Permaculture is about observation and understanding how your property’s natural elements can help you to create more bounty with less work, even in North Carolina’s challenging coastal conditions.
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Permaculture mimics nature to offer growth for humans
While hedgerows are multilayered, permanent habitats for wildlife, permaculture works as a similar closed-loop system that can, once established, provide the most benefit with the least amount of labor.
History’s not-so-humble hedgerow habitat was nearly lost
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now, it’s just native habitat and an ancient permaculture ecosystem almost completely wiped from Europe after World War II that’s perfectly suitable here.