I’d like to invite you to take a walk with me around our yard at Midwest Permaculture.  None of these plants existed 5 years ago when we started experimenting with perennial plants, trees and shrubs.   And all off this was produced with almost NO WORK on our part this year!!!   Other than car...

  Making compost at Atsas Organic Farm   Topics introduction to soil biology the symbiotic relationships between plants and microorganisms compost and crop specific compost compost tea and protozoa tea natural fertilizers natural mineralization The course runs from 10 am to 5 pm...

  The course runs from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday the 14th of September and Sunday the 15th of September, with two 10 minute coffee breaks and a one hour lunch break on both days. The course cost includes tea and coffee, biscuits, and vegetarian sandwiches for lunch. Shared accommodation ...

What to use after the job is done, soil or ash? Some says, the ash is full of potash, and we are'wasting' that by throwing in the waste pile. Some says, it is better to use the ash. What is the general recommendation? What is the best to use in this case? Need suggestion. Thanks.

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This is the extent of my balcony greening project for the year... Although it worked out well I have decided upon a couple of changes for the fall which I am in the process of implementing at present... The primary need for this decision was to counter the a/c flow which basically took half the b...

The Earthworks course initiated the first week of August. As we were not undertaking a major Earthworks project on the property, everyone had a look at works already done on the property and a dam being dug elsewhere. Contour and surveying was taught and some practical experience had. The plants ...

Last April, here in the Northern Hemisphere, the frost had finally worked out of the garden soil enough to sink a shovel. The newly constructed fence to the north edge did help to gain a few days from the rest of the yard, by providing a micro climate absorbing the sun's radiation, and as a shiel...

Goal is to setup a permaculture living group starting with 15 houses/families on a fertile land of 32000 sqm close to Turkish sustainability city SEFERIHISAR. Energy sources sun, wind and geothermal. The land is 15km away of natural beaches, 60 km away from izmir which has international airport a...

  Listen at link below   http://earthstead.org/earthcast/interview-permaculture-consultant-nick-burtner/

  listen at this link:   http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/burtner-on-permacutlure-in-action

There is a new school in Texas led by Nick Burtner (and others soon) that holds both a rural (in the works)  and urban demonstration site. A multitude of courses and internship opportunities are available   Check out the website with course schedule here: http://www.WorkingWithNature.org

NOTE: It is easier to read this article with the images noted at this link: http://permaculturenews.org/2013/07/16/advanced-cell-grazing-permaculture-livestock-systems-at-zaytuna-farm/ ------------------     Zaytuna Grazing Method Advanced Cell Grazing By Nick Burtner – WorkingWithNatur...

The People's Garden Pittsburgh is a two acre food forest project in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, PA.

The Mobile Permaculture Lab is a project of the permaculture non profit, Permatecture Design. Our converted permaculture school bus is designed with a temporary solar panel installation, water catchment, aquaponics, and an herb shop. The bus is designed as a mobile permaculture education vehicle...

The Mobile Permaculture Bus is a converted school bus pilot program to expand permaculture education on the go & connect permaculture communities in the NorthEast, MidWest and MidAtlantic regions.

This work was accomplished the last week of August, the year of our designing 2013.   The plan was to get an idea of how long various earthwork designs will take to build. My budget for swale and dam building was $3000, including meals and driving fuel, the flow of money passively went over the...