Contents

Introduction
Goals Identification and
A 10-Year Assessment 1 Requirements of the Design 57
Assessing the Site 57
Chapter One Land Analysis 58
Creating a Positive Legacy Design Criteria 64
While Adapting to Rapid Change 7 Imagination: Limiting Factor to Design 66
Regeneration: Enhancing Life Systems 8 Schematic Design:
Resiliency: Becoming an Adaptive Animal 9 Sorting through Multiple Options 67
Using This Book 10 Adapting Land to Rapid Change 71
Disclaimer 11 Diversity and Connectivity 72
Permaculture 12 Working Plans and Implementation Documents 74
Zones and Their Definitions 13
Who Are “We”? 16 Chapter Three
WSRF (Site 1) Specifics 16 Water and Earthworks 75
Site History 17 Brittleness and the Quest for Resiliency 75
Site Future: What’s Possible? 17 Locating Water 78
The Green Distraction and the Gravity-Feed Systems 80
Political Black Hole 22 Slowing and Infiltrating Water 82
Exodus from Consumer Society 23 An Agriculture as Diverse as the Landscape 83
Lifestyle Design 25 Water Ridges with Valleys: Keyline Agriculture 87
When Systems Fail Acutely: Ponds 90
Emergencies and Resiliency 27
A Pandemic Addendum 29 Chapter Four
Fertility Harvesting and Cycling 99
Chapter Two Nutrient Cycling 101
The Design Process and Composting 102
Site Establishment 33 Other Inputs 104
Planning and Design: Observation before Action 33 Fungi: Quiet Ally to the Whole System 112
The Designer’s Set and Setting 34 Remineralization 114
Site Establishment Leverage Points 35 Cover Cropping and Winter Cover 115
Ecosystem Management: Steering Succession 36 Tall-Grass Grazing 118
Resiliency and Regeneration Principles 39 Pasture Reclamation:
Understanding Your Site and Why Not to Let Your Field “Go” 122
Finding the Synergies 54 The Benefits of Mowing 125
Scything: The Most Resilient (Mechanical) Chapter Seven
Biomass Harvesting Method 127 Resilience and Regeneration
Ducks, Chickens, Dogs, Sheep, Cows, Bees 129 for the Long Haul 265
Grazing and Perennial
Children in the Homestead 267
Food Crop Integration 142
Enhancing Vitality in a Time of Toxicity 276
Keyline Agriculture and Fertigation 145
Growing Health and Vigor, Not Just Calories 279
Leach Field Cropping:
Staying 289
Making the Most of a Faulty System 149
Acknowledgments 291
Chapter Five
Appendix A
Food Crops 153 Assessing Resiliency: Aptitude Quiz 293
Perennial Plants and Resiliency 154
Appendix B
Staple Crops: Paddy Rice, Meat, A Resilient Homestead Curriculum Outline 297
Eggs, Fruits, and Nuts 160
Appendix C
Annual Vegetables 170
Crucial Skill List for Emergencies 298
Growing Food as a Response to Toxicity 176
Appendix D
Food Processing and Storage:
Tools and Materials 301
Spreading Abundance across the Entire Year 194
Appendix E
Zone 4 Permaculture: Tending the Wild 196
Homestead Vulnerability Checklist and
Strategy Summary to Reduce Vulnerability
Chapter Six
in Acute Events 306
Adaptive Fuel and Shelter 209
Appendix F
Wood Heat 210
Vocabulary and Concepts 309
Adaptive Shelter 233
Greenhouses and Other Microclimates 245 Resources 317
Mechanical Systems 256 Notes 319
Water: Passive Supply for the Resilient Home 260 Index 323