Updates from our Users...

2013 update Cornflower response on irish TV and web cast. also Open Day on Farm

Sandro Cafolla
News: Sandro and Design By Nature wildflower meadows will be shown on www.rte.ie"Dermot's Secret Garden" Series 2 on *RTÉ 1 - other News:As part of the Gathering Festival Ireland. 2013An Wildflower Growers Open Day By Ireland's only Native Irish Wildflower Seed Growers Venue: Prouts Farm in Urli...
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On rock cropping - "Garden on the moon"

João Gonçalves
    Small terraces built on a steep ridge rock (schist) outcrop slope. Stacked dry stone retaining walls. Stone was obtained from the bed rock seen on this picture.   This place has a microclimate, good cold air drainage,  heat storage on the rocks released during the night. Ideal for e...
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Masato~Eco Ola

Sometimes on Eco Ola's permaculture farms we like to make different drinks of Peru. This version, called masato, is concocted from the root of the cassava plant. Traditionally, pieces of peeled cassava are normally chewed up by the locals and the liquid portion spat back into a vat. Certain prote...
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Traverse City/NW Michigan Permaculture Desgin Project

Penny Krebiehl
The Traverse City Permaculture Design Project began in 2008 with the first site visit to our 4.5 acre parcel of land jointly owned by two governmental agencies and co-managed by three non-profits.  Our project is dynamically growing and transforming, as we have departed the City and Township owne...
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CSA Shaun

CSA Shaun
Communty Suported Agriculture (CSA) garden. 2 Acres. Natural and organic practices. Three people employed.
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2013 Sustainable Living Internship

Amanda Bramble
The internship is a very special time at Ampersand. Our site comes to life as amazing folk gather for an intensive learning and community living experience. We share in a lifestyle that is abundant with the essentials. Our rustic living conditions include, solar electricity, running rain...

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Ampersand Sustainable Learning Center

Ampersand Sustainable Learning Center
Ampersand is an off-grid demonstration site where we live off rain catchment and build passive solar dwellings out of natural and salvaged materials. We also grow food, restore the land, and make use of and develop appropriate technologies. It's all about living in abundance with the essentia...
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Upcoming courses!

Hege Iren Wiken
Here is the list of the upcoming courses and events in Alvastien this spring : April 19-21 – Fukuoka weekend – making seed balls. This will be a free workshop weekend, where everyone contribute to the expences. We will try out the technique of making seed balls Fukuoka way! April 27 – Wild...

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The Oak-Hazel-Truffle Dehesa

Mari Korhonen
No wonder it's been six months since the last post on this forum!   Here's an update from the latest big project I was involved in while in Australia, a stacked  5 ha agroforestry system which includes a wide variety of oaks, sourced from the Canberra region, interplanted with truffle inoc...
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Permaculture first: regenerating a mine site with a food forest in Laos, by Paul Taylor

Zaia Kendall
The old mine site, heavily compacted over acid producing material, capped with 3 mts of compacted clay and 500mm of very poor soil Management negotiating the use of the grader to rip and mound the siteMounding the soil on contour, dry and rocky, very low organic matter and no structure.Hydro-s...
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Eggs and Eggs

Calvin Lawrence
No longer living in the village but the owner I set this chicken/greenhouse up with is continuing to run with it. This year we discussed growing more than just cucumbers. He is startign seeds again this year and will adventure into propagating evergreen trees in the greenhouse. Seeds will be loca...

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Sounds, Skills and Savours Festival - Photos

João Gonçalves
Uma iniciativa no âmbito do Programa Jovem Mais Solidário - Com o apoio do Município de Oliveira do Hospital. Algumas fotos que nos ajudam a lembrar este belo dia! 29 de Setembro de 2012. This initiative took place in the context of the Program  Youth Solidarity - With the Support from the...
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Strawberry-tree - from flower to firewater

João Gonçalves
Strawberry-tree flowers, attract bees ... It is common to see, in the same tree, the flower side by side with ripe fruits, that have a long maturing proccess. Da flor do medronheiro ... à apanhabelow, berries ready to be stored, for a few months, in the fermentation barrels, a stick is used to ...
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News in January...

Barbara Leite
check our full post here http://mount-of-oaks.blogspot.pt/2013/02/january-practicing-being-hermits.html#more

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What was going on in January...

Barbara Leite
Check out the last blog post http://mount-of-oaks.blogspot.pt/2013/02/january-practicing-being-hermits.html#more

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Initiation à la Permaculture les 13 et 14 avril à Plounérin, France

Philippe Roux
Devant le succès des inscriptions au stage de février, nous proposons un nouveau stage : Animé par Judith Lashbrook, formatrice en permaculture, membre de l’association Brin de Paille, Philippe Roux, Isabelle Brulé, étudiants à l'UPP, certifiés en permaculture, et Cloé Le Goïc, membre du bureau ...

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Initiation à la Permaculture les 23 et 24 février à Plounérin, France

Philippe Roux
Le stage est déjà complet ! Les inscriptions sont donc terminées... Pour information : Le stage se déroule sur deux jours, au lieu-dit « Coat Bruillac », lieu permettant de découvrir une mise en place progressive de la permaculture. A l'issue de cette initiation, les stagiaires sont en mesure ...

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