We grow, design, build and teach applications of earth care ethics on a 3 acre site in central Missouri. The grounds at Earth Care Farms showcase a budding permaculture design, complete with a strawbale house, swales, food forest and a wide diversity of native and cultivated edible plants.

Last year I documented developments in our low-input, minimum work second polytunnel, 6x4 m in size, which had been cleared by a group of roosters and planted with a dense polyculture of 33 species and cultivars of crop plants, beneficials and so on. This year it has taken on a different look: wh...

This is the LAST CHANCE to sign up for Bliss Permaculture's Permaculture Design Course:* 12 days in the beautiful foothills of the Austrian Alps.* 12 days stress-free* 12 days of organic food* 12 days of intensive learning HOW to truly be sustainable and self-sufficientAfter this PDC, you will:...

I work for more than 3 years with an ONGD, with the most amazing professionals working hard for the issues of one of the poorest, desertified and soil depleted areas of Portugal - Alentejo.   Alentejo during the Second World War was concern to produce all the cereal crops to feed all the P...

House building, swales, rain water harvesting, fruit forest. Wood work.

Please find the article at this LINK:  http://permaculturenews.org/2013/05/03/cows-and-plows-transformation-solutions/

The project provides resource assessments to communities investigating the feasibility of establishing and managing sustainable market gardens. Recommendations are then made on the size and scale of operations. Technical assistance is provided in planning, establishment and management of the gard...

Permaculture education and design consultancy

This is going to be a GREAT course - a perfect venue of creative design and awesome productivity, the ultimate teaching tool. For details see http://www.designedvisions.com/course-dates-mainmenu-83/pdcs/262-karuna-pdc.html and http://www.karuna.org.uk/

I have begun planting trees and have started a couple garden beds for this spring.  I purchased the property in the fall of 2012 and it has some great features.  The pond is a great feature to start with.  The pond was down due to the drought we had in the summer, however we have been blessed wit...

Over several days they will slowly release that water into the water table rather than let it run down into our creeks and rivers all at once.   In this hugelkultured swale, both the ditch and the wood in the berm are holding rain water. The water we are holding back will eventually make it to ...

  We could also call it "the yellow mountain day", have a look at these amazing pictures - yellow flowers of broom effect http://chaosobral.blogspot.com/2013/04/panorama-28-de-abril-de-2013.html         http://chaosobral.blogspot.pt/2013/04/upcs...

Reducing food miles, supporting local farmers and strengthening the Castlemaine community and economy.

join us for another amazing 3 days Permaculture Intro experience here at Sapney Farm on the fertile edge of the famous community Auroville

I am very happy to be home and contiune working on our master plan site here in San diego, CA.  Want an nice adventure going to Austraila and seeing all the food forests on Geoff and Nadia's farm.  Years ago i did not imagin that i would have gone to get my PDC from Geoff Lawton but it happened. ...

Learning together to empower transformations towards whole farm, ranch, community, bio-regional social-ecological system health, stewardship, and improved adaptive capacity.

  I still recognised Vale da Lama when I returned one week ago. It has been about a year since I moved to Germany to focus on my studies, and though a lot has changed on these familiar grounds I was overcome by the sensation of arriving at my home from home. Caspar on the other hand ha...

In Part 2 I explained my reasons for creating soil using coco-peat. Whilst coco-peat builds structure and holds water, it does not contain any nutrients, therefore my next task for creating healthy soil was to add some organic matter.  In an ideal world I would compost food and plant material c...