Teddy standing (or should I say hanging) guard by the entrance to the vegie garden against the bush turkeys A good friend of mine had a problem with a Bush Turkey (also called Scrub Turkeys, Bush Chooks and I am sure a number of other names not suitable for publication...) The Bush Turkey had de...

Spraying Pro-biotic in the vegie garden 360 Litres of Bio Fertiliser, 160 Litres of pro-biotic (compost tea) and  2 1/2 cubic metres of compost was made, and tonnes of information was gleaned from the brain of this amazing teacher.  Like baking a cake: compost building Paul showed everyone his...

A small, regenerating eco community nestled in the Pouakai Ranges south of New Plymouth. Administered by Taranaki People of the Land Inc.

It's mid-November and today we have eaten our last Hokkaido pumpkin, nicely roasted with one of our free-range roosters. Some herbs and the Swiss chard are still growing in the polytunnel but the first frost on October 6 killed off any of the more tender plants. Irish people talk about the weat...

Mesa Harmony Garden is a non-profit project run by volunteers, which has transformed a once desolate and unused piece of land into a community food forest. With over 120 fruit trees on 2/3 acre, along with raised beds, this is a demonstration garden, and the produce is donated to our local Foodba...

Anna and me finally decided to teach a full PDC. We set to do so in August this year at the Fattoria, were I work. We had also Francesca and Roberta on board, to help along and theach a couple of modules and learn how to teach. 18 people attended and in total on the farm we were 35. Quite a big...

An old proverb in Spanish declares, "En un jardín crecen más cosas que las que siembra el jardinero" (More grows in the garden than the gardener sows). Eco Ola wants to show that every agricultural endeavor extends beyond the simple act of growing food. It must take into account such oft forgotte...

  In October 2011 I was contacted by the British Association to join a project, focused on Permaculture Training. During the following 5 months many countries joined the project and worked on the application for the Leonardo Partnership Funding: Germany, Latvia, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Hollan...

so another thread of research.  lots of great info out there.  at some point i'd love to have searchable databases of n-fixers and fast carbon pathway support species as a resource to the permaculture community.  for now I offer these links and lists and thoughts. From Koreen Brennan Just found...

A 1.3 acre homestead developing into a Permaculture demonstration site and hosting educational Permaculture design and application classes. We are located in the cold-hot high desert of the Great Basin ecological province. Our goals are education, demonstration, and advocacy.

I compiled this for my PDC class and thought people on this list might find it useful. Any feedback and additions to strategies and resources is always appreciated. 'At last Class, a question was asked about salty soils. We discussed that there are only a few options for treating salty soils, whi...

Peter Brecknock from Allyn River Permaculture Farm will be co-teaching a permaculture design Certificate with Penny Pyett at the Permaculture Sydney Instute at St Albans NSW date, 7th to 19th January 2013. All details of the course can be found at: www.permaculturesydneyinstitute.org

Hi all,   Please comment, correct, and update this thread.  It is meant to be a work in/for progress.   Thought I'd start a thread with info on drinking rainwater. one of the highest quality water sources out there. much better than groundwater if collected and stored properly. upwind contami...

Allyn River Permaculture Farm is a being developed as a permaculture demostration and education centre. At a scale to illustrate permaculture principles and techniques at a scale appropriate fo both urban and rural visitors

These spicy peppers are some of the most delicious in the world and provide a great kick to your day. Eco Ola plants charapitas in raised beds and then harvests them for the local community or for use on sacha inchi seeds as a healthy snack. The charapita is part of Capsicum frutescens family and...

This year I've had many exciting opportunities to take my knowledge of permaculture, ecology nad botany all over the states, teaching workshops in Colorado, Pamama, Hawaii, and Florida. I'm excited for my next project in West Palm Beach, FL where me and my friends Drew Wilkinson and Elizabeth Dun...

Shoveling the sawdust into the dam We are lucky to have a local sawmill, where we can always find an abundance of sawdust for use in our garden. We also have a friendly neighbour, who has a large pile of rotting sawdust on his property which we have access to.  Our recently dug dam has a slight...