In this week's expert tutorial using the Comprehensive Mapping Package, Mitch Rawlyk breaks down some techniques on how to identify microclimates with the use of different map layers available from https://www.contourmapgenerator.com. Aside from those microclimates, Mitch shows you how to identify potential frost pockets on your property. In next week's video, regenerative agriculturalist Takota Coen will be going over how to use the comprehensive mapping package to map your entire watershed, so be sure to tune in on the 15th of February to check it out! About Rob Avis and Verge Permaculture: In less than 10 years, Rob & Michelle Avis left Calgary’s oil fields and retooled his engineering career to help clients and students design integrated systems for shelter, energy, water, waste and food, all while supporting local economy and regenerating the land. He’s now leading the next wave of permaculture education, teaching career-changing professionals to become eco-entrepreneurs with successful regenerative businesses. Learn more and connect with Rob & Michelle at https://vergepermaculture.ca/ FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your bulging in-box for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it. #FrostProtection #RegenerativeAgriculture #Permaculture