Progress is slow because I cannot afford to hire heavy dirt-moving equipment to do what needs to be done. During the few rainfalls this year I have been able to see the waterflow on the property and determine where barriers need to be installed to prevent runoff waterloss. This facebook pa...

This facebook page provides an step-by-step overview of what has happened during the past 9 months.https://www.facebook.com/groups/IslandofGreen/ April 12, 2014: The 2 main swales in the NW corer of the property (#1 and #2 in Pic1)) have been dug with rented frontloader / backhoe. It took them an...

  From August 2012 till July 2014 a network of Permaculture Teachers has been formed across Europe. 12 partners from as many different European countries got EU-funding to meet on a regular basis to exchange about how to deliver knowledge about Permaculture. During the course of the project, 1...

This project was born in 2016 with the desire to change some things in the world we live in! We are a research center in the area of sustainability with training in permaculture, agroecology, regenerative agriculture, natural constructions, aquatic landscapes, personal development and much mor...

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Learning as much as I can during winter so I can break ground in the spring. NC State’s Free Online Lecture Series on Permaculture: http://mediasite.online.ncsu.edu/online/Catalog/Full/f5a893e74b7c4b7980fd52dcd1ced71521 And currently reading: Gaias Garden Guide to Home Scale Permaculture & ...

  Nestled between the rugged Sinai Mountains and the gently lapping waters of the Red Sea in Nuweiba, a small port town in southern Sinai, lies Habiba Community: a pioneering organic farm, a community agriculture initiative, a learning centre and a beach lodge.  The vision of Habiba is to s...

One goal was to be able to drive down the slope, along the inside of the Swale and back up the slope at the other end with both the tractor and the ATV pulling a trailer. This is to be able to stand in the tractor's front end loader to pick fruit like a cherry picker and to haul harvested fruit, ...

The first full length Hugel-Swale across the powerline has been completed. It is a bit rough around the edges, which will get tidied up during the summer. The pictures uploaded show the result of collecting the runoff from 2" of snow plus about 1/3 inch of rain. It will be interesting to see how ...

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A cross-section of a Hugel-Swale, as I use the term, is shown in the first attachment. Where I have built my first Hugel-Swale is on a 12% slope, crossing a power line easement in loam with a high clay content. We have relatively high rainfall (or snowfall) during 9 months of the year and get ...

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