No, I'm not considering moving to Michigan to live in a colder climate. The zone 5 I've been rethinking is the permaculture zone that lies farthest from your home. For those unfamiliar with this zone system, your house and immediate environs would be zone 1. You live here and visit most parts of this zone daily. Examples of typical elements are a kitchen garden and henhouse. Zone 2 is a little farther away and requires slightly less attention, perhaps including an orchard or larger production garden. Zones 3 and 4 are more distant and require only occasional visits. Depending on the site, elements of these zones might be wood lots, pastures, or row cropping areas. The purpose of the system is to give you a framework for thinking about designing your property to promote maximum convenience and avoid wasting time in excess travel as you go about your tasks, be they daily, weekly, or seasonal.
Rethinking Zone Five
Rethinking Zone Five
Rethinking Zone Five
No, I'm not considering moving to Michigan to live in a colder climate. The zone 5 I've been rethinking is the permaculture zone that lies farthest from your home. For those unfamiliar with this zone system, your house and immediate environs would be zone 1. You live here and visit most parts of this zone daily. Examples of typical elements are a kitchen garden and henhouse. Zone 2 is a little farther away and requires slightly less attention, perhaps including an orchard or larger production garden. Zones 3 and 4 are more distant and require only occasional visits. Depending on the site, elements of these zones might be wood lots, pastures, or row cropping areas. The purpose of the system is to give you a framework for thinking about designing your property to promote maximum convenience and avoid wasting time in excess travel as you go about your tasks, be they daily, weekly, or seasonal.