This spring saw a lot of important trees go in the ground, but the abnormal weather we had (May weather in March) fooled most everything into waking up early, with the result being that most fruiting trees got zapped by frost several times in April. Many of the trees I planted got heavily frosted...

PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE by Earthcare Education Aotearoa www.earthcare-education.org   20 Feb - 10 March 2015 Venue: Tui Community, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand Main Tutor: Robina McCurdy and others   ‘Permaculture’ is an integrated landuse design methodology based on ecologic...

Permaculture Education in New Zealand - Enlivening Community through Permaculture & Deep Ecology

The Tamarillo in our kitchen garden. The tamarillo is a very versatile tree, which grows easily in our sub tropical climate. It is native to South America. The tamarillo has a lovely semi-sweet flavoured fruit, which is similar in flavour to tomato, hence the name “Tree Tomato”. It is...

Farming the City Block – with Matt Morden of GaiavedaThe idea of the city block is to look not only at our own private gardens but also the combined central space created by the blocks on which we live. This will give us increased access to potential resources, from the land and from the people l...

This month I had the pleasure to visit a really cool farm in Panama.  Its called Finca Perezosos and means Lazy Mans Farm in spanish.  The owner John first came to Panama with the PeaceCorps.  Now he owns a edible food forest with a river thats runs on the edge of it.  The food dorest is only 3 y...

Mudlark Permaculture will be offering internships in 2014 covering activities at both our Beaufort Farm site and our Ararat Urban Demonstrations site. Internship will be based on a WWOOFa style of operation, however we expect you to stay with us for at least 4 weeks to immerse yourself in a Perm...

Many people wonder what food forests are and how they can utilise their benefits in their own lives. If you find yourself reliant upon paychecks and live week to week with the worry about feeding your children then maybe creating a forest of food will change your outlook on life. We are ...

Check out my Go fund me to get the latest youtubes of small farms and alternative enterprises conference: http://www.gofundme.com/s6h5w I'll be attending the Small Farms Conference in Orlando, FL ( http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/smallfarms/index.html ). I would like to open up fundraising i...

The video is 47 minutes long as I wanted to provide an overview of our site and explain in some detail what was going on initially. I'm going to try to keep each additional video right around thirty minutes length. This segment covers the beginning stages of pathway layout, earthworks, site over...

Basic Skills for Simple Living August 11 & 12 A two day workshop on rocket stoves, composting toilets and summer wild foods. Making, using, doing. Participants will camp on site. More info in English or info in Japanese   Open Day August 18 A guided tour of our site and explanation of...

Basic Skills for Simple Living August 11 & 12 A two day workshop on rocket stoves, composting toilets and summer wild foods. Making, using, doing. Participants will camp on site. More info in English or info in Japanese   Open Day August 18 A guided tour of our site and explanation of...

Unfortunately, our funding to be on the island of Hispaniola stopped. The projects in Haiti were completely turned over to their founders at Caring 4 Haiti. Our project in Manzanillo, Dominican Republic, is on hold until we build up enough capital to pick up the work again. Currently we are in L...

anyone want to plant some stuff

Our co-operative is a non-for-profit space owned and controlled by the people who use its services, and who, by working together, can reach an objective unattainable by acting alone. Together we can turn tragedy and adversity into a new beginning.

Gulf Coast Permaculture is an organization developed to gather information and resources to promote a permaculture vision for the US Gulf Coast Region.

A 5 minute tour of the small suburban Permaculture garden that I had a hand in designing.