I am the agricultural director of a small urban agricultural site in Harrisburg. The purpose of the project is to feed our neighbors in Allison Hill and to help them learn to grow healthy food and to prepare what we grow, creating healthy meals.

A litle house in stone with a litle land.

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In my last update I explained how I am using ‘sweet sand’ as the first component for soil creation. For many desert plants this is as good as it gets, but I planned to give a diverse range of plants in the Desert Forest Garden the best chance to thrive. Sand has an important drainage function...

The more I learn about soil the more I realise how little I know and perhaps still do not grasp its full complexity. In some ways it seems far too scientific and outside my academic comfort zone.  However, at the same time, soil has begun to fascinate me and reminds me of the first time I put on ...

This link will take you to the full details.  Each session is preceeded by a PDC - optional if you already have yours. 

If you would like to view a full picture summary of this course you will find it here. Otherwise, here is the artical they published a newsletter several months later.  Zoom in and you can read it should you like.  

Project is a rainforest plot that once had cattle, and is now returning to a forest. A small red roof shelter is on the nose of the property looking out upon the Pacific Ocean.

PRI-Kenya are proud to announce our very first international Permaculture Teacher Training (TOT) from January 13-17th 2014 held with renowned permaculture teacher, designer, consultant, community builder, storyteller and mentor, Warren Brush from Quail Springs, California. The TOT will be held at...

  Above are our plans for the build which we are running as a low priced workshop in June this year.  Sweden is a very expensive country, and to do this in a fully legal and transparent way means we need extra funding for appropriate cold climate foundations.  We are choosing to do this to be ...

Over 500 comments with most people telling me it's my best video yet.If you haven't seen it, check it out. We hit the design wall on a 5-acre cow paddock and redesigned it with 7 dams and a huge food forest system for under $20 thousand.Most people couldn't believe what can be done on the small s...

Dear Colleagues:I am writing to inform you about two exciting opportunities for scientistsengaged in agricultural research. We are now accepting applications for the2013 Agricultural Research Connections (ARC) Workshops and the Program forEmerging Agricultural Research Leaders (PEARLs) program.Ag...

Here we are using the Council Verge out the front to plant a Native Strip using local South Australian native plants, to start with we have planted Flat Sedges, Knobby Club Rush, Muntries, Ruby Saltbush, Seaberry Saltbush and Pig Face , the plan is to plant it out with Natives that are also Bush ...

PRI-Kenya are proud to announce our very first international Permaculture Teacher Training (TOT) from January 13-17th 2014 held with renowned permaculture teacher, designer, consultant, community builder, storyteller and mentor, Warren Brush from Quail Springs, California. The TOT will be h...

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