How to Set up a Permaculture Farm in 9 Steps

Once someone has several acres of countryside to steward, it can be somewhat overwhelming about where to begin. With a PDC in hand and a dream of a permaculture farm, there are all these pieces that need to fit together and a way to prioritize design tasks and development. The challenge is that permaculture is a set of principles, not a framework. This article outlines a framework based on the 9 aspects of P. A. Yeoman's scale of permanence and applies it to design on a permaculture farm.