Beginner4 steps
Getting started in permaculture
Understand the founding ethics and principles, then take your first concrete actions.
- 01
The three ethics
Care for the Earth and for people, fair share.
Go deeper - 02
Polyculture & companion planting
Mixing species to recreate diversity.
- 03
Covering the soil
Mulch and ground cover: don't leave soil bare.
Go deeper - 04
First companion pairings
Tomato + basil, carrot + leek, Three Sisters.
Go deeper
Sources
- Mollison, B. (1988). Permaculture: A Designers' Manual. Tyalgum : Tagari Publications.
- Holmgren, D. (2002). Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. Hepburn : Holmgren Design Services.
- RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) : Mulches and mulching (rhs.org.uk/soil-composts-mulches/mulch)
- Mt. Pleasant, J. (2006). The science behind the Three Sisters mound system: an agronomic assessment of an indigenous agricultural system in the northeast. In Staller, J.E., Tykot, R.H. & Benz, B.F. (dir.), Histories of Maize (p. 529-537). Academic Press.
- Parker, J.E., Snyder, W.E., Hamilton, G.C. & Rodriguez-Saona, C. (2013). Companion planting and insect pest control. In Weed and Pest Control: Conventional and New Challenges. InTech.