This Farm Design Can HEAL the PLANET

[@jamesshirtcliff4388]

In 3 years of studying permaculture this is the most concise helpful explanation of an ecological perspective I've seen

[@canisterbottournament]

Hey wouldn't such design kill the river/lake?I mean he is holding the water in the middle instead of dropping down, and he was building way too many plants. Wouldn't too many plants also cause damage to the water?

[@Handlebarrz]

@@canisterbottournament kill more rivers by flushing loads of water every rain

[@canisterbottournament]

@@Handlebarrz weird. I was told in school that water rains down the mountain, creates a river or something and connects to Lake/bigger river/ocean and keeps it healthy, no?

[@Handlebarrz]

@@canisterbottournament yes, but sometimes humans come and build all over and slap concrete intop of the water filtering earth and water runs off through surface picking up oil and chemicals from surfaces

[@canisterbottournament]

@@Handlebarrz but so wouldn't the design he showed kill the river since it's blocking water to fall in the river?

[@haram2163]

Parents have a 5 acre farm with olive grove on a slope in Portugal. I started digging swales on a small site to see how they would work, this spring. Planted a few small trees that had volunteered from seed. Very quickly these trees have adapted whereas a small orchard on the main site constantly require watering. First job this Autumn, to retro dig swales to this small orchard and then look to digging ponds uphill and more swales downhill. So far I have dug 100m of swales by hand, but will probably require machinery for what I have planned.

[@liamchristman9033]

Careful digging around those roots!

[@cramw139]

I want to do the same near Barcelona!

[@thehuntfortruth]

Hell yeah! Saving on water and helping your ecosystem!

[@atulpj]

great job.

[@pollyjazz]

Muito bom! Boa sorte 😁

[@Cosmicoceanmessages]

What you have demonstrated here is what our ancestors all over the globe had put in place for us. Look at Peru, Africa, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan Ireland. Now they call it a mystery and made it into a tourism site. You in the other hand used this knowledge and brought forth a wholesome and beautiful concept back to life. You will receive many blessings for this, your ancestors are proud of you and smiling at you in this moment. May you continue to uplift and create Wholeness and balanced vibrations

[@wadimzeller8518]

🙏🤍

[@bennybennerson7728]

Yep I agree with you but you know saying Africa is a whole continent not a country

[@gorg8882]

Mate ireland ain't the agricultural permaculture paradise you think it is and it has unfortunately never been, its like 90% cows over here with minimal forest cover, so uh... sorry.

[@catboynestormakhno2694]

@@gorg8882 lmao the downpour and climate in ireland has lead to quite lush forests, you know people joke about england being a rainy place but ireland man thats even more, ireland is very very lush, pretty sure there are even some temperate rainforest in ireland

[@gorg8882]

@@catboynestormakhno2694 sorry comrade but the celtic rainforest is long gone, I live in ireland, I'll admit the climate does have the ability to create lush forests, but most of them have been cut down for agriculture, and the ones that remain are mostly made up of confiers brought over from Europe for logging.

[@martybartfast1]

Just wonderful. The sand box method of delivery is so simple; and yet so effective at conveying the topography, and therefore the message. Well done; and Thank You and the Team, for such knowledge. Peace. m

[@rollling7523]

Knowledge ? If this man starts a farm, I'd like to see how he is doing. Preachers are often detached from reality. He better not start a farm, that could be a disappointment, dont you think so ?

[@RaspyOB174]

Was this literally just sand on top of a TV?

[@martybartfast1]

@@RaspyOB174 that and an overhead projector linked to a computer would be my guess.

[@marcheck3400]

@@rollling7523 The Keyline Design System IS in use, but mainly in it's country of origin, Australia. And the technique is not new. It was developed in the 50s to deal with the arid Australian climate. Here is an instruction film on the earthworks for this system from the 60s. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2bdZodpbJ2Gg5Y

[@vocassen]

@@RaspyOB174 Yeah sand, and an overhead system with projector, but also depth cameras that know the topology of the sand That is used in a computer simulation so that water can be added and the topology displayed.

[@jarrethvance5574]

I met the daughter of P.A.Yeomans on a train in Australia in 2008 when I was a first year engineering student. She put me onto his book and told me his story. I’m now a development engineer working across the USA and still subtly implement some of these principles for stormwater management on new developments.

[@cath3638]

I live in Sud Tirol (AltoAdige) in Italy...and it is amazing how this is the exact pattern that is followed here. Centuries old!

[@MySplatterInk]

YES❣❣❣ this should be taught in all schools and practiced in all communities🙏thank you🕊

[@fuski23]

2:40 Trees at higher elevations also helps in preventing landslides and directly feed aquifers (I see you covered my latter point). This was amazing, you got a sub 👍🖖

[@TheSamba37]

I really appreciate the respect given right out the gate to indigenous approaches and the fact you pointed out the flaw of private property ownership being a tunnel vision approach to land stewardship.

[@amillison]

Thank you. Other commenters were very triggered by me pointing out the flaws of private property divisions, so I appreciate the feedback.

[@mukkaar]

Not really. Like everything it just should be regulated properly. I mean land use in cities for example is strictly regulated. We just need to apply more modern and research guided rules on how to build and use agricultural land.

[@benvoliothefirst]

@@amillison There's always resistance to doing things differently than the mainstream (pun intended). Usually that means you're doing something right!

[@rileynicholson2322]

@@mukkaar To be fair, land use is a disaster in most North American cities. Strictly regulated isn't the same as well regulated and many cities have strictly regulated sprawl.

[@MoldMantle]

@@rileynicholson2322 Yes. An absolute calamity of land mis-management.

[@SRRLN]

This is the kind of stuff that should go viral I swear taking care of the planet is taking care of yourself

[@thomasellis8586]

Beautifully presented, Andrew. Just imagine if this enlightened approach to watershed management went viral!

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Everyone needs to see this!

[@georgemckenzie2525]

I was blessed with living proof of this very concept. It, unfortunately, became a fully dynamic demonstration when my mom's memory went her second husband sold the mountain catchment to a mining outfit...named of all things "Riendeau" True to form the year 'round springs are now dry four months a year and the orchards required watering for the first time since their nursery years two decades ago.

[@aabaahgnaarbuulaajaadiijn744]

Devastating. I’m sorry that happened . Here’s to hoping that spreading this message far and wide can help reach a critical mass of people and policy so that somehow such ignorance and shortsighted opportunism can be overcome.

[@magiv4205]

It's actually called Riendeau!? That is one of the most tragic jokes I've heard this year.

[@georgemckenzie2525]

@@magiv4205 believe you me, this was not lost on me. 'No water there' as the difference between tragedy and comedy is time I can feel the future humour potential even while still suffering the loss.

[@squirrelhallowino29]

@@georgemckenzie2525 if life gives you lemons am I right? Hahah

[@georgemckenzie2525]

@@squirrelhallowino29 my key lime trees grow from seed each produced over a hundred limes, the lemons are still hanging on the streets from the seed grown lemon trees first fruiting Good thing I love lemonade.

[@MattPowersSoil]

What an incredible teaching tool! Great work Andrew!! Much Love!!

[@amillison]

Thanks Matt. Great to hear from you, bro!

[@lejyby]

This is by far the most pedagogical video I have seen about water management in permaculture!!! A video game / simulation where people could modify the land as you did and see the consequences would go even further in letting people make mistakes and learn faster and with less consequences (a Sim Perma inspired by Sim city if you wish) than buying real land and remodeling it... Some Software Engineering students of my department might get excited about developping such a game! Is there anything like this around already? (You seem to be using a simulation software?) Would you have time (e. g. 1h online monthly meetings) to help (i. e. validate intermediate steps) with such a project? Take Care, Jérémy

[@sharpjk]

This is a straight forward and simple to understand. But very important at the same time.

[@matthewtaylor6835]

This seems very intuitive and efficient using topography to create zones that sort of renew themselves and where crops are sensibly planted. However, what about landscapes that are very far from mountains and their watersheds that are being farmed in mostly flatlands? In the US, we have a lot of mountains but this landscape looks very specific to coastlands or with larger bodies of water near mountains. Is it scalable across very spread out landscapes, like hundreds of miles spread out? Asking for a friend 😁

[@luciasoosova2182]

Im from south-west Slovakia and have the same problem. My family has 2 acres of a flat land with soil that´s around 40 cm (around 3 1/2 ft) deep and under that is only gravel. I´ll try to dig on small piece of land to try this out, but Im skeptical

[@thommymarti]

Keyline plow!!

[@jasonstrulowitz5670]

One would have to manage the lands from highest elevation to lowest. So you would need a statewide effort to change the landscape. Perhaps mountains or high elevations can be built up to solve this issue. Also most important you have to do this with the water flow. If there is no water flow then I don’t know how you would fix this. Great point and would love to see his answers

[@asyd2905]

Ponds are water catchments for flatlands.

[@Scott-xx6ib]

Think of it using more microtopography. Even with a smaller elevational gradient, it’s surprising the differences that emerge between a gentle hilltop vs the path the water takes below it.

[@MistiClectiCisM]

That’s the best explanation of Keyline I’ve ever seen and probably the best I´ll ever see !

[@LightInfinitecreation69]

I just discovered this guy 2minutes ago and I already love him!

[@carralumsden8853]

I love your vieeos. I've been in my home 15years and applied for an allotment. Still waiting. This here is designing also and alot of people will laugh, but my grandparents truly made me love and enjoy gardening, planting, pruning, harvesting, seeding, planning layouts etc. It is relaxing before a weekend night with the ladies and my partner lol, and whilst they may find it boring at times, we do love it all the same. Peace and Blissings

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Wow that's a fun toy. I've heard your name before but never watched your channel until now. Strange since I've binged so much permaculture content online. I'm excited to see the rest of your content. I'm jealous of you being able to use some of these toys to explain the permaculture concepts! I'm sure it took a while to make this video, but this is such a wonderful video that will benefit humanity for a very very long time. Thanks for your contribution to the permaculture movement Andrew! I knew you were a big name in this space, and now I see it's well deserved.

[@amillison]

Thanks a lot. I hope you enjoy the other videos and I appreciate the kind words :-)

[@banksarenotyourfriends]

Hey it's my bestie, out in the wild! *Salutes*

[@RussellBallestrini]

Agreed! We are all individually spreading the word and this is some great educational content. Great work again Andrew!

[@formidableflora5951]

How have you never watched this channel?!! The whole gang is here!

[@cassidyvogt7015]

Hello all .. We are looking for land now to start our own journey… we have no formal education in permaculture but wish to develop our land as so , so to work with nature to benefit Mother Earth and our own health issues we are seeking to heal along side with the land lot we find to settle upon .. Any suggestions on what reading material or KZbin’s and so forth are best to assist in how to actually physically accomplish gardening and farming with a mix of permaculture and aqua farming indoors likely is what we will be looking at todo first … We are more interested in having a small lab to make ointments and so forth along with growing then our housing.. so we have settled on a yurt to begin with … as I wish to learn how to build with clay / mud to expand later on with as needed along with create planter pods as needed for basically free by using such techniques.. I find those techniques and technologies that limit cost and labor to be most important for us .. as we are just starting to save now and still have health issues that are recovering.. Any tips are welcomed … thank you in advance .. your all amazing and beautiful people who brought so much life back to this world .. because of you we are able to dream of a brighter future and have the will to continue moving on.

[@14apurvraj90]

You do immensely nice graphic job to explain us any concept. Very appreciable

[@ericmurphy447]

I love it when smart people do helpful things. Makes the world go round

[@Ash-fd8ww]

That's amazing that people are using that method for projecting height maps onto sand as learning tools like this. Amazing!

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

Love that sandbox model with the topography lights! I watch a lot of permaculture videos yet somehow your channel has evaded me until now! Glad to find you :)

[@lisahowse]

Figuring out water flow and storage is the most important thing, not just for agriculture, but for human landscapes in general. Even in urban areas. This is such a great video!

[@norbertcobangbang7878]

Easier said than done. I hope this can apply one at a time to a community of farmers.

[@LaurieGo57]

Very informative. I live on a slope above a river bed. Knowing that runoff was going across my property, I’ve subtly modified my profile over the years and filled the area with trees to increase my canopy. All this in a suburban neighborhood. Two lots further down the slope, the homeowner paved over everything and put in artificial grass. Sad, isn’t it? Of course, I’ve never had flooding problems in my yard. They can’t say the same.

[@emilianomarquez1629]

Can you make a video about permaculture on hills and mountains? My land is on a 15 degree slope on a mountain. It's half an acre and doesn't have a single flat area.

[@InbredJed82060]

Looks cool on a little map. What happens when all the farmer's tractor tires are spinning in the mud?

[@helgamoon9444]

Thank you for caring about the planet🌌🖤

[@TheAwesomeTD]

YT recommended. This was informative, structured and detailed. I can apply this anywhere I chose to expand. I had to subscribe to your content. *chefs kiss*

[@jeanswong1845]

Who are u making such a professional, artful, informative and inspirational presentation! Great work!

[@skeletalbassman1028]

The challenge is in acquiring the land in large enough blocks and in blocks that correspond to logical subdivisions of the water cycle. We don't need one single authority to control all the land from the mountain to the river mouth, individuals can easily manage a few acres w/in a watershed, especially when they are working on secondary ridges and valleys.

[@amillison]

Definitely! The division of land into squares (in the US) is a big obstacle to watershed-scale work. But if you have the perspective of designing for a whole catchment basin, then when you are selecting land, you have a big advantage in knowing what you're looking for. Also, take a look at my India's Water Revolution video series to see full watershed-scale design: kzbin.info/aero/PLNdMkGYdEqOCgePyiAyBT0sh7zlr7xhz3

[@jeff6899]

Fantastic, quick, yet detailed, water catchment ecological video. Loved it--add this to my saved video list. He almost dumbed it down enough for beginners here as well.

[@thehuntfortruth]

I love you. Thanks so much for making these videos available. You're helping your students and helping to inspire us all. Keep em coming please!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

Greetings from LooseNatural natural farm in Andalusia where we started to implement this system. Thank you Andrew for sharing.

[@BikeAndFish1]

Very simple with amazing results. Thanks again Team Andrew

[@ck6045]

Thank you for this explanation! More people need to see this. It is not only beneficial to farmers but also benefits the natural land and wildlife. I hope to be able to start a farm in the future. I will definitely implement this into my plans.

[@EndangeredSpecies05]

You, Mr Millison are next level...

[@HomesteadForALiving]

We can truly design poverty, war, and scarcity away.

[@ShaglusZ]

you'll notice the politicians, corporations, and banks ain't saying nothing about this and working as hard as they can to dismantle it! but i agree, what the world could be, and what the world used to be! cheers, send the demos off the planet!!! peacefully of course, but time for abundance, enough of manufactured scarcity...

[@GypV]

Not all poverty, war and scarcity are due to bad land management. Dictatorships and communist regimes want to control everything, people as well as nature! Look at the CCP, (Chinese Communist Party). They for one, will not stop short of world domination, nature be damned! 😑

[@aabaahgnaarbuulaajaadiijn744]

@@GypV right - agreed and upvoted - but resource privation is a huge contributing factor for why dictatorial and oppressive regimes are able to come into power in the first place and maintain it. Their people are desperate and deprived. Such a populace is vulnerable to such regimes in a way that empowered, resource-stable, economically viable and sound populations are not. Good land management moves the chains in the right direction. Solving these ecological and economic issues is one piece of the puzzle. It takes a lot of wind out of the despotic sails of any demagogues seeking or holding onto power.

[@philipm3173]

People are so caught up in our broken way of living that they think it's normal or natural when it's the furthest thing from it

[@philipm3173]

@@GypV the only thing the CCP has had in common with communism since the late 70s is the name. China is a capitalist country!

[@TheRainHarvester]

I built a sand table like that! Neat to see it demonstrate farming! It's on my channel 2014 or 15.

[@jayabeale3127]

Dear Andrew thank you so much for making these videos. These ideas and concepts are so important for the planet right now. Your Channel will definitely make a difference to our beautiful Earth home!!

[@amillison]

Thanks Jaya. I appreciate the kind words

[@Ngwaaaron]

This is PERFECT! Peasant here. Your animation helps A LOT!

[@permacultisdruid3867]

Great material. Best on KZbin so far. Even kids can understand that. Thanks.

[@UlverEos]

I absolutely love that you pointed out the flaws in "the boxed in West" as i like to call it, trying to straighten out a wobbly world.

[@falluch1956]

So didactic!!...wonderful and clear explained with box method!!...i watched while visualising my own land management....now i know what to improve!... i m so greatful!...many thanks!!

[@amillison]

Wonderful! I'm so glad you found it helpful. :)

[@paolocelleri2333]

Andrew, I have a 240 acre farm in Ecuador 🇪🇨 Your videos have inspired me to develop it following Permaculture principles. I’m signing up to your OSU PDC Pro class. Hope to talk to you soon

[@amillison]

Awesome! Looking forward to working with you :-)

[@Arlae_Nova]

Great video. My brother (who studies land and water management) and me (studying spatial planning) loved this video.

[@This_is_random388]

I talked about buying some land and creating a neighborhood with them and this guy was the first thing on my KZbin recommendation list.

[@theMikeChastain]

I have really enjoyed learning more about these permaculture concepts, but I have a small house in a neighborhood. I'm unsure of how to bridge the concept you're talking about with my little postage stamp. My wife and I have done quite a bit of work towards naturescaping and developing a little bit of a food forest, so I think we're on the right track, but we want to be practical in our implementation. We both work full-time and don't have the extra time to spare for doing full-time permaculture for our property. Any thought inspiration or resources would be much appreciated. Thank you for making such a wonderful video.

[@amillison]

I also so live in house in a neighborhood. Check out what I did with my place over 12 years of permaculture: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6eucoOClLyZeKM

[@ThatWhichErodes]

i recently put a line of bricks between my front yard and the sidewalk, so water (and soil) no longer runs off when it rains. it has only been maybe 8 weeks but there is a noticeable difference in the grass!

[@dangermouse2977]

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[@shubham8264]

I know this works because this is being done in many villages in India. The result are outstanding

[@CoachZed]

you've gotten yourself such a cool model table!

[@bono894]

So at the highest point on my property next to the road I dug an infiltration basin and put a steeple bush. About 10 feet away I planted serviceberries with berm and basin. I plan to encircle the contour with chestnut, apple, and hazelnut trees with boomerang shaped berm and basins. Currant bushes will be in the shade. Furthest south will be raspberry and blackberries. Any fallen branches will be used to reinforce the berms. I also want to build a small irrigation/catchment pond higher up in the watershed and surround it with cattails and other perennial fruit trees.

[@s-c..]

Such a great, effective and also beautiful way to teach.

[@mitchellrabin6451]

Excellent presentation Andrew--very informative. Thanks.

[@russelpasamontehabla]

This is what I needed to see today for considering my farmland design. Thanks👍

[@davidbryan6484]

Love this content in the sandbox. Especially the stuff relating to yeoman's which is often difficult to understand

[@LionheartedDan]

Thank you for an excellent and enlightening presentation.

[@GreenIsTheWayForward]

Didn't see this tool before, it's amazing!

[@HoodRichforeign]

Let this blow up and be taught in SCHOOL

[@jozseflaszlo7445]

Is there a minimum and maximum area of land for this system to be implemented, and if there is, what are they? Where would the pastoral side you mentinoned enter the equation? Where would one build housing in this configuration? Amazing video. Would love to see a more elaborate version.

[@marencruickshank]

Wow! For the first time I really understand this subject

[@elkeschmitt623]

Thank you for this presentation= you helped me understand the layout of the property which we purchased. I was trying to make sense of it. I guess now I do.

[@ewetoobblowzdogg8410]

I really have enjoyed your sense of design and common sense approach. If possible, perhaps you'll consider doing a vid for folks with flat areas in wet lowlands. I live in Louisiana where its level as a table and much of our yard doesn't full dry out. Our plan was to have a small pond dug out and to use the clay soil to elevate the adjacent area to cover with raised beds. We worry about conventional farming where it often rains daily. We thought it best to cover the bed areas with high domes that can open fully at the sides for maximum cross flow of air, but controlling the watering vs allowing Ma Nature to do it. As we will be using bed, we have considered building as large aquaponic system using the nearby pond, and installing media beds as well as floating raft beds. Would you have any thoughts on this idea?

[@amillison]

I am considering traveling to Mexico City to film the chinampas there. But for now, google "chinampas of mexico city" and you'll get some good ideas for swampy flat bottom land.

[@DrRudyScarfalloto]

Thank you for the clear concise description. This video is a keeper.

[@LemurMaster]

I hope this video will be made available to the lucky folks who have to rebuild everything after our climate apocalypse. Nice work!

[@Clarkticus]

This is truly fantastic demonstration Andrew. Thank you very much for this

[@SolidGoldShows]

I am trying to apply this technique in our desert food forest

[@ramonbril]

Fantastic short video, great work, something that inspires me to act on, with 'my' land.

[@IDTrainingAcademy]

Wow thanks for presenting this! This is a game changer!!!

[@trzagor2769]

Thanks for that precious information, it is always a pleasure to drop by for more learning.

[@B61Mod12]

Fantastic thank you. The only aspect I see lacking however is where is the pasture to graze cattle and livestock?

[@stallionsdude80]

Thank you Mr. Millison, your content is both inspiring and informative.

[@dustind3502]

Thats cool, easy to understand and believable. What about the larger part of the world that has no mountains? That could heal land around mountains in tropical zones. Would it work in non tropical zones? Thanks for the video.

[@Forlfir]

I don't plan on planting anything but I'm really interested in sustainability. Great video :)

[@ChadKovac]

I'm loving these Andrew! Subbed and liking everything. thanks!

[@ShizaruBloodrayne]

This is a great presentation and helped me understand a bit more about irrigation! Thanks! However, you brought up the issue that private homeowners alter the land with a grid. Where do you suggest people live then? It all sounds good on paper but also getting people to leave their homes for elsewhere would be difficult..but also as a hopeful future home buyer as well, I aim to live out in the woods/mountains eventually. The idea of being stuck living in rent having no individual control on my environment doesn't appeal to me. I've already been living like that for years but I've been wanting out of it because it's too expensive.

[@solarpunkpresents]

I'm not a farmer and never will be, but I hope that all the people who ARE connected to agriculture farming in any way (esp if they live in drier biomes) manage to see this! Thanks for this, Andrew :D -Ariel

[@SpaceCowboy42X]

My homesteading plans just got a level upgrade.

[@matthewdepinet6361]

The idea is good…to a point. It would work wonderfully in places next to mountains, but in almost completely flat places like Kansas and Northern Ohio, it might not work that great. Also, even in areas with the right topography (and the topography of the board is extremely specific), it would still be difficult to make sure you do not lose a lot of the water to evaporation or that you accidentally either slow down or decrease the volume of natural occurring rivers and steams.

[@saronnpov3275]

Learned a lot from this beautiful video demonstration. Excellent visual and explanation. Thank you, Andrew!

[@neerajsingh-fe4zb]

Most awaited video on permaculture

[@JoshKemmerer]

I’m completely new to permaculture but I have been interested in landscaping since I was a child. This video was really well done and very easy to understand the concept. One question I have is, where should the housing be on this map?

[@amillison]

See this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHWmd5WcmLeWi6c

[@TarsonTalon]

I'll keep this in mind when the current system of things ends.

[@atulsingh7539]

Sir could you please mention the study material links to support this, for further studies. Thank you 👍 Hope to see this soon.

[@iratevagabond204]

I see three major issues arising: a) tractor movement b) labor costs c) chemicals, soil/water ph requirements for different things. Out here in central Illinois, the amount of chicken poo they spray on the corn and soy does nasty things to the water and wetland flora and fauna.

[@slevinchannel7589]

Know hbomberguy, if i may ask? Sorry for being random.

[@totaleNonale]

I am nowhere near qualified enough to speak on this authoritatively but let me try to apply what I understand of the general approach: a) I think Tractor movement is still possible within these systems (mind you the model is at a rather small scale) although heavily curtailed, less straightforward and generally less helpful since it is based on Permacultures. I think it reduces the function to a supporting tool, rather than the main workhorse, which b) I think the point is not that these systems are more efficient, than the ones we have, but rather that they are still viable even though they are more complicated/complex than the current one. In the short term (until we have adjusted our farming equipment/technology) it would most definitely increase manual labour and thus cost, although not proportionately since these systems require less to sometimes even no fertilizer, artificial irrigation and overall maintenance. c) is very much the least of the problems I think, since the whole concept relies on heavily reducing or eliminating the introduction of foreign chemicals and using the natural conditions to grow whatever grows best there instead of forcing a chosen crop to grow anywhere. This would definitely result in tensions within the economy, but again the point of all this is to move away from maximizing profits to maximizing sustainability. People really don't need every single crop available to them at the same price, regardless of season and location.

[@zacharyhickerson5391]

Pretty cool video.Love the concept,and the topo light.(still tryin to figure out how that works).Makes complete sense and includes habitats for wildlife.That being said,where can you build houses?

[@amillison]

I addressed that question in a similar video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHWmd5WcmLeWi6c

[@meh4164]

Thanks Andrew for another highly informative video. How would permaculture apply for flat land where there is less than couple of feet of elevation change for an entire 10 or 20 acres property? Most of the inland plains in tropics are too hot and dry for agriculture without irrigation. Does irrigation using ground water from wells have any place in permaculture? Thank you!!

[@i.robles5785]

I would look at how the natives did it. They knew how to manipulate nature just right so it didn't kill them nor did they kill nature.

[@amillison]

Sure. Many places need to rely on pumped groundwater. The key is to soak in as much rainfall as you take from the aquifer to maintain the balance...if you can. My next video will be about a project I'm working on in Egypt where all they have is non-renewable groundwater...no rain! So it all really depends on where you are and each situation is a unique design challenge.

[@meh4164]

@@amillison Thank you for answering my question about irrigation. I have been following you on youtube for a while now. Can't wait for your next videos especially about Egypt. Please dont stop contributing to the permaculture community!

[@ayunahau3191]

Thanks very much 🙌 this wisdom we need for this times 🌀

[@loneforest6541]

Best possible use of a reality sandbox ❤️👍

[@d-not-u]

Awesome ideas. Keeping looking for more awesome ideas.

[@LMC444111]

Do you do these mockups for people? Would love to see what you'd come up with for our new property.

[@raykeller6693]

Excellent. Yes that’s one level. There is mental, emotional and spiritual levels to be given similar consideration.

[@fabianguiza2420]

Thanks for this comprehensive and amazing explanation

[@amillison]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching :-)

[@cassidyvogt7015]

Hello all .. We are looking for land now to start our own journey… we have no formal education in permaculture but wish to develop our land as so , so to work with nature to benefit Mother Earth and our own health issues we are seeking to heal along side with the land lot we find to settle upon .. Any suggestions on what reading material or KZbin’s and so forth are best to assist in how to actually physically accomplish gardening and farming with a mix of permaculture and aqua farming indoors likely is what we will be looking at todo first … We are more interested in having a small lab to make ointments and so forth along with growing then our housing.. so we have settled on a yurt to begin with … as I wish to learn how to build with clay / mud to expand later on with as needed along with create planter pods as needed for basically free by using such techniques.. I find those techniques and technologies that limit cost and labor to be most important for us .. as we are just starting to save now and still have health issues that are recovering.. Any tips are welcomed … thank you in advance .. your all amazing and beautiful people who brought so much life back to this world .. because of you we are able to dream of a brighter future and have the will to continue moving on.

[@dustindoherty4756]

Except where are those ten families you just displaced supposed to live now? awesome concept for sure and super informative video.

[@lennsisson]

Hi Andrew, I think this is great. It seems to fit in very well with a host of regenerative agricultural practices. I have just one question. Where are the people living in this system? I didn’t see any place for dwellings, either in a village or individually. Can you please explain?

[@amillison]

Check out this video of a similar design where I have included housing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHWmd5WcmLeWi6csi=53KNt1mOc3fyXLrU

[@lennsisson]

Thanks!

[@bijoyvasudevan1861]

Awesome 👏👏 Regards from India 🙏

[@zachfernandez1257]

My house is between catchment and irrigation in the Santa Cruz mountains. We use a catchment for for several houses and a farm. The area is partial sun from the redwood,and is basically a huge box canyon. Any crop suggestions that can handle the redwood forest. BTW everything hates growing next to redwood.

[@amillison]

mushrooms?

[@zachfernandez1257]

@@amillison that's more science than gardening. I was looking for a gardening answer. Mushrooms require a clean room and mushroom farming smells bad.