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022 - Thistles, The Dehesa System, and Darren Doherty on Farm Design.
Joey Delia of EvokeHope.org joins me to recap the recent Darren Doherty Regrarian Open Consultancy, talk about the Dehesa system of Spain, and an upcoming PDC at the new PRI Tipuana Farm.
Key Takeaways from this Episode:
Don't focus on tactics. Slow down, observe and embrace a more passive approach to permaculture.
Plant trees in the eroded gullies. Helps to control erosion while providing a valuable timber crop.
Use roads as catchment. Often times roads are permitable, water harvesting is not. Roads have a lot of surface area to harvest water. Use it to your advantage.
Offset other systems…
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