Salamander Springs Farm Permaculture and Natural Building Systems
Links to learn more!
Overview of Permaculture and Natural Building Systems at Salamander Springs Farm: Click on each topic to open a set of
educational workshop slides about Salamander Springs Farm systems and hands-on workshops.
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Farming with Permaculture: Slides from workshops given by Susana Lein Winter-Spring 2023. Includes overview of permaculture principles and zoning methodology, with a focus on regenerative agriculture, soil health, permanent beds, hugelkultur, organic no-till with diverse "relay" cover crops earthworks like contour swales, and food forest.
Cover Crop Strategies for Small Scale Farms: Slides from workshops given by Susana Lein for Organic Association of Kentucky 2023 annual conference (Frankfort, KY), and 2023 Eastern Kentucky Farmers Conference, (Pine Mountain Resort Park, KY)
OAK members can access cover crops handout and video of presentation (www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTuITtMXLGU).
Organic Association of Kentucky Field Day at Salamander Springs Farm, July 2022: Summary & Resources
Permaculture Workshop slides (2019-2020) on Salamander Springs Farm Systems
Susana's powerpoint teaching slides detailing holistic permaculture farm systems.
NO-TILL MARKET GARDEN PODCAST with Jesse Frost, January 2020, or listen on Youtube
Susana discusses no-till systems at Salamander Springs Farm and much more.
No-Till Organic Relay Cropping in Kentucky, Ryan Maher, Cornell University, Small Farms Quarterly January 2018,
details the integrated no-till systems of dry beans, grains, cover crops and poultry at Salamander Springs Farm.
No-till Staple Crops in a Permaculture Production System: Susana's workshop slides from Organic Association of Kentucky 2020
Annual Conference, Louisville
NO-TILL MARKET GARDEN PODCAST with Jesse Frost, January 2020, or listen on Youtube
Susana discusses no-till systems at Salamander Springs Farm and much more.
No-Till Organic Relay Cropping in Kentucky, Ryan Maher, Cornell University, Small Farms Quarterly January 2018,
details the integrated no-till systems of dry beans, grains, cover crops and poultry at Salamander Springs Farm.
Passive Solar Tiny House at Salamander Springs Farm:
Principles and building methods.
Earthworks at Salamander Springs Farm
Contour swales, ponds, garden beds
Solar Dehydrator at Salamander Springs Farm
construction and function also shown in farm tour video
Permaculture in Practice Workshops at Salamander Springs Farm
Hands-on practicums on farm systems
Clay Slip Straw Building workshops at Salamander Springs Farm
INHABIT film Susana and Salamander Springs Farm are featured in the award-winning internationally acclaimed permaculture documentary film, INHABIT, which premiered at the North American Permaculture Voices conference and the International Permaculture Convergence in London in 2015. (Translated into 7 languages).
Earthen Floor Workshop at Salamander Springs Farm (one of first in Kentucky) 2008!
Susana's PERMACULTURE PODCASTS with Scott Mann:
Field cover crops and soils: CRAFT farm tour
Granary, Grain Mill & Corn Crib construction and use.
Salamander Springs Farm Annual Corn Harvest & Husking Parties
Ideas from Salamander Springs Farm, tristansunkraut.com, July 18, 2022: solar dehydration, no till grain production, no-till cover crops, intercropping diversity, polyculture cornfield, low-input farming..
Carbon Farming: Yale Climate Connections"Salamander Springs Farm in KY uses carbon-farming techniques to improve soil health and capture carbon..."
