Permaculture Home Improvement
Permaculture is a growing trend in home improvement that teaches people how to build eco friendly homes and grow their own food in sustainable ways. Alden Hough is a permaculture expert who has turned his family land into food producing gardens and renewed native landscapes. Hough is the garden manager at Sky Mountain Institute in Escondido, and his mission includes educating others about the benefits of permaculture.
He uses a combination of ancient and modern techniques to operate the agricultural facilities at Sky Mountain, such as a terrace and basin system which diverts rainwater runoff for irrigation needs. A successful permaculture farm can provide for more than half of an average family's food needs, and it can do so in an environmentally sustainable way. Sky Mountain serves as an educational and research center where people come from around the world to learn about permaculture.