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Moving to the farm I knew radical change of thinking would be required. I already had an inkling back then that permaculture \u00a0held the key to handling the challenges life was about to throw at me. Over time I abandoned all conventional expectations and learned \u00a0to see and think about the potential in front of me differently. Permaculture helped me do that, providing practical, logical and philosophical solutions to every problem I have faced. <\/span>To deepen my understanding of permaculture design I took Geoff Lawton\u2019s online course:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.discoverpermaculture.com\/thepermaculturecircle<\/p>\n

first in 2017 and then again four years later leading me through all the elements of Bill Mollison\u2019s Permaculture Handbook, achieving certification with my design submission.
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To survive and thrive here, I had <\/span>to adapt my vision and my ambitions to my capabilities and my ressources.\u00a0 I had to learn to pay close attention, to think through and plan my interventions thoroughly rather than working myself into the ground <\/span>against the odds. Over time I started to take note of what worked and what required disproportionate amounts of energy. I had<\/span> to keep an open mind and adapt \u00a0to given realities. That\u2019s what permaculture design is about: observing closely, thinking carefully about all the connections, planning realistically, implementing sustainably, observing and adapting again\u2026and again.<\/span><\/p>\n

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