Serenity Valley Farm is a recently purchased 95 acre former Amish dairy farm (still with Amish neighbors) that is being transformed into a demonstration site to showcase locally appropriate small scale food production techniques.

In the spring of this year the backyard was converted into a organic vegetable garden. The lawn was gone at last. Four raised beds were built to act as little greenhouses for the seeds, to great effect. Six rows of 100 feet in length by 4 feet wide, east west orientated, were prepared. Another 7 ...

I am thinking about systems theory and permacultture and climate change, about the UN and permaculture, about permaculture and GHG emissions, about bioregionalism and climate, about permaculture credit union and the Fed. Any ideas about a thesis topic?

Integrated Forest Gardening The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems By Wayne Weiseman, Dan Halsey and Bryce Ruddock Permaculture is a movement that is coming into its own, and the concept of creating plant guilds in permaculture is at the forefront of ...

The Teacher Training was a superbly rich experience. I saw learning happening for me and others on many levels, and I have so many insights to share! I could write a post on each topic of the training: designing a learning ecosystem, creating learning outcomes and agreements, communicating verbal...

Red Russian kale is naturalized here, self seeds,I dont plant it,  I dont have it in garden beds, it is under tress, in the paths, etc.... It is a very nutritious vegetable, grows thru the snow even. I move seedlings around sometimes in the spring, and repot some to give away, as it is sometimes ...

copy of a post I did elsewhere, to update :  Ok, I finally set up the stovetek rocket stove in an outdoor kitchen situation. It is much more stable than I thought it would be, I should have done it way sooner. The black grannyware canning pot, while wider than the stove, is fine on it full of wa...

Here is the start of a year of abundance, baby everything, seedlings, kid goats, nascent fruit....

1 Acre temperate forest garden with major implementation in 2014. Existing home and barn on north side with 2/3 acre in an L shape. Existing green house, chickens and bees with several fruit guilds. 2014 will see the addition of 2 ponds and installation of a further 40 trees and shrubs establishi...

One of the speakers was Lee Frelich,  who has written extensively about climate change and strategies. The 3 strategies are resilience, resistance, or facilitation. Resilience means you put in plants that have a broad niche requirement. They can handle hot weather in freezing weather, drought and...

I am always amazed at the garden yield, for litle work. I have always had trouble with dry beans, but we did manage to get enough of a yield, 3 or 4 lbs, this year to be able to seed for next yeat. Popcorn was ok, potatoes yield was low, 24 lbs for 48 sq ft. Butternut squash and tomatoes and pepp...

transforming an old landfill into a flowering and edible garden that can partly sustain a small community of 8 individuals and serve as a platform for sustainable workshops.

A how-rare project in permaculture in The south Auvergne area

Je n’ai pas énormément posté ces derniers temps, je m’en excuse mais cette année fut riche et beaucoup moins tranquille que je ne l’avais espéré cru! Pris dans pas mal de projets de formations, de designs et d’accompagnements divers, j’ai dû choisir les priorités. Aujourd’hui il pleut et ...

Last year we grew tomatillo plants for the first time. Having never seen, tasted or grown them before I had no idea how many plants would be idea. The first time I tasted one - raw - I could not believe that I had nurtured these plants for so long only to find that I didn't like them at all.  Of ...

Unidad Demostrativa y educativa de Permacultura.