Taught courses in Russia and FInland - wonderful participants and wonderful hosts locations. The course in Russia, near Chelyabinsk, was my first one teaching in russian without an interpreter.

Bengal Alley is a San Francisco Street Park bridging the Sherwood Forest and Miraloma neighborhoods on the west side of Mt. Davidson. In 2009, responding to the need to restore the steep, overgrown public right-of-way, the Alley’s adjacent neighbors formed Friends of Bengal Alley (FoBA) with t...

My wife and I are building a food jungle outside of Lake Placid, FL.

Come follow my progress as I take on the challeges of turning Badhiin Place Bolton Point, NSW into a productive sustainable garden and class room  

The property at the time of purchase was primarily a mixed woodlot with roughly 7 - 10 acres in pasture. Previous owners thinned the woodlot on occassion and regularly hayed the pastures for the past 65 years.  No herbicides or pesticides were ever used, nor was the pasture ever fertilized or ove...

We are building a small, diverse permaculture farm on 24 acres from scratch in the Pacific Northwest. We plan to have a market garden, ducks, chickens, pigs and sheep or goats as well as food forests, fish ponds and wild foods.

Rich, fretile land. There is a source, and a natural swale, already there, as well as a stream, that runs up one side of the property. Decades of soil build up, so the land is ready to plant. The weeds will need to be tamed, but many are edible and nutritious, the natural weeds, are nettles, hor...

Below are a few screen shots from my final design exercise.

Today I received my certificate from Geoff Lawton for completing the online PDC that started in June. Next step now is sell the house in the city and buy a farm so we can get started building a PRI. We already found a couple of nice properties to work with.

Local group of Permablitzers working in Essex to create and add to Permaculture landscapes!

It was so good to finally launch our new projects , designers, teachers, implementation people and fruit tree nurseries make up this highly skilled group See us at www.professionalpermacultureguild.com.au

Perennial vegetable and more plant list of interest for trials Scientific Name Common Name Seed or propagule sourse Achnatherum hymenoides  Ricegrass, Indian Local native; on-site Allium × proliferum  Onion, Tree / Walking Local bulb ...

The MCCDO has begun a Masibambisane initiative to address local food security, promote regenerative agriculture and empower vulnerable communities who haven't benefitted from land reform nor have access to communal land. The farm under MCCDO custodianship where the initiative is based is call...

I'm looking for good references and information on sizing and designing gravity fed water systems.  Can you share info on your favorite and most useful references or experiences on this subject. particularly pertaining to dealing with too much pressure (surge tanks/pressure breaks/integrating ...

A food forest in the community park. It started as an outgrowth of the wet meadow project.

Before the PDC education I happened upon an interent/computer movie titled "Back to Eden Film", describing a process of growing an orchard and garden in a bed of woodchips. The process is basic, as a thick layer of wood chips decompose, it acts similiar to the forest floor in holding moisture and...

Next we hope to transition into a non-profit with excess foods going to the town & county food bank.

Terra Tranquila is designed as a permaculture demonstration site for a large family small-holding. We also intend an education centre, specialising in teaching children permaculture practices and principles, and all the necessary skills for abundant prosperous living.