Comments on: The Wolds Woodland Farming Project http://sustainablesmallholding.org Permaculture, and Sustainable practices on a Lincolnshire Smallholding Sun, 05 Feb 2017 15:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11 By: Sue Laverack http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diploma/test-2/#comment-26 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:43:05 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?page_id=1799#comment-26 Hi Deano,

I will not be at the convergence as I have family visiting that weekend. I will let you know how I get on with my design though when it is finished.

Sue

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By: Deano http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diploma/test-2/#comment-25 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:15:36 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?page_id=1799#comment-25 Hi Sue
I was unsure whether or not to do the diploma, but your comment has really helped to confirm that it was a good idea.
You are right about other processes not starting with aims. That doesn’t work for me. The process that I used is my own, and is described on the Designing my own Design Process page. The fact that you have found it useful is brilliant.
Please let me know how you get on.
If you’re going to the convergence, look me up, and have a chat.
Best Wishes
Deano

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By: Sue Laverack http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diploma/test-2/#comment-24 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:55:25 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?page_id=1799#comment-24 Hi,

I have found this really useful.

I am a beginner at permaculture although I have known about it ‘in the background’ for a long time. 18 years ago my husband and I bought this 2.75 acre steeply sloping site in West Wales and set about making it productive. Sadly his health went from bad to worse and the area we were able to maintain dwindled progressively. Since his death 18months ago I have been trying to decide whether to go back to the original design, start again or a mixture of the two but trying to use permaculture principles.

Most of the books seem to use examples of fairly small gardens which wasn’t very helpful. Reading this post has been like seeing a worked example on the right scale for me. I particularly liked the way you started by defining what you wanted the outcomes to be. I hadn’t noticed that other schemes assumed this, perhaps because on a small scale food production is usually pretty high up the list and takes up as much space as possible. I have more than enough land to grow annual veg and keep a few hens but need wood, craft materials, somewhere to dry washing or have a party….

I haven’t followed your design process slavishly but by combining it with the process I had already jotted down (yours expanded some bits and ordered them slightly differently) I have been able to work through the stages systematically. Seeing how you thought through each bit of the process has helped me to understand what the headings mean and what it might be important to consider. So I have noticed that shade is becoming a problem as self seeded trees have grown to a big size but they can, of course, be coppiced for fuel and other wood.

I have almost completed my design and hope to start implementing it this winter getting some infrastructure in place.

So thank you very much for giving me a map to help me find my way.

Sue

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By: Deano http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diploma/test-2/#comment-23 Fri, 11 May 2012 18:15:06 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?page_id=1799#comment-23 Hi Jo
Thought that you’d like to see it all recorded. I’ve done almost half of the work to record the progress so far. I’ll keep you posted
Love and Best Wishes to you, Paul, and the boys.
Deano

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By: Jo http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diploma/test-2/#comment-22 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:59:36 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?page_id=1799#comment-22 Blimey – no wonder you haven’t blogged for a while – I did wonder what you had been up to. You have put together a fab piece of work – well done. Jo

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