Shepherds Ground Ecovillage and Farm is an agricultural based rural village being developed in the Hunter Valley near Newcastle, N.S.W. Australia utilising Permaculture principles and Biodynamic agricultural techniques.

Community garden with food forest

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 encompassing over 1,000 acres, the Jama-...

It is propagating, so we are told by the Voice What Knows at the other end of the technical support chatroom. How very permacultural of you, sir. Does this count as appropriate technological means? We shall be up and running asap. Many apologies for the inconvenience

Our early 2015 activities will include: - building new ponds for water catchment, - constructing swales and generating food forest, - building a green house - a dome structure with aquaponics inside, - building new guest houses - dome structures with local, natural building materials. - lots...

My Permaculture Palette

It's dizzying to think of what has led to this moment, with me sitting here writing this update. A leaflet in a Chiang Mai coffee-shop which triggered a journey through the Phillippines and Cambodia, taking me eventually to one of the last places on earth I would otherwise have chosen to ...

We have numerous black locust here at our place. It is the time of year to thin and cut. I just pollarded 7 fence post sized trees the other day and was able to harvest about 3 gallons of seed pods off the tops of the trees. The seeds are easy to sprout and fast growing. They do need to be strati...

Conserving Wildlife

As the days begin to lengthen, Parkland Permaculture is beginning to implement its vision for building a supportive Permaculture network in the shadow of Riding Mountain National Park. A bulk seed order from Heritage Harvest Seeds was received early in the new year, and this Wednesday, seed will...

Over the course of about 6 months, I created two 30' long, 5' wide, 2' high wood core planting beds, and planted 9 sapling dwarf fruit trees with comfrey near each one.  I kept a photographic record of this construction, which may be seen at Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126374349@N07/set...

This project is a study in adapting permaculture techniques to a suburban property in a well established neighborhood. It will work within the limitations imposed by existing structures and vegetation both on the project property, and surrounding properties.

Anyone who has experience in this is welcome to give any help.

With temperatures between -10 and -30 Celsius but less snow cover than usual, I have been looking for tasks well suited to this "time niche".  It's too early to start up the greenhouse, but longer sunlight hours have begun to kindle the gardening bug in me and I need a productive outlet for this ...