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Wasn't familiar, even tho I learn methods that are close. Low effort for maximal long-term results... that should be the motto in permaculture, instead of over-sophisticated workaholism that leads you pretty much at the same place. Awesome trick for transforming a lawn into a garden.

For more long-term, larger-scale farming, there's the Holzer method:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=Bw7mQZHfFVE

Beyond using ponds, he developed "tree mounds", where you do mounds out of burying tree trunks and branches at the bottom, then adding a layer of branches, then cone tree offshoots and needles.

Then you topple with a thick layer of mulch (i.e. woodchips, but partly-composted) then top soil, or the soil you dug up to make the hole. Every year you add these two layers of mulch and soil as the mound lowers. Cover with dead leaves or straw during the winter so to accelerate the fungi and compost buildup. The tree stumps at the bottom provide with fertile soil for decades, as they retain moisture, keep the "foundations" breathing while slowly giving out compost matter to the soil.

Plant associations are important, as like Holzer says, some plants provide with what others feed upon, and also may help countering some parasites and insects.