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Question: Does Permaculture Farming eliminate or reduce inadvertent animal deaths?

I just recently started a garden and have gotten curious about this. Are Permaculturalists able to raise crops on a larger scale without running over moles, rabbits, etc. Do you use taditional farm equipment or another process? I appreciate any answers. Thanx.

Answer: Cant really add anything to what Fred and Bohemian said,they covered it all.
Animals are included in the concept as components ,domestic as well as wild,

Check my page http://byderule.multiply.com/journal/item/10
where i talk about this –in Organic pest control

Or as workers ,
a nice example is using pack rats to harvest wild rice,by making underground chambers for them with a ^door^opening in the top for stealing their stash.

Heavy tractors are a NO NO because it compacts the ground
and Plowing kills of the organic soil producing cover ,So what you mean by traditional implements is unclear.

Permaculture is more about NO till farming
The horse and plow (small light weight tractor is also acceptable) or hoe are traditional
and should only be used to initially shape the ground to ,and to make it receptive for water harvesting and drainage.or for planting if one uses a chisel plow,or hauling work.

For the rest as little as possible of the LIVING top cover is disturbed using Mulching to combat weeds instead
(see my entry on Mulching same page)

Note.
Permaculture is a sustainable concept that is meant for the quality of life ,not for a commercial market ,the planting is too diverse for that ,there are many crops at any time ,not a lot of one crop alone.

Although many of the principles can be applied to commercial farming.

Odula Family Permaculture Farm

Question: how can i make my orgs website and yahoo group better?

im starting a not for profit to promote edible landscaping, and sustainable human environments, and my website and yahoo group seem amaturish and incomplete to me..any suggestions how i can make my website and yahoo group most usefull? the yahoo group for the site is here.. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/edgewater_permaculture_society/ you can visit its website by clicking the link on the yahoo group page …thank you very much for your time ..and wish me luck

Answer:
Start by making your site look sharp. Choose custom colors a good photo and welcoming message. Click edit beside description on your cover page, scroll down and you will find where to do all that. Send an email to all your friends and relatives with the URL pasted in explaining the group and inviting them to join and asking them to forward the message to their friends and relatives asking the same. Periodically post a message asking the members reminding them that new members are always welcome and ask your members for suggestions. Do not allow members access to the member’s list, if you do and a member gets annoyed at you they could try and get them to join another group or spam the members Add moderators as your group grows and ask them for more input. HTML links to other sites which are pertinent to your group add color and interest to your cover so add them by pasting the codes in just below your welcome message and email their webmasters asking them to do the same. You can also add a hit counter to your cover page. To find them just do a search for “free hit counters”, there are lots available. Put first posts on moderation that way you won’t get spammers. If a member’s first post is spam, ban them right there and then. also if a member is causing problems ban them fast you don’t need the aggravation.One thing to keep in mind it isn’t necessarily the number of members your group has but the participation which makes a group interesting. Good luck, take your time and it will grow,

Permaculture Food Production at Atamai Sustainable Village – Winter 2010