!!! And while other gardeners have yet to even think about putting seeds in the ground, you can be out there harvesting bowls of fresh greens that just appear without any intervention on your part. Yesterday I biked over to a community garden in search of greens, […]
Posted on agosto 15, 2018octubre 8, 2018 By: southsidep *For more on this topic, see our post “Human/Nature Dualism, Contradictions, and the Energetics of Society“.* Ah yes, Nature. Eternal and pure, Nature (with a… Posted on agosto 8, 2018julio 18, 2019 By: southsidep Fungi are largely ignored and misunderstood by modern society, though their abilities […]