Hm....feel like doing permaculture with the house and the rest of our daily life, but I'm not sure where to start. I need a really good book.....
Oh well, on to the garden, where I am on home ground. I thought I would list some of the possibilities and limitations that I have on this plot.
Posibilities/Advantages:
- 200 sqm of great soil (under the grass)
- A patio, about 30 sqm. Brick walls to the north, east and south, so very sheltered and usually quite warm.
- Tall hedges to the west and north and big trees in the garden to the left (south of my garden).
- Allowed do pretty much anything with the garden as long as it is not illegal...
- Front garden to the east. Gets sun all morning. Sheltered.
- Back garden to the west. Gets sun from late morning until sun goes down.
Limitations:- Boyfriend wants a lawn for our son to play on (I'm more along the lines of making shelters, planting edibles and creating things to climb on and crawl under for him to play with/in)
- Front and back garden are to the east and west. Front garden only gets sun from daybreak to about mid day and back garden gradually gets more sun from 8 to 11 o'clock. Parts of lawn and patio gets hardly any sun.
- Not sure what the (elderly) neighbours will think about my way of gardening, which might seem "disorderly" to them. I could just choose not to care, but I do have to live next to them and don't really want to alienate myself. But I think it will be as simple as to tell that what I'm doing is intentional.
- My son has to be able to get everywhere without getting hurt and the garden has to be interesting and fun for him.
- No money. I actually think that this limitation is something of an advantage. It really sparks my creativity and leads to more interesting and out-of-the-box solutions than would be if I could just buy whatever I wanted. At first having very little money was annoying, but now I intentionally try to find the cheapest solutions, reuse and recycle. And that saves energy and materials - all in all a win-win situation.
- Building regulations, fire regulations, the "Hedge Laws" (regulations on how close to your neighbours's plots you can do this and that) a.s.o.
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søndag den 16. maj 2010
Klima, jord, sol/Climate, soil, sun
The garden is to the vest of the house, and the right side of the garden gets a lot more sun than the left. Sun reaches the patio about 11 o'clock at this time of the year.
The garden lies shelted by the tall hedges and the neighbours trees and the terraced houses also shelter a lot.
No plant beds yet, but a lot of containers that we take care of. The patio is about 30 sqm and is sheltered on three sides by brick walls - warm and protected.
Climate Zone: Denmark is 7-8. Where I live mostly 8.
Climate information: Temperate, humid and overcast, mild, windy winters and cool summers.
(A lot like the east coast of England (which is why it isn't surprising, that it was there, the Danish vikings settled, when they had conquered England)).
Sun and rain information: On average 1500 hours of sun a year and on average 745 mm of precipitation - evenly spaced out over the year (though slightly more precipitaion from late summer to early winther, than during the rest of the year).
Within Denmark we operate with sub-zones 1-4 (4 being the mildest). I live on, Fyn (english: Funen), the roundish island in the middle, and about on the border between sub-zone 3-4.
In Danish:
Højre side af haven får meget mere sol end den venstre. Solen når terrassen ca. kl. 11 på dette tidspunkt af året.
Ingen bede endnu men masser af krukker, som vi hygger om. Terrassen på 30 kvm ligger varmt og beskyttet, perfekt til sarte planter.
Glimrende muldjord, dog let sandet, men vi er også kun 1 km fra vandet. Der er ret meget flint i jorden, det er almindeligt heromkring.
Både klima og mikroklimamæssigt bor jeg ret beskyttet. Fyn er klimazone 8 og ligger trygt og varmt i midten af Danmark. Rækkehusområdet, som jeg bor i, og med de høje tilgroede hække og haver giver også meget bekyttelse fra vejret.
The garden lies shelted by the tall hedges and the neighbours trees and the terraced houses also shelter a lot.
No plant beds yet, but a lot of containers that we take care of. The patio is about 30 sqm and is sheltered on three sides by brick walls - warm and protected.
Climate Zone: Denmark is 7-8. Where I live mostly 8.
Climate information: Temperate, humid and overcast, mild, windy winters and cool summers.
(A lot like the east coast of England (which is why it isn't surprising, that it was there, the Danish vikings settled, when they had conquered England)).
Sun and rain information: On average 1500 hours of sun a year and on average 745 mm of precipitation - evenly spaced out over the year (though slightly more precipitaion from late summer to early winther, than during the rest of the year).
Within Denmark we operate with sub-zones 1-4 (4 being the mildest). I live on, Fyn (english: Funen), the roundish island in the middle, and about on the border between sub-zone 3-4.
In Danish:
Højre side af haven får meget mere sol end den venstre. Solen når terrassen ca. kl. 11 på dette tidspunkt af året.
Ingen bede endnu men masser af krukker, som vi hygger om. Terrassen på 30 kvm ligger varmt og beskyttet, perfekt til sarte planter.
Glimrende muldjord, dog let sandet, men vi er også kun 1 km fra vandet. Der er ret meget flint i jorden, det er almindeligt heromkring.
Både klima og mikroklimamæssigt bor jeg ret beskyttet. Fyn er klimazone 8 og ligger trygt og varmt i midten af Danmark. Rækkehusområdet, som jeg bor i, og med de høje tilgroede hække og haver giver også meget bekyttelse fra vejret.
lørdag den 15. maj 2010
Udgangspunkt/Starting Point
I have:
- A tiny one story, 2 bedroom terraced house in the city, 84 sqm (900 sq feet).
- 50 sqm front garden. Front garden i ½ paved, ½ lawn.
- App. 200 sqm back garden.
Back garden is about 175 sqm lawn + a paved 30 sqm patio. Aside from the lawn, there is a garden shed, a big bush of unknown spieces, a rhubarb plant and a narrow(bed?) around the shed, appearantly filled with flower bulbs. I have planted an Echinea and two hop plants in the narrow bed, they have followed me from the allotment.
- On the patio around 25 pots and containers with various herbs, edible flowers and salads – I couldn’t stand not having any plants to care for at all.
I have decided to watch the garden for a year, find out how the microclimate of it was, where there was most un a.s.o. before I started doing anything drastic.
It also provides me with good of time to think about what plants to plant and how to plant them (as I start out).
Then in late summer I will make plant beds, fertilise with the kompost that the public (recycling stations?) offer every autumn for free, and let the soil develop during the autumn and winter.
Then in spring next year, I will start putting all my quirky ideas into practise.
På dansk:
Mit udgangspunkt:
- Et lillebitte rækkehus på 84 kvm
- En forhave, ½ græs, ½ fliser på ca. 50 kvm
- En baghave på ca. 200 kvm, 175 med jord og 30 kvm terrasse.
Bortset fra den rædselsfulde græsplæne er der et haveskur, en stor busk af ukendt oprindelse, en rabarber og et smalt bed omkring skuret (fyldt med løgplanter). Og jeg har plantet en Purpursolhat (echinea) og to humleplanter i det smalle bed.
- På terrassen har jeg omkring 25 krukker med diverse krydderurter, spiselige blomster, salat og persille – jeg kunne slet ikke have slet ikke at have nogen have.
Jeg besluttede mig til at vente og lære haven at kende, før jeg startede med de helt store planer, finde ud af hvordan mikroklimaet var, hvor der var mest sol osv.
Så har jeg også god tid til at tænke over hvilke planter, kombinationer, plantesteder osv. jeg vil have (til at begynde med).
Hen på sommeren vil jeg starte på at lave bede, gøde med det kompost man kan få fra genbrugsstationerne gratis om efteråret(og foråret), og lade jorden udvikle sig efterår og vinter.
Så til næste forår er jeg klar til at gøre alle mine skøre idéer til virkelighed.
- A tiny one story, 2 bedroom terraced house in the city, 84 sqm (900 sq feet).
- 50 sqm front garden. Front garden i ½ paved, ½ lawn.
- App. 200 sqm back garden.
Back garden is about 175 sqm lawn + a paved 30 sqm patio. Aside from the lawn, there is a garden shed, a big bush of unknown spieces, a rhubarb plant and a narrow(bed?) around the shed, appearantly filled with flower bulbs. I have planted an Echinea and two hop plants in the narrow bed, they have followed me from the allotment.
- On the patio around 25 pots and containers with various herbs, edible flowers and salads – I couldn’t stand not having any plants to care for at all.
I have decided to watch the garden for a year, find out how the microclimate of it was, where there was most un a.s.o. before I started doing anything drastic.
It also provides me with good of time to think about what plants to plant and how to plant them (as I start out).
Then in late summer I will make plant beds, fertilise with the kompost that the public (recycling stations?) offer every autumn for free, and let the soil develop during the autumn and winter.
Then in spring next year, I will start putting all my quirky ideas into practise.
På dansk:
Mit udgangspunkt:
- Et lillebitte rækkehus på 84 kvm
- En forhave, ½ græs, ½ fliser på ca. 50 kvm
- En baghave på ca. 200 kvm, 175 med jord og 30 kvm terrasse.
Bortset fra den rædselsfulde græsplæne er der et haveskur, en stor busk af ukendt oprindelse, en rabarber og et smalt bed omkring skuret (fyldt med løgplanter). Og jeg har plantet en Purpursolhat (echinea) og to humleplanter i det smalle bed.
- På terrassen har jeg omkring 25 krukker med diverse krydderurter, spiselige blomster, salat og persille – jeg kunne slet ikke have slet ikke at have nogen have.
Jeg besluttede mig til at vente og lære haven at kende, før jeg startede med de helt store planer, finde ud af hvordan mikroklimaet var, hvor der var mest sol osv.
Så har jeg også god tid til at tænke over hvilke planter, kombinationer, plantesteder osv. jeg vil have (til at begynde med).
Hen på sommeren vil jeg starte på at lave bede, gøde med det kompost man kan få fra genbrugsstationerne gratis om efteråret(og foråret), og lade jorden udvikle sig efterår og vinter.
Så til næste forår er jeg klar til at gøre alle mine skøre idéer til virkelighed.
Så springer jeg ud i det/A leap into a new kind of gardening
½ a year ago we moved to a house with a garden (chose "big" garden over sqm in the house).
Starting Project Garden.
I am into organic gardening. And I HATE lawns, and had minimised the use of such in my allotment that I have had for some years. I have read tons of books about organic gardening. Still I missed something: The seeing the garden (and the house) as a whole, the interaction between the individual elements. It just didn’t have the natural ecosystem-feel to it that I wanted.
I my new garden I would try achieve that.
Then I stumbled upon the word permaculture when I browsed amazon.co.uk for good gardening books. The book was The Earth Care Manual, but it was expensive and out of stock, so I went to the local library that had ”Permaculture in a nutshell”…..and I was sold. Completely in love with the idea! That was what I had wanted, without being able to put a name on it.
As all Danes, I am mad about home design; about getting the elements to work together, creating light and space and making things look natural where they are, making indoors and outdoors feel connected, making things practical, useful and beautiful – and here I had found som of that same approach (and beyond!) in gardening.
My knowledge about gardening mainly stems from my mother. She absolutely loves gardening. Her garden could be described as a conventional garden, but it is rather a traditional garden. I have always thought that there was way to much ”black earth approach” (you know, individual plants with carefully cultivated ’clean’ soil around them), but as a whole have learned a LOT from her about what plants need, how to care for them, tricks and good ideas, and not least the love of gardening.
And she is into organic gardening - or as she says herself (something along the lines of): I just garden, there is no need for artificial stuff, plants taste best and is most healthy when growing as they find best.
I will document my coming journey into permaculture. It will be a compromise, I can say already now, because we live where we do, because time and energy is limited, and because of my artritis. But I look forward to see how far towards permaculture I can get.
Maybe it will also be interesting for others to follow. Living in the city and other with other things requireing my time and energy constantly (like for so many others), it is still a possibility to work towards permaculture.
På dansk
For ½ år siden flyttede vi ind i et lille rækkehus med en have. Eller rettere: Med en græsplæne. Jeg HADER græsplæner, sådan en ørken af monokultur!
Jeg ville gerne gøre noget ved min ny have, og læste en masse bøger om økologi, og der masser masser af gode ting, men der manglede noget. Der var ligesom ikke det, der bandt det hele samme og fik det til at føles som et sammenhængende økosystem.
Modsat min kolonihave, som jeg havde forladt, ville jeg prøve at opnå det i min nye have.
Så skvattede jeg over et nyt ord ”permakultur”…hm…mig ned på biblioteket og låne et eksemplar af hæftet ”Permakultur i en Nøddeskal”.
Og så var jeg solgt! Totalt forelsket i en idé. Dette er haveverdenens ekvivalent til totaldesign i huset, hvor alt hænger sammen, tingene føles (og er) naturlige, der hvor de er, og det er praktisk, brugbart og smukt (og ikke særlig arbejdskrævende :D).
Min viden om havebrug stammer hovedsagligt fra min mor. Hun ELSKER haver, sin egen allerhøjest. Hun har selv lært om haver på den gammeldags måde, voksede op på en gård. Jeg har altid synes at der var for meget ”mørk muld” i hendes havetilgang (individuelle planter med fintrevet ”ren” jord omkring ikk), men ikke desto mindre har jeg lært masser af hende, ikke mindst kærligheden til haven og til at dyrke selv. Hun er også til økologisk havebrug – eller som hun selv siger ca. ”Jeg dyrker jo bare min have, alt det der kunstige noget er helt overflødigt, og planterne smager alligevel bedst når de får lov til selv at gro, som de synes er bedst.
Jeg vil dokumentere min rejse ind i denne nye verden. Jeg ved, at der vil blive kompromiser, det kan jeg allerede sige nu, både fordi vi bor, hvor vi bor og ikke på en nedlangt gård på landet. Også fordi tid og energi er begrænset, min søn kræver sit, og ikke mindst sætter mine led- og rygsmerter (u)naturlige grænser for, hvad jeg kan. Men jeg ser frem til at se hvor meget jeg kan gennemføre den permakulturelle idé.
Måske vil det også være interessant for at se hvordan man i forstadsland og med et almindeligt liv og mange andre ting, udover haven, der kræver ens opmærksomhed - kan arbejde imod permakultur.
Starting Project Garden.
I am into organic gardening. And I HATE lawns, and had minimised the use of such in my allotment that I have had for some years. I have read tons of books about organic gardening. Still I missed something: The seeing the garden (and the house) as a whole, the interaction between the individual elements. It just didn’t have the natural ecosystem-feel to it that I wanted.
I my new garden I would try achieve that.
Then I stumbled upon the word permaculture when I browsed amazon.co.uk for good gardening books. The book was The Earth Care Manual, but it was expensive and out of stock, so I went to the local library that had ”Permaculture in a nutshell”…..and I was sold. Completely in love with the idea! That was what I had wanted, without being able to put a name on it.
As all Danes, I am mad about home design; about getting the elements to work together, creating light and space and making things look natural where they are, making indoors and outdoors feel connected, making things practical, useful and beautiful – and here I had found som of that same approach (and beyond!) in gardening.
My knowledge about gardening mainly stems from my mother. She absolutely loves gardening. Her garden could be described as a conventional garden, but it is rather a traditional garden. I have always thought that there was way to much ”black earth approach” (you know, individual plants with carefully cultivated ’clean’ soil around them), but as a whole have learned a LOT from her about what plants need, how to care for them, tricks and good ideas, and not least the love of gardening.
And she is into organic gardening - or as she says herself (something along the lines of): I just garden, there is no need for artificial stuff, plants taste best and is most healthy when growing as they find best.
I will document my coming journey into permaculture. It will be a compromise, I can say already now, because we live where we do, because time and energy is limited, and because of my artritis. But I look forward to see how far towards permaculture I can get.
Maybe it will also be interesting for others to follow. Living in the city and other with other things requireing my time and energy constantly (like for so many others), it is still a possibility to work towards permaculture.
På dansk
For ½ år siden flyttede vi ind i et lille rækkehus med en have. Eller rettere: Med en græsplæne. Jeg HADER græsplæner, sådan en ørken af monokultur!
Jeg ville gerne gøre noget ved min ny have, og læste en masse bøger om økologi, og der masser masser af gode ting, men der manglede noget. Der var ligesom ikke det, der bandt det hele samme og fik det til at føles som et sammenhængende økosystem.
Modsat min kolonihave, som jeg havde forladt, ville jeg prøve at opnå det i min nye have.
Så skvattede jeg over et nyt ord ”permakultur”…hm…mig ned på biblioteket og låne et eksemplar af hæftet ”Permakultur i en Nøddeskal”.
Og så var jeg solgt! Totalt forelsket i en idé. Dette er haveverdenens ekvivalent til totaldesign i huset, hvor alt hænger sammen, tingene føles (og er) naturlige, der hvor de er, og det er praktisk, brugbart og smukt (og ikke særlig arbejdskrævende :D).
Min viden om havebrug stammer hovedsagligt fra min mor. Hun ELSKER haver, sin egen allerhøjest. Hun har selv lært om haver på den gammeldags måde, voksede op på en gård. Jeg har altid synes at der var for meget ”mørk muld” i hendes havetilgang (individuelle planter med fintrevet ”ren” jord omkring ikk), men ikke desto mindre har jeg lært masser af hende, ikke mindst kærligheden til haven og til at dyrke selv. Hun er også til økologisk havebrug – eller som hun selv siger ca. ”Jeg dyrker jo bare min have, alt det der kunstige noget er helt overflødigt, og planterne smager alligevel bedst når de får lov til selv at gro, som de synes er bedst.
Jeg vil dokumentere min rejse ind i denne nye verden. Jeg ved, at der vil blive kompromiser, det kan jeg allerede sige nu, både fordi vi bor, hvor vi bor og ikke på en nedlangt gård på landet. Også fordi tid og energi er begrænset, min søn kræver sit, og ikke mindst sætter mine led- og rygsmerter (u)naturlige grænser for, hvad jeg kan. Men jeg ser frem til at se hvor meget jeg kan gennemføre den permakulturelle idé.
Måske vil det også være interessant for at se hvordan man i forstadsland og med et almindeligt liv og mange andre ting, udover haven, der kræver ens opmærksomhed - kan arbejde imod permakultur.
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