Full PDC course taught by Andrew & Shenaqua Jones in spectacular local! January, 2016

Summer has arrived. The air is hot, dry and dusty. The trees are still green, the ground is turning yellow and brown, and the vegetation is drying. A eucalyptus haze hangs over the mountain. You can smell the trees. Grass now crunches beneath my feet and bidgee widgee burrs stick to my shoes (als...

Gardens of Abundance (www.gardensofabundance.org) is super excited to announce 'PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE' (PDC) happening this December.     Permaculture (permanent Agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the di...

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On Sunday, Nov 1, we toured the vacant lot at the corner of Fell and Laguna, a.k.a Parcel O for the first time. We began to collect found objects, started to clear some of the debris and envisioned spaces for a studio and gallery, a stage, a resource center, a labyrinth, benches and tables, acces...

I did start a website which is a bit more up to date www.permaculturebob.com . Lots of stuff going on, working at clearing land for swales and ponds, ongoing clean up and organizing, started putting the second floor on my house last summer, continuing soil development, bought my microscope for...

Pobblebonk Permaculture is now open 

It’s hard to know when to abandon a project or a bit of infrastructure. Sometimes it is obvious that something isn’t performing as originally intended. Other times, the weather conditions have proven to be too much for the project or bit of infrastructure. And that was certainly the case with the...

   While I had a nice drop saw to use for my Bat House Building Workshop, I cut plenty of standardized lengths of wood at 6"- 12" to knock out a couple bird houses and other small projects that might come along this winter.  I had started one bird house before the snow began to fall based on a de...

design sketch by mariachiara

Créer un centre, de rencontre, de formation, d’éducation, de sensibilisation à l’agroécologie et à la permaculture.Créer un Centre de préservation et de production des semences vivantes.Créer des lieux de production d'alimentation bio et aider au développement des jardins familiaux.Revaloriser le...

Permaculture project in South-Senegal under the guidance of Isis Noor Yalagi

Find photos from installing drip irrigation in the RISE Permaculture Garden here. RISE staff and work study students installed drip irrigation in the RISE Permaculture Garden yesterday. The drip irrigation will be used to help the trees become established. Drip irrigation delivers a slow drip of...

The Dirt Rich School is an ever evolving demonstration site teaching dynamic hands on permaculture, modern homesteading, holistic animal husbandry, and sustainable food production.

we used earth, straw and stones to build a small stone wall

water drip irrigation system!

Soil conditioning blitz 

A one meter high earth pile in a forgotten urban garden turns in a fantastic adventure hill for childern to discover the power of elements and the the changing of the seasons. Stones store and reflect heat, and create moisture at night, soil has to be repeared and to get moist to remain smelling...