Read the land, then design.

Permaculture without the mysticism: what to look at, in what order, and which plants do which job. Free, and yours to print.

The method, in 21 pages Observe · water · soil · plants · structures · animals · cold climates · scale. The whole sequence, written plainly, with the reasoning rather than the rules. 150 plants, and guilds Filter by hardiness zone, layer, and the job you need done — nitrogen, mulch, nectary, windbreak. Pick a tree and it builds the guild around it.

There is a second half

The full Groundwork reads the real terrain, soil, climate and sun of a boundary you draw on a map, and puts swales on the contour. That half runs on your own computer rather than on a website — it needs a live connection to the USGS, USDA and ERA5 data services, and it keeps your sites on your own disk. Ask if you want a copy.