Ive been interested in permaculture for several years now. But like most things (for me) I approached the subject backwards. In my real life I was an archeologist and one of my main tasks was to write environmental impact statements for government agencies. Most people who work with 'the environment' know that in reality it comes in ecological packages. Permaculture is the practical application of environmental ecology.
fiwit. I have dug the red clay along the Tennessee, Cumberland Rivers, and the Tombigbee here in Alabama. You don't have to dig it to grow plants on it. Just build a hugelkultur bed on top of it. (Just remember to provide for drainage).
