After 5 months of working hard on the restoration of our living quarters without readily access to power (only with a small generator), we are now the proud owners of a solar power system which has been designed to provide a minimum of 3Kwh per day which should be plenty enough for our daily requ...

The building we are restoring to become our house has been used for almost 80 years as the school voor the Soetmelksrivier area. At first it was the school for the children of the surrounding farm owners and later when people became more mobile, it became the school for the children of the local ...

Botterbaksgat Farm strives to create a model for the production of healthy, ethical and natural foods in a sustainable way while promoting the well-being of all living entities involved.

For this Casuarina experiment a ridge crest (at about 600 mts high) with good sunlight exposure was chosen. We have 5 trees, planted 2 years ago at the same time. The tallest is about 2 mtrs. They were seeded at the same time, but have different growth pattern and shapes. This...

http://abacateportugal.blogspot.pt/ This is a beginning, looking for the collaboration of all who are passionate about Avocado Trees in Portugal. Recently, i have witnessed people growing Avocado Trees, with trees already fruiting, both in the South/Alentejo and central-north of Portugal/Beira-...

Delicious and nutritious red plantains that are as big as can be from the best permaculture practices! Plantains are a staple food in the tropical regions of the world and the tenth most important staple that feeds the world.(Photo by Rick Pickett)   https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=5707...

I created the postcards below with the intention to share them among the society. They contain simple recipes to make bread or jam, or how to start a small vegetable garden, or even about the importance of using rainwater for WC or washing. The idea behind it is that when people start making fo...

  A recent trip to the Permaculture Sydney Institute Rural demonstration site Bandusia eco retreat I was invited up to Bandusia by Penny Pyett to take part in International Permaculture Day and do some work...

The aim of this project was to deliver power to the farm yet in a didactic form for which the monitoring of the complete station is made locally thru specific gear and also online thru a special web server dedicated to show the status of the station online. The station comprises two inverters VF...

Our land is 9 hectares (~ 22 acres) in size in the Mantiqueira Mountains, in the South of Minas Gerais, (Southeastern region of Brazil), where I would like to create a small garden of eden. The land is at 900m elevation and it has different microclimates, stream, spring, hills, pasture, fo...

Intentional Community working towards integrating permaculture principles to the land

Our experience on the Big Island has been great.  Since we've been here, I have transformed our grassy half acre into a thriving tropical food forest with free ranging chickens that totally feed themselves from the system (got to love the fact that there are no predators).  Some pics of this proj...

Farm tours had the attentive participation of people of all ages, coming from different places and various nationalities. It started with an illustrated project presentation supported by design maps and other tools used throughout the planning process. Visitors went up the farm passing by differe...

We purchased 2 mushroom kits, one Button Mushrooms and one Portabello (field mushrooms). It has taken 20 days to start growing but we have picked our first button mushrooms. The Button Mushroom kit cost $18 AUD and the Portabello cost $23 AUD

WANTED! Experienced cob house builder in West-Algarve, who wants to give a workshop 'how to build your own cob house'. More info please email [email protected] or call +351 91 92 93 338ObrigadoDave Hemmingwaywww.vamosverde.nl

Designing and applying Permaculture to our farm

When embarking on this project, I had grand ideas about what to achieve without a real understanding of the amount of work required. Sure I had dug garden beds, thought I understood planting guilds, knew the importance of companion planting ... but nothing prepared me for introducing children to ...

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