Cabiokid is a permaculture development site in central Luzon, Philippines. The foundation turned a mono-cropped 5 ha riceland into a multi-diverse productive landscape in over less than 6 years. At present Cabiokid boasts of a multitude of resources, trains people at its premises since 2008 and h...
Even though I’d heard about mulching on a regular basis and
sort of knew what it was about, mulch only really started to seem important to
me once I had already started planting things.
You might think this is funny (and no, I am not naturally
blonde) but when I planted my first handful of pl...
There I was, strolling through the hardware store, looking
for a few things I needed, and looking at some things I clearly didn’t
need.
You know the things, shiny power tools (I admit it, I love the sound a nail gun
makes! Ah, the possibilities!), expensive looking floor tiles, massive
terr...
Converted flat lawn, a challenge in a cold, windy, humid climate, and a compacted poor soil. Most annual vegetables, many native herbs, some flowers, and now researching whether perennials are better for this polar permaculture situation.
The Next Generation of youth from an intentional interfaith community on 80 acres, working to build upon their parent's 30 years of life's work. The children raised in this community, called Kashi Ashram, believe the permaculture principles will keep their family's and friend's un...
Planting things or pruning things or really anything that
involves being outside for any period of time is probably not looking too
attractive right now, but here are some things that will still help you improve
your land, while staying dry!
Rainy days are perfect for having a closer look a...
We have always been excited to get out to the Krematahoff. Everyone interested in Permaculture has seen this 40ha farm on the old series of videos from years ago. Well a lot has changed!Josef, Sepp's son, has owned and run the farm for the last 3 years now, and employs a few others to help too....
Our wwoofers beginning the swale rockwall
To further improve our kitchen garden swales, we have rockwalled a number of them. This stops erosion of the garden beds, since soil falls or is washed down into the swales. It also creates a beautiful frog and lizard habitat, and levels the ga...
Well, this is my list of potential fodder trees and shrubs that appear to be suitable to my local area so far:
Elm
Carob
Lucerne Tree
Saltbush
Dogwood
Bitter Pea
Native Willow
Hawthorn
Mulga
Hickory
True Myall
Hop-Bush
Quandong
Moretonbay Fig
She-Oak
Information on horses an...
When we think cows or horses, we usually think GRASS.
And so did I, right up until a few weeks ago.
Not sure why this has never occurred to me before, maybe I just didn’t think about it too much, however, horses and cattle (and of course goats, and even sheep) can and will browse as well as gra...
A city girl learns how to grow her own food sustainably with no prior experience.
Be prepared for occasional funny failures and hopefully a steep learning curve!
In the end of April a few of us participated a Holistic Management and grazing planning weekend course in Ronda, Spain taught by Kirk Gadzia from USA. Almost immediately after returning home we started taking the first steps of putting the new inspiring information into practice. Following the pr...
May 2007. Looking northwards. Polytunnel with shelterbelt to break the strong south-westerly winds. The flowering trees are crabapples ('John Downie'), the other two very small fruit trees are an apple and a plum.
Mid June 2012. The polytunnel looks very shaded but that's because the photo was t...
Join us for an intensive training seminar at our newly created “Horo eco-project”.Together we will develop skills, knowledge and ideas that can make a real difference in these troubled times.Based on the world wide Gaia Education program EDE, “Ecovillage Design Education”, which is supported by t...
