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anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:26:37 +0000

Gardening techniques permaculture no nonsense 2015

How to start the garden
1. From grass. take it upside down, cover it compost on it (choke the grass clean black soil. Advantage = all kinds of layers in the soil.
2. From plowed fields. 5-12 cm (1/5 years) (12-20 cm max 1/10 years) when you go too deep, you hustle the different bacteria’s. the non-aerobic will want to go down, when you pull them up. The aerobic bacteria that get deeper in the ground will die. Plow is only needed if you don’t keep your soil clean.
3. From forest. take in a account where the sun comes, the rain, the wind and how the slope goes. If you find a spot, you take an animal (cows, pigs, chickens). The animals will dig and scratch the soil. You can leave them or take them away.
4. From stones. take out the stones, put them aside. Make flat areas with the stones raised beds. Take the soil where it is least polluted, put it between the raised beds. Bring outside fertility (straw). Leave the stuff (plastic etc.) in the ground.
Water (H₂o) H₂= conductivity O= burning, oxygen water is unstable electro=magnetically. Is basic to any life&flexible/soluble.
1. Rain too much it drowns the aerobic bacteria, minerals go deeper down. It goes down the slope. Put your beds in a way that when the rain comes, water runs off slowly without leaving puddles, so you can use it the right way. When water comes up, raised beds are better (15-20 cm higher than the highest the water probably will come). too little foresee hedges so evaporation fro; them can provide morning&evening mists/dew
2. Evaporation plants have stomata’s to drink evaporated water on the underside of the leaves absurdity of spraying from above+importance of proximity of lake/pond
3. Weather when it has rained recently , you can’t do a lot for the soil. When the sun shines, he should scratch the soil from 05:00 am. Around 12:00 p.m. you scratch again. You create a weed-clean soil in 1 day. dry farming(from the he hopi Indians where it rains once every 3 years they put a lot of love in breeding the plants,indoor, during winter, a lot attention(chanting). They don’t plow. The three sisters corns, strong stalk, out them far apart, soil will dry out runner beans, more shade pumpkin, covers the soil with leaves. Capillary action pulls the water out of the ground, but the three sisters will use the evaporation of this water.
4. Giving water stupid to do except for evaporation (tunnels/food forest)
Raised beds
1. Raised bed - because of too much water, creates fertility by multiplying the amount of soil under the plants. Root mass will be much better (60 cm of soil you can use). +° 2/3 Celsius. Here you have H₂o, life and material for soil life to make humus from.
2. Hot beds - same as raised beds but more manure+added water+cover with plastic to start up. On the heat you can make pre-seed beds. make holes in it, water, horsepoo, air, heat> Put plastic over it, boxes on top of it with earth, it warms up, for a week> take away the plastic, seed in it. 12 weeks of extra heat makes 4 early crops possible
3. Tunnel: plants love heat, water, soil, air. Warm heap with tunnel on it. Rope with bag of sand to keep it down. Circular form makes recirculation of water vapour possible.
Seeding
1. Pre- seeding - flowers make seeds. Yang= seeds/ put it in the soil. Think about where you want it to grow and when. There will be many weed roots and seeds in the soil that will come upanywhere. Let them come up, scratch them(=false seed beds), otherwise they disturb you garden. If they are gone, you can plant new plants (that you pre-seed in a pot etc.)
2. Out of season - seeding out of season is a good thing, if you don’t lose them in weeds. Nov/ dec/ febr, you will get stronger plants during spring. Ex: garlic, onions, peas
  1. Winter - going back up again
  2. Spring - capillary action
  3. Summer - creation of flowers
  4. Indian summer - creation seeds
  5. Autumn - rotting process
3. Wild seeding - one plant can occupy a whole fields. You create edible cover. No seeding, no working. It gives access to fertility from nature. The plants can decide where they want to grow.
Fertility
1. Fertility vs destruction: Over fertilizing with too much nitrogen, phosphor&kalium kills soil life.
2. cellulose, carbon, nitrogen, minerals, oxygen, water humus complex. Sand has a big particle, loam has many small particles. Loam can get really big all together (x50). Sand can only grow a little (x2). It is a cycle that is really important. By this farmers can multiply their soil fertility a lot, on condition that they know what they’re doing. Keep the level from the cellulose up. N/C balance should be 1/33 at least, preferably more.
3. Humus=living biodiverse structure made up of fungi, bacteria, viruses&bigger soil animals
4. Structure - every time you hustle up, you disturb the soil. Humus is really easy to kill. Structure is basic of humus
5. Layering=gradual from aerobic to anaerobic, from fermenting/composting to rotting
Fields vs small gardens
1. Zoning zero to seven
  1. Body
  2. Group
  3. House
  4. Herbs, small fruits
  5. Garden
  6. Animals
  7. Fruit trees
  8. Nature
2. 3D gardens - fruit forest never ending cycle. 7 levels of evaporation, etc.
Techniques for fields - try to avoid bad weeds
1. Scratching - scratch to get the weed out of the soil.
  1. Scratch to prepare for seeding
  2. Scratch to wake up soils in spring
2. b. Mulching
  1. technique by which the weeds that want to come up are choked. To keep the weed coming up, you keep air, water, light, heat away. Does not really work well.rather put it on the roads. Plan when you mulch in autumn and take it off the field in spring ? A weak point, mulching takes a truck load per square surface&should be replenished regularly.
3. c. Nylon - thin layer of nylon- heat, sun, air, rain can come through, but not the weeds
4. d. Weeding. don’t take everything out. Do it creatively. Weed away any stuff that goes to seed. Avoid nettles, they come everywhere. On a sunny day, scratch (morning), weed in between the plants (at noon), scratch again (after weeding).
5. e. Lines keep 50 cm distance between the lines for seeding in spring. This way you make place for plants in between. Reseed in between when first crop is nearly ripe
6. f. combinations. keep in mind the way plants grow. You visualize how the plants are going to grow and how long it takes. Keep the weeds away.
7. g. Edible cover crops
8. h. With an edible cover crop you always have cover for the soil, you always harvest.
8. Harvesting. a. Group: harvest for your group on a regular base b. we can help nature by harvesting the bigger ones. This way the smaller ones have the chance to grow further. What is growing when, how big will it become, when do I need to seed, when should I harvest. This way one can grow a multiple of the 1 row/1 vegetable plan c. Season. According to season take some(seed !), all(clearing for winter), the biggest(making room for the next crop already seeded underneath)
9. Year around food a. Planning you should store, propagate the year around vegetables. Stock root vegetables. Make preserves&pestos etc
10. Seed saving a. Cycle of the year most plants will give flowers from month 6 and seeds in month 9. Manage the plants that seed, so you can dry the seeds. You do seed saving, but you also plan it (wild seeding & the seeds you throw). After a while you will find balance.

Composting= stuff that is put in for fertility for the plants (C) first 30 cm. aerobic bacteria

Rotting= stuff is de-compost, will become minerals (N+) beneath 30 cm non-aerobic bacteria

TRANSITION Daniel T odum

perma-pluk-course_life_design-dogoodism2015

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:41:43 +0000

perma-pluk-course_life_design-dogoodism2015

perma-pluk-course_life_design-dogoodism2015.docx

permaculture-course-2013-2014

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:15:14 +0000

Plukrijp Permaculture Course 2013-2014

Original document: eng-2013-perma-intro.docx

Aim of the course

to introduce permaculture as the alternative to western “culture”
to encourage (mostly young) people to develop more authentic life designs, more adapted to post-capitalist economic & social reality
to pass on agricultural & horticultural permaculture techniques to people who are starting up collective gardens, CSA's, Eco villages
to share group experiences with people so they get the taste of open dynamic purposeful community life

Concept

Plukrijp functions on a “circles of interest” mode
we encounter each other on a free, non-sectarian base, where scarcity of money, shelter or information are transcended
Plukrijp facilitates this exchange
through membership fees & free donations the costs of the infrastructures are met
meals, lodging, administration, websites, mailing lists, travel expenses, are paid for from this “magic hat”
there is an open accountancy, members can participate in the decision making, yearly meetings & can call for extra meetings
for meetings we practice the “love-unity” method, incorporating many of the new communication techniques

Practical arrangements for the permaculture course 2013-2014

membership fee = € 50 or free donation
each member tries to come to the 7 weekends
costs for each weekend = € 50 or free donation
at the end each member gets a CD with the texts of the course
weekends from Saturday 10 a.m. till Sunday 5 p.m.
meals & lodging are included
no alcohol, drugs or violence in words or deeds please
be on time, forcing others to wait for you is not nice
communication=REDACTED

Weekend 1 : initiation weekend + garden practice

the 3 principles of permaculture
the flower of Holmgren, interactive exercise
our wiki at permabook.brozkeff.net, an introduction to the wide implications of perma
practice in the Plukrijp garden: a first visit to 15.000m² of 30+ years of perma

French 5 & 6/10/2013 – Dutch, English 12 & 13/10/2013

Weekend 2 : fertility + techniques in permaculture gardening (part 1) + practice

soil life, compost, minerals
a forest or a garden; how to feed 7 billion humans ?
a short history of man's relationship to nature
food yearround from the permaculture garden ? How ? Why ? Tools ?
practical : synergy, resources, tools, techniques, systems in perma garden part 1

French 2 & 3/11/2013 – Dutch, English 9 & 10/11/2013

Weekend 3 : social dynamics + design your project (part 1)

why/how groups ? + practical exercises

situational authority, flexibility, dependance games often played in groups
proximity vs exclusivity, a short history of the last 60 years
value = alternative money systems
the transition town movement
practice = design your life project part 1

French 4 & 5/01/2014 – Dutch, English 11 & 12/01/2014

Weekend 4 : water + life design + design your project (part 2)

water in the permaculture garden-field
water as healing
the science of water anno 2013
fractals, spirals, waves : beyond the linear view
life design, a systemic approach to YOUR life
practice= design your project part 2

French 1 & 2/02/2014 – Dutch, English 8 & 9/02/2014

Weekend 5: design, tools, techniques in permaculture gardening (part 2) + practice

design for gardens : tools, techniques, systematic approach in time & space
tools : what you need + how to keep it working
techniques : false seedbed, superficial cultivation, line seeding, mixed crops, edible cover crops, nursery plants, plant propagation, seed saving & exchange
practice: create a warm bed for early planting

French 1 & 2/03/2014 – Dutch, English 8 & 9/03/2014

Weekend 6 : utopia, why not ? + design your village/town/community

some more & less realistic utopias from past & present
the story of debt, or the artificial creation of scarcity
deep ecology, modern slavery, tribal solutions to live a meaningful good life
practice = redesign your village, neighbourhood, household, town towards…

French 5 & 6/04/2014 – Dutch, English 12 & 13/04/2014

Weekend 7 : cycles in nature, life, cosmos + techniques in permaculture gardening

(part 3) + PARTY !!!

in nature, the year, life, the cosmos
ancient (forgotten) civilisation: fiction or reality ?
practice = seeding, weed control, to mulch or not to mulch, that is the question, cover crops, combinations, ….
practice = party

French 3 & 4/05/2014 – Dutch, English 10 & 11/05/2014

Keywords for the course

aerobic bacteria - co-creation – coherence - compost toilets – CSA – design - dry farming – durability - eco-villages - ecological footprint – ecosystems - edible crop cover - false seedbeds – flexibility – fluidity - food collective – give-away-shop - harmony - homeostatic dynamic balance - life design - low-impact – microbiology - microclimate - money alternatives – mulching – nomadism - paradigm change - peak everything – polytunnels – proximity - re-use/re-cycle/re-pair – resources – synergy – together – transition – value - water clusters - yin/yang

permaculture1-2016-plukrijp

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:11:06 +0000

permaculture1-2016-plukrijp

Permaculture 2016 as
-grassroots=bottom-up, non hierarchic, based on situational authority, in daily practice
-worldwide=economic globalisation('90s) leading to social, scientific, ethical, spiritual integration of all cultures//understanding of a majority of people of the implications of deep-ecology(=one earth)
-application of the scientific discoveries of the last 100 years (quantum, stem cell, endocrinology,…)
-systemic thinking/cynernetics/cyclic multidisciplinary inter-active co-creation aimed at synthesis rather than analysis only 
-localised=think global but act local
-a social renaissance from decentralised networking
-towards proximity= a wellness/health/prevention renaissance
-meaning/life design=away from massification, quantification towards reconnecting with ancient global wisdom, proving to have known already 1000s of years ago wat quantum&other contemporary sciences are now discovering
-based on continuously re-evaluated designing=flexibility&acceptance of impermanence&variability of “laws” of physics 
-no facts but statistical probabilities(q-mechanics) vs rigid categorised inventory “scientism” as thaught in school&universities
-neguentropy as a life-driving force, balancing homeostatically against entropy in physics, biology, agriculture
-towards autonomy in food, education, gardening, agriculture, health vs the push towards isolation&dependency by financial speculative multinational interests
-using digital tools to turn a mechanistic small-context extraction/colonisation model into a broad multisdisciplinary science of ecology, creating meaning for human IN nature
-application of scientific

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anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:16:09 +0000

The PLUKRIJP archives - random notes from Frank Ruymen

After Frank Ruymen's death unfortunately the Plukrijp community went away. Frank gave me in 2012-2015 several documents and drafts of notes. As I go through my archives and notice something worth sharing I decided to share some interesting notes in this section. –Martin M

Plukrijp for Dummies book:
- Plukrijp for Dummies - book in English (2014) PDF]
- Plukrijp voor Dummies - book in Netherlands (2014) PDF
- licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
thenextlevelpluk-perma-2015
thenextstep-pluk-perma-2015
permaculture-course-2013-2014
permaculture1-2016-plukrijp
perma-pluk-course life design-dogoodism2015
Gardening techniques permaculture no nonsense 2015

thenextlevelpluk-perma-2015

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:55:38 +0000

thenextlevelpluk-perma-2015

    • Take care of the existing infrastructure wherever you reside
    • have a minimum of discipline&regularity&social function
    • cover basic human needs (sleep/food/occupation/friendship) from abundance in a mood of generosity 
    • choose to experience living together in tolerance&love
    • choose to experience sharing what you have with the world around (farcebook = virtual sharing!)
    • choose to experience spiritual non-sectarian growth in a group context
    • get insights into personal&family&group mechanisms&habits
    • learn to accept&respect the basic laws of physics&biology as they apply to you
    • accept that there may be more to life than what the media&schools&parents&authorities tell you
    • integrate from the outside”them” towards “us”, do not try to convince or show=people will come to you eventually 
    • offer people what we/you really are, no nonsense, no model-role-playing
    • let go of end-of-cycle mechanisms like fear, jealousy, possessiveness, greed, exclusivity, ….
    • get familiar with so-called para-normal phenomena like intuition, allowing, meditation
    • go beyond your deep refusal of “bad news”=open up to real information+trust your life energy
    • go beyond obsessive privacy, hygiene, … demands
    • be suspicious of covert manipulated sources of “information”
    • practice perceptions, games, guided meditations, … based on quantum physics&eastern wisdom

thenextstep-pluk-perma-2015

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:59:24 +0000

thenextstep-pluk-perma-2015

    • Take yourself seriously=go for essentials/gnosis/under-standing
    • trust your intuition=go beyond mind-fears/notice real fears&live them
    • beyond the master/slave relation=beyond overcompensating for an inferiority complex=take responsibility&organise community power around citizenship&parenting&learning
    • approach every-thing as a process
    • approach every-body as potential god/ess
    • live every moment as the best&only opportunity
    • take every obstacle, irritation, illness as a lesson to grow beyond it
    • dissolve separation(i am another you!)=my surroundings are the mirror I created
    • look out for co-created fields of realisation&go for it together
    • trust your knowledge&insight at any time/place=all you need is there=SEE IT/DO IT/USE IT/DO NOT DOUBT
    • allow life to happen to you=stop filling it up/running away from it/complaining/expecting disaster
    • bring harmony between your life line(destiny/character/...)&your consciousness
    • accept what you are NOW so you can co-create harmony with all you could become LATER
    • share your light (even candle) with anyone you meet=in the land of the blind, the one-eyed must lead
    • free will=go along only as far as YOU decide here&now=not from prejudice, fear,