Comments on: Designing the Designer 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: Deano Martin http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diploma/designing-the-designer/#comment-2384 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:40:44 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?page_id=1947#comment-2384 Thank You for commenting.
Enjoy
Please feel free to comment/ask anywhere where my explanations/descriptions aren’t good enough.
Deano

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By: Dolmen http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diploma/designing-the-designer/#comment-2370 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:54:26 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?page_id=1947#comment-2370 Hi Deano, I’ve been bouncing about through your blog for sometime now, rereading things and missing others and then discovering I need to read that to properly understand something else. I’ve been growing some of our own food and keeping small live stock for many years…. It has been a constant evolvement of changing how things are done, from simply not using chemicals to using deep mulching. There have been many disasters along the way, but I’m slowly getting there. Good luck with the changes in your life. Now I’ll get back to reading your site. Thank you.

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By: Deano http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diploma/designing-the-designer/#comment-40 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:16:15 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?page_id=1947#comment-40 Hi Jan. Not really. To do that I would need to find people who knew about that stuff, and get involved in all of the booking stuff etc. as it’s unlikely that somebody else would teach for free.
I agree that shorter lengths of time would be more manageable, but I am particularly drawn to the idea of helping people who cannot afford what is a very expensive course, to do so. I also like the idea of getting a proper ‘practical’ side to the experience, and giving the opportunity for people to find out just how much hard work this way of life is.
Perhaps shorter courses would be a good way to get the infrastructure built, and maybe to size up potential candidates for a longer stay.
Thanks for taking the time to read this
Deano

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By: The Snail of Happiness http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diploma/designing-the-designer/#comment-39 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:51:30 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?page_id=1947#comment-39 I’m fascinated by your thoughts here . Have you considered running shorter courses than a PDC in exchange for work? Something like ‘building a compost loo’ may be popular and would give you a specific output at the end. Short courses to achieve a clear goal for you and the participants may make the process more manageable (small and slow solutions?).

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By: Deano http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diploma/designing-the-designer/#comment-38 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:48:14 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?page_id=1947#comment-38 Hi Jo
Not sure if this page will make it into the diploma portfolio, but it is something that I am thinking about. How do I make myself more useful.
It’s OK to keep on gathering new information, thoughts, and ideas, but how do I get that stuff out to people who might also find it useful.
I’m looking forward to it too. So much to show, and to catch up on.
Love as always
Deano

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