Our season started late this year because of cool temperatures and a ice storm that frostbite the new buds of trees and plants. it also created a months worth of work to clean it up? I have reworked one large raised garden in to two raised beds and then added one additional bed. With the plans to...

Tomten Farm is a research, demonstration and education permaculture-based model for high-altitude, four season growing in beautiful southwest Colorado. Subprojects include: intern housing, educational space, animal housing and husbandry, season extension and greenhouse design and optimization, al...

Staying on top of weeding and watering has been a chore this past month, but the rain came around pretty frequently for summer, especially in contrast to last year's record drought.  We did have to rig up some hoses to divert well water into our watering pond to keep it from drying up. With all ...

I am currently taking up online PDC. It was just the first video yesterday. It is free of course. Actually I am already impressed by the PDC and its background. So, the introduction was adding an extra base. Is anyone from this forum doing similar online courses? Will this be counted as a onine...

We are currently building lots of great natural building structures. A round house pallet barn is almost finish to house our pigs and future animals to come soon. A roundhouse is holding 2 of our members who are currently living there. We are going to insulate the structure soon to winterize it. ...

Driving home after two weeks at Zaytuna Farm attending the PDC course I had time to reflect, yet the world that I was seeing through the windows of my car was a very different world I had previously witnessed. I passed through beautiful forests with depth and beauty, abundance and life and t...

At this property we want to develop a joyful, fullfilling life. So I have suggested three hours for work, study and meditation each day. I came to this number of hours for work because in Australia the government will give money for basic requisites (~$250 per week) to an adult who cannot find w...

I will be signing an Acte Finale for 3 acres of land in Central France at the end of August. I am looking for some brave souls to help me design and transform the land. I would like to get some things set up before it gets too late in the fall. (Don't know how late I can work the land) If  there ...

The Way of Council - Level II TrainingFrom the Ojai Foundation, Ojai California July 2013 O.U.R. Ecovillage

Constructed of sawdust, sand and clay over bamboo wattle. Protected from tropical rains by leaf thatch roof. Mature bamboo was treated with a bath of Boric acid for three days. 1/8" holes were drilled in each inter-node to insure acid penetration( a columbian techinique) After one year it is stil...

A project involving community-supported agriculture and permaculture education in the hills in the hilly countryside on the outskirts of Greater Beijing in China.

The creativity vortex is an 11 hectare plot of land situated in Mgarr, Malta. here is where it all happens! We have created a space for people to simply be! A space where people can be creative therough - workshops and talks, designing, painting, building through natural materials, grow our own f...

Part of this project is a house in the nearby town. The internet is now working in that house. The backyard has avacado and star-fruit growing. It is a typical panamanian neighborhood, with soccer games under the streetlight at night.

On July 1st, 2013, Bhumi Agroforestry officially acquired 31 acres of pristine farmland on the Hamakua Coast of Hawaii Island (Big Island)! The spot is perfect for our hot, wet-tropical crops, with 200" of annual rainfall! Still, some months of final planning remain, before starting on infrastr...

Last drawing from el Expejo:

 

This is a beginner project for myself to learn the basics on keeping a tomato plant alive and actually getting tomatoes from it.

PDC to run 25 September to 4 October * Languages: English with Arabic translation * A fantastic opportunity to learn Permaculture Design at Marda’s demonstration site and to experience Palestinian culture at its richest. * Marda is an ancient, peaceful stone village nestled in the mountains on...