Joined PermaEthos PDC class and became a founding member of the PermaEthos project.

This book is the first, and most comprehensive, guide about plant guilds ever written, and covers in detail both what guilds are and how to design and construct them, complete with  extensive color photography and design illustrations. Included is information on: • What we c...

An easy way to grow climbing beans

Jerusalem artichoke tubers have a sweetish taste because they contain inulin, a group of oligosaccharides containing fructose. They can be used in salads, or cooked in salted water, or fried like french fries.

After we measured contour with the A frame and we scored points, I dug the ditch access and I seeded with clover, then prepared with compost, mulch the garden beds, planted zucchini seeds of two different varieties, eggplant seedlings, and after a month zucchini look great and have started produc...

Organic matter obtained from mowing alfalfa from orchard, which we use as garden mulch and compost preparation.

The shrubs layer from the food forest: blackcurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries, white currants, sea buckthorn, blackberry.

The Fertile Roots Foundation introduces Permaculture to the Al Fayda Cooperative, to regenerate the lands and livelihoods of two communites in Morocco. Courses and volunteer programs available..

They say that life puts theories to the test. A couple of weeks ago, I remarked that I could never understand why people stated that chickens were stupid. For their size, they seemed to be reasonably alert. They know when the wedge tail eagles are flying overhead looking for a tasty chic...

So many colors, different tastes and flavors, dried fruit, jams for winter, prosperity and abundance in a diverse food forest.

Near the house is the spiral of medicinal herbs and seasoning to serve food and treat certain diseases.Here are herbs like oregano, sage, thyme, three kinds of mint, calendula, lavender, rosemary, tarragon, lovage, basil, lemongrass and fliscuni. Attached to herb spiral is a small pond for frogs.

Transforming 2000 square meters, flat land, in a abundent and diverse food forest, with a very productive annual garden, perenial vegetables and many medicinal plants and herbs.

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 J...

The pilot swale is a month old, and this was my first check on how it is doing. The deer love it! If I had achieved nothing else, at least I have entertained the deer. There is not a square foot of berm that does not have a deer footprint in it. There has also been a baby moose on the berm, ju...

Food Forest: As part of a very capable team this project covers 21 ha in the Southern part of New Zealand's North Island. Urban Orchards: Design of biodynamic orchards on public reserves in Auckland New Zealand coupled with seminars and implementation.

The theme of the 2014 International Permaculture day was “Reclaiming Food Freedom”, around the world, permaculture gardens and education centres opened their doors to showcase permaculture design and empower people to learn how to reclaim their food freedom. In response to the call for the ...

Sunday July 20th The week after creating the first no-dig garden bed, we built another just below it on the gentle south facing grade. ot many people from the publis joined us but that's ok - we shall organize something again later in the summer, perhaps a harvest event. The garden is looking re...

Sunday June 15th We created a no-dig bed and planted it up nicely. Also staked out and forked the groud for the next bed to go in next Sunday. We must collect new materials for it of course, and this time we are announcing it publicly to hopefully draw a few new people.