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Blackberryes and grapes on trellises

Looking for expertise in designing a self sustainable/eco friendly organic farm and skill building school for the benefit of less fortunate children and poor villagers surrounding our Trust.

When the property was being considered, one great feature was the established plum trees that had been planted on the property.  One had to be pruned down to the truck because black knot fungus had covered the whole tree.  Another tree didn't survive the winter for unknown reasons.  But we receiv...

The primary goal of this group is to encourage its members to explore community together through experiencing permaculture together. This group aims to help one another through sharing ideas and information about the application of permaculture in the member's lives. Join us in building a per...

Red Hollow Farm is a homestead where the objective is to restore a very neglected, 2.5 acre property into a permaculture storybook. The initial goal is to establish systems that provide a large percentage of the owner's family's food.

Earthworks and earth resources, and earthworks bonus course, wow what a week! The sensation I've got from this past week is enormous. I feel I'm swaling through life on contour, what do I mean? well if you've taken a PDC with a teacher so passionate about earthworks you'll know what I mean. Bala...

5ac Farm in Bridgetown where we would like to produce most of our food by growing our own fruit and veggies and raising our own animals

Finally made it home after 3 months away. Three lessons away from completing the PDC and no closer to a design than when we started. Its not that we haven't made progress, because we just invested in a laser transit and new tractor with a bucket, box blade and, most importantly, a backhoe. Becau...

Full description of internship: Third Millennium Alliance (TMA) was founded in 2007 with the purchase of 100 acres and the establishment of the Jama-Coaque Reserve (JCR) in the western province of Manabí, Ecuador, between the cities of Jama and Pedernales, and four kilometers inland. Now encompas...

New guest room with the first composting toilet

Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast talks shows the end result of the Bio Digester setup: the gas. He also talks about and shows making thatch for a roof from vetiver grass. www.permaculturesunshinecoast.org

Two years on from purchase things are moving forward. I built a hut in the first year, fortunately just before a big snow fall (figure 1) that trapped me in for two weeks. The drums at the front hide the chimney to a rocket mass heater. The heater works wonderfully, keeping me snug on those cold ...

Have planted more fruit and food trees.  Other support trees- acacia etc.  Guilds that include herbs, fruit bushes, perennials (also herbaceous and shrub layers), leguminous nitrogen fixers like lablab, pigeon peas and ground cover of cow peas especially on the berns of the swales. Also sheet mu...

Date:  November 5-7, 2015 Venue: Flors Garden, Antipolo Rizal, Philippines Contact: For reservations contact FELY at (02) 635-6092 to 94 MOBILE  +63919-556-7121 or   +63999-900-3621  EMAIL [email protected]  Speakers:  John Vermeulen and Penelope Reyes Background: This 3-day workshop wil...

It has been a challenge sourcing clay and sharp sand for a rocket mass heater on an island in Southeast Alaska. Our land is underlain by former beach that was lifted out of the ocean after the glaciers retreated due to isostatic rebound, so no clay onsite. The clay was located on a cutbank along ...

It has been a challenge sourcing clay and sharp sand on an island in Southeast Alaska. Our land is underlain by former beach that was lifted out of the ocean after the glaciers retreated due to isostatic rebound, so no clay onsite. The clay was located on a cutbank along a Forest Service road. Th...