Grow Water, our organization, was approached by the local California chapter of the Native Plant Society to design a passive water harvesting butterfly habitat on a bare, eroding hill next to Soil Born Farms' outdoor classroom. We installed, as part of a two day workshop series, a brush weir ...
On the 22nd of november 2014 in a grey morning we started to dig two trances for the hugelkultur beds. In a few hours of work the two hugelkultur beds were finished and ready for planting. The berry plants will be planted between december 2014 and spring 2015.
Below you can see some pictures of ...
Please see the crowd funding proposal now on the Global Giving Website... we have till the end of March to raise the fnding to make this project work! THANKS for your support! We distributed 5 thousand baby chicks to communities in Fiji last year and we hope to assist Vanuatu restore its commu...
I have been awarded my permaculture design certificate by Geoff Lawton. Actually, I received it a few months ago, but I am just getting around to making the update now. I have been busy, busy, busy on the farm!
The missus wants to return to Tasmania, so we have purchased a run down sheep farm in the coal valley region of Tasmania. A new project that I will document better and keep up on the blog this time :)
We area about 50% complete with digging our Upper Water Pond. The soil has been 100% course grain sand all the way down to 1.9 meters/ 6 feet. I dug a post hole digger 4 more feet for a test hoel and still 100% sand.
So after the pond is dug.. we will be lining the pond with a 10 mil Polyethe...
March 2015 we are organising a PDC at the Himalaya Farm in India. Come and join us for a 2 weeks PDC with an optional additional 1 week hands on.
More details here: http://treeyopermaculture.com/permaculture-design-courses-pdc/permaculture-design-course-pdc-asia-north-india-march-2015/
We were awarded a Make A Splash grant by the city of Tacoma to help with materials and signage for a toolshed that demonstrates responsible water use and ecological building. We'll be doing a mix of roundwood framing, hempcrete, leichtleim, and a greenroof. To learn more about the process and sig...
Ampersand's Sustainable Living Residencies are month-long experiences.
This Strawbale Cottage is the first structure that we built at
Ampersand, and we lived in it for four and a half years. Our favorite
elements are the earthen walls, the layered wood slab ceiling that
reminds us of a bea...
Sustainable Living Residencies!
Month-long experiences
This Strawbale Cottage is the first
structure that we built at Ampersand, and we lived in it for four and
a half years. Our favorite elements are the earthen walls, the
layered wood slab ceiling that reminds us of a beaver dam, and the
...
This facebook page provides an step-by-step overview of what
has happened.Island of Green
September 2014:
The
aftermath of hurricane Odile gave us 3 days of unusually late rainfall. This
allowed me to document in detail the pattern of water accumulation and runoff
waterflow Water fun See a...