The Jasper Place Permaculture Club When I first started at the school in February of 2010, almost immediately, I set out to start the JP Permaculture Club. For the last year and a half, this club had been the source of most of the projects and success we’ve had. Meeting once a week, students are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘JP Permaculture Club’
5 Jun
Design with the Resilience of Natural Systems
Design with the Resilience of Natural Systems To create resiliency, each element in an ecosystems gets its various needs met from a variety of sources; the more numerous and diverse these sources are, the more resilient the system. As an example, animals with a generalist diet (humans… we’ll eat almost anything) are less reliant on [...]
4 Jun
Pallet Compost Bins
From Waste to Resource: Pallet Compost Bins The JP Permaculture Club helped turn some unused (and unwanted) pallets into some pretty nice compost bins. Located in the courtyard (place of likely use), and close to the cafeteria (our major food scrap source) the bins act as an active reminder ‘waste’ can be a valuable resource. [...]
27 May
The Sheet Mulch Continues
The Fourth Layer: Compost With our organic layer (stray, hay, leaves, sawdust, dry lawn clippings) done, passive water harvesting system in place, and compost donated and delivered, we’re ready for our fourth sheet mulch layer; compost! In addition to providing nutrients and a medium for planting, the compost will help retain the moisture contained within [...]
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