A little update from my busy schedule!   A lot has happened in the short time I have been in Sweden, lingering here after an awesome PDC this summer to build a base for myself for the events and opportunities lined up for next year.  Permaculture in this beautiful country is set to take off! ...

I wanted to touch base so you knew we didn't forget you. However, we had a less than abundant season in the garden. Although we have completed a wonderful wicking garden, we will not share the details until we are able to work out why it has turned stinky. My belief is that you learn a lot mor...

  Some of our PDC students leading the donkey towards safer pastures… Our neighbour came over before breakfast the other day, he had been on his way to work and had found a donkey on the main road. To lead the poor donkey to safety, he needed assistance of some able bodied people. 4 Of our stud...

Yesterday I gave in to the impulse buy and got myself two citrus trees, my favourite oranges, blood and valencia... yum :). Now the problem started when I got home and decided I was going to plant them in the front yard where there is lots of sun. My hubby started protesting... isn't this where ...

The Stjelp is a young Permaculture Farm located in Friesland, between the Wads and the Drent-Frisian Woods. On this farm a group of friends has set off to develop a permaculture inspired project, working toward self-sufficiency, demonstration, sharing, and celebration of life in all forms. Thi...

Facilitating this Permaculture Design Course has easily been one of the most inspiring and life changing experiences I've had the opportunity to be a part of! The involvement and participation of not only the students in the course but also the broader community in this course was key to it's suc...

This is a 3 hectare biological farm where Chihan (full time) Salma (part time) and Catherine (full time) and Mehdi (part time) work to get their food and provide baskets of fresh and organic vegetales and fruits to their subscribers. They were on the bio dynamics so far, they want to apply permac...

Over halfway through an inspirational two week Permaculture Design Course at Creation Flame and the energy is only mounting. The first week had us confronting challenging questions about our personal ethics and values, exploring solution based principles and conscientious design methodologies, ex...

Ermineskin Cree Nation Permaculture Garden and Food Forest

In our western scientific culture we like to take things apart and break them down into pieces we can understand. We like to segregate things. We put nature off somewhere in reserves. We put agriculture out in the country. We conduct business downtown at the office. Then we go home to...

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The more I learn about  living simply; about Permaculture Design, about seeds, gardening, food, nutrition, animals and about health and the regeneration of our soils, epigenetics and our own DNA, the more I realize our ‘challenge’  is all about “stepping back into that circle of co-evo...

Big changes in my garden in the past few weeks, * the over wintered carbon crops lupins, oats, flaxseed, barley and tic beans are all heading up to seed and looking strong.once again the brix of the oats is very high and we will have a lot of high quality compost material.* the compost we made la...

Spring is well and truly here! we are all a little scared to feel and acknowledge it after the past 8 months of rain! It is sunny and warm, chicken pumping out eggs, muscovies beginning to nest, along with the Weeder Geese, and bees humming. Lots of preparation for Spring now, beginning ...

The major design elements are fruit trees, root cellar, keyhole garden, hops, and xeriscape.

Of utmost importance is the following point: activities that are a part of permaculture design, such as community gardening, cob oven building and pond construction, are means that achieve multiple ends.  With one single project we can: build community space, beautify space, learn, educate, save ...

We are currently looking for 2 interns, minimum committment of 6 months, to help us develop our ambitious plans for Habiba.  Free food and accomodation will be offered at Habiba Camp on the beachfront approximately 2km from the farm.   One internship is for fundraising and web-development.  If y...

"I'm starting next week to teach an architectural theory course for the Architecture School here. I have planned it so that students can follow much of it online from wherever they are located. http://zeta.math.utsa.edu/~yxk833/archtheory.html After I give each week's lecture (which will take fr...