permaculture in action: the Garden Pool

[ceelove]

Permaculture: difficult to define, difficult even to describe, because in its essence it's about a paradigm shift, a different cultural perspective. After three days of the new class, I'm getting a sense of how to work it, but it's still hard to explain to others.

This, though, is a perfect example of permaculture in action - not that they use the word, just that this works with the principles. This family in New Mexico bought a house with "an old swimming pool without water but full of promise" and transformed it into a garden/chicken coop/tilapia pond, using vegetation generated within the system to clean the water and feed the chickens, manure as fertilizer, and so on. It is beautiful, inexpensive, and self-sustaining in less than a year.

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[vorpalbunny.livejournal.com]

That is so cool. All of a sudden, I want a pool in my backyard. :)