Hey all.   I almost bought some blueberry bushes without asking if they use Neonicotinoids.      Anybody have any thoughts on Neonicotinoids?        I see Wikiepedia says that Neonicotinoids have a half life of 34 days in full sun.  Not sure what that means though.       Luckily I am on t...

Some much needed yard clearing has been done over the last 3 weeks. Yesterday I got one acess road cleared out from many years of over growth. Still treating the yard and outer areas with Diatomaceous Earth. Has helped alot. back in April just a quick stroll around the house in zone 1 you would h...

We own a wonderful site in France which we have developed over the past 25 years. I'm at retirement age, and increasingly open to ways in which I can reduce my maintenance effort. Until now, we've relied heavily on power equipment to help out, but wish to reduce our property's "f...

Farm-scale Permaculture

Hey folks just now getting all my updates done. Here is a snap shot of the certificate got it real fast, was shocked to be honest. We got moved in the new Homestead on  5/30/15 been non stop since. Getting the Kitchen in place has been top on the list.  Got have to have a way to cook.  Seems like...

Last week’s wind really dried the landscape. It was as if the strong winds blowing in from the centre of this hot continent stole every drop of moisture from the soil surface on the farm and then just took all of that moisture somewhere else. On the other hand that lack of moisture made the const...

I posted a new update about my project on the Dow Dominion blog, if you'd like to check it out.  In the post I talk about the improvements I've made to the garden since last year, as well as what plants I have been harvesting over the past Spring season. You can read the post by CLICKING HERE!...

Pond - the area between bridges filled and starting holding water before it was completely dredged, but the ducks love it. The area below the lower bridge is slow going and required putting in access for a back hoe and spending a lot of time doing stump removal. If larger equipment could be broug...

This links to a forum post where anyone interested can download the pdf I submitted for my design exercise for the 2015 Geoff Lawton online PDC. The property is at 59 degrees north in Koppen Dsc, subarctic, but on the mild extreme of subarctic lots of pictures : ) http://www.permies.com/t/48...

During a tour of the land Hector and Luis found three varieties of mushrooms growing happily on piles of rotted wood. This made me do a little research. Still looking for and Intern who wants to have a small house and internet connection. About 125usd (a month) is what I can afford for a stipend....

Come and see how we transform this, just a bit over 500m2 urban block in subtropical climate, into our small permaculture paradise. :-)

I was tired of losing most of the precious water at this dry time of year out the bottom when watering potted plants.  I wasn't ready to go the time and expense to build a proper wicking bed, so i came up with just tying up the ends of the plastic my pots were resting on and situating it so the o...

As the name implies, Dreamland Farm is the realisation of a dream cherished for half a century. Having spent 40 years in an office, I am now free to enjoy the boundless pleasures of nature. Thanks to the values and principles of permaculture, I am trying to creatively forge an alliance with it fo...

I received my PRI PDC certificate! It was  a really mind expanding course and is informing my decisions and creative visualization daily. I'm having fun putting these things into practice right here at home on Ismailof Island, in Alaska's Kachemak Bay, near Homer, latitude 59 north.  Have a loo...

I was thinking how I might start once I acquire my Alaskan dream property. I came up with this idea for a simple low cost (around $2,000 US in materials) passive solar modular unit. Feel free to use and abuse this cold climate idea. Anyone with carpentry skills and adequate tools could build th...

7 acres of land in Grey County, Ontario, featuring many mature apple trees and wetland.

Curso de Diseño Sustentable | El Manzano 2016 4 enero, 2016 @ 9:00 - 29 enero, 2016 @ 18:00 El Manzano, Cabrero, BioBio Chile+ Google Map 5 Claves para un mundo mejor Detalles pronto!!! * Fechas: 4-29 Enero * Primeros 25 inscritos CLP$599.000 * Todos los demas: CLP$689.000 Mas in...

Curso | Diseño de Permacultura | 18-31 Julio julio 18 @ 9:00 - julio 31 @ 18:00 El Manzano, Cabrero, BioBio Chile Siendo parte del cambio Curso acreditado por el Permaculture Research Institute. Calificación internacional y herramienta universal para crear un futuro resiliente a trav...