This week is unique. Everyone at the farm is participating in a Natural Living Course. The course addresses practical, holistic farming techniques, communal living, and spiritual/bodily awareness. This morning in the fig orchard we implemented traditional Indian practices to regenerate healthy ri...

The three ethics of Permaculture continue to ring true as I'm working in the fields, cooking meals, or talking with my fellow farming companions at Quinta do Vale Da Lama. Today I walked through the farm taking photos of fruits, vegetables, trees, people, and the interactions between them all, bu...

Some of the growth that we have experienced at U-14 for the last 9 months

G'day, Following is a link to a farm design development process that we have developed based on a project we recently developed for a commercial primary producer in the Clare Valley region of South Australia:http://www.heenandoherty.com/farm-design-processTime taken to complete this design was ar...

Stage One Working with a small area, considered carefully our needs and how to maximise and have each stage provide a multi function. Began by digging out the grass in an area roughly 2 x 4 meters, removed topsoil and worms from roots, fed the grass to chook to finish off recycling. Select...

Criação de Comunidades Eco-Sustentáveis em Permacultura e Agricultura Biológica em Espaços Urbanos, Terrenos Agrícolas Devolutos em Portugal

Please check our main site for the updates - http://bigsmallfarm.org/news/. Sorry but we'd rather spend our time planting things that typing updates on multiply websites :)

BSF is a non-profit farm incubator. We connect small sustainable farmers, the land and the local investors in a way that makes all of them happy.

Watch the Bliss Permaculture Design Course Video.  

July has been a very busy month for all at Maungaraeeda. End of June we started a 2 week PDC (Permaculture Design Certificate) course which finished early July. We were very blessed to have a group of wonderful people staying with us for that course, who all shared a variety of life experience wi...

Heading home from the best two weeks of our lives: Katrina and Daniel are now certified Permacultue Design Consultants!

  Am really looking forward to getting started in Moretown, VT with Ben Falk and his Permaculture Design Course this 30 August until 8 September. I will be flying from Oslo to Newark, and then Newark to Burlington where I will get to Moretown via bus. This will definitely be a great experience...

I currently have a jungle going mad on my balcony. Wysteria, trumpet creepers, lemons, limes, apples oh my.. And the list just keeps going. This is where I must confess that I have an addiction. I'm insanely addicted to buying plants. Whether I need them or not. Whether I have the space or not. I...

Growing as much food as my budget, resources, and space will allow. Balcony, living room, and container permaculture.

This is where it all happens: Permaculture Projects, Eco Villages, Natural Buildings, Permaculture Gardens in Schools, Orphanages and Care Centres - anything and everything to do with food security in Southern Africa. Follow an eco-friendly scooter journey that takes you to some of Africa's most ...

I have a dream, that dream involves permaculture being easily accessible and easy to use. By this I mean that a amateur gardener could go to his/her computer and pair together the perfect blend of plants for his/her garden. If there where a database with all permaculture methods and guides to use...

photos as promised