Over the last few months we have been busy building our plant stock in our nursery. We have also begun our intial earthworks. A key issue we currently face on the farm is access to sufficient water given the general lack of good soaking rain this year. In the foreground note the swale which wi...

Now that I have completed the Geoff Lawton PDC and Earthworks Course, I am ready to combine that with my years of construction and farming experience. If you are in the western West Virginia, eastern Kentucky or southern Ohio, I am available to make your permaculture dream a reality. I am also ...

This is my first property for both permaculture and home ownership. We selected this location for the unique house, the lot size, interesting landscape and the price. The detractors that we are working to eliminate are no animal activity, no ground level plant life, mostly full of dead or dying p...

After 2 years of building, restoring, planting and caring, we are now ready to start enjoying the results of this hard work. Through the creation of Infinity Farm (www.infinityfarm.co.za) we hope to be an example for the farming community to show that by working with nature instead of against it,...

Say you wanted to study Permaculture or Regenerative design and you really wanted to understand how to design your own farm or project; they'd be all these books you should read, maybe some films on the internet, or maybe you download information from the internet, and all that may avail no act...

1st original video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3riW_yiCN5E 2nd a French TV report (with English subtitles) from the longest running farm show in North America : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mtOaxbZbN_M&feature=youtu.be 3rd the film has been released: "The Permaculture Orchard: Beyond Or...

Realized this year it's time to make it official and take a PDC. Graduated from the online PDC of Geoff Lawton.

Practical transition via a permaculture way for becoming an independent and resilient family We are learning each day and living what we want to do... Living from our land and we will share all we experience with so many as possible to stimulate this kind of environmentally and down to earth ...

I couldn’t help myself, I had to somehow work the word “bee” into the title of this week’s blog! Hehe! A small section of the bee food flower, vegetable and herb garden Last week I received a phone call from an unknown phone number and the person never left a message. I ...

It has been an eventful week here at Fernglade Farm: It has both rained and the sun is shining with unmistakeable warmth. Sunburn is now a serious possibility after about 11.30am most days. The plants and trees are all growing strongly too. Plus today was something of a smashing record breaker...

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-...

more infos here: http://www.healthesoilcsa.org/ http://i-permaculture.org/ soil-sun-soul.blogspot.com  

big Thanks to all the people involved!!enjoy......  

Permie-journos Steven Saint Thomas and Trudy Thomas visit the birthplace of permaculture – Australia – to learn what seasoned practitioners have to say after 30-plus years of work. Features interviews with permaculture co-founder David Holmgren, Su Dennett, Maureen Corbett, Sharon Gibson and John...

After a bulldozer made the intial cut for two swale and berm systems, each over 200 feet long, a crew of 30+ permablitz volunteers broke up the dirt clods and rounded the berm smooth and level. I'm the old guy with the white shirt, blue jeans, hat, and sun glasses standing on the right taking a b...

Currently initialising a LARGE Market Garden and wood fired Bread Oven to provide our region fresh vegetables and bread.

Two types of commitment are offered in Bosque de Paz / Parque Bambú:                                            1) “Room and Board in Exchange for Work” (type WWOOF or Workaway), a commitment of at least 3 months, only for those who can proof a solid work experience in Permaculture, Agrofore...