Some permaculture Ideas for the selection
of your new property
The priorities for choosing a site:
1. A likeable community with whom I could
feel a useful and valued part. Choose a site within a community
that values it natural environment.
2. Subtropical or temperate site with minimal frost, preferably
in good rainfall area unless you enjoy dry climate.
3. A slope that faces the morning sun or you will be faced with
many more problems than you may bargain for (including hot wind,
hot sun, slower plant growth etc).
4. Good soil or at least clay soil.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS: existing canopy trees, as in our system we bought
an old orchard (though this could harbour hazardous chemical residues,
check the soil first)
A site that is not too far from other people, and public transport
for reduced reliance on you motorcar. Most other features including
improved soil by good water management, you can build yourself.