Post-permaculture design course debrief

I've spent the past week attempting to re-enter the world as i know it with a head chock-full of knowledge about permaculture. This has occurred following a two-week course (the Permaculture Design Certificate) at Aldinga Eco Village (well not actually IN Aldinga but at the caravan park nearby… long story) in South Australia.

The plan was that, since Nick is still working in his high office building until christmas, I would head off and do a PDC in order to get my head around Permaculture principles in readiness for our move…

I chose this particular course because it was being taught by Geoff Lawton , who, in addition to running the Permaculture Research Institute , is apparently the gun on arid and semi-arid environments, and how to get them regenerating in a matter of months. yup, months. I was ready to learn that trick….