It started with the restoration of a holiday house in the beautiful Morvan in France. It took not long and I moved from the Netherlands to this beautiful landscape and found a self-supporting lifestyle in and with nature.

Pictures on / Fotos em http://tinyurl.com/1aulaagroecologia2012-1 A fazenda se caracteriza por um solo arenoso, com muita matéria orgânica devido ao alto nível do lençol freático (tecnicamente neossolo quartzarênico hidromórfico típico). Em maio de 2010 começamos a ocupar a área implantando uma...

  Dear Permaculture community, I potentially have an opportunity to develop a permaculture oasis/desert food forest/school garden in Dubai,UAE. The Head Teacher is very supportive but naturally wants initial sketches/costings etc. I would really appreciate some advice and information from anyon...

I am experimenting with Hugelcultur. I'm not certain that standard hugelkultur will work on my field of sand. I think I am going to have to come up with a varient that works in sand. This is just a small project at this point. I shot videos of my activities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3AoDF...

I've been working with a really wonderful woman, Monica, who is currently the Workshop Coordinator for a local non-profit organization, Cultivating Community in Chico. She and I both feel that permaculture is urgently needed in our area and that farmers and urban gardeners alike will benefit grea...

The avatar "fruit map" enlarged: Red dots are apples (27 varieties), yellow = pears (8 varieties + 2 seedlings), khaki = Asian pears (2 var.), purple = plums (9 varieties), blue small dots are damsons, bright green small dots are crabapples and seedling Malus sieversii, dark red is a cherry (n...

Transition Ottawa is helping to face the challenges of Peak Oil /Climate Change by encouraging practical solutions on a local scale.

My partner and I purchased an all season off-grid cabin on four acres of land. We have been using it as a recreational retreat, a place to grow food, and mostly a place to experiment and apply permaculture practices. It has been an incredible learning experience that brings us infinite joy.

Our cows in the paddock Most of you would agree when I say that humans are creatures of habit. Some more than others, but in general, if you are fed dinner at 6.30pm every night, and one night there is nothing on the table, you would be really hungry and not very happy. Animals are muc...

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This spring after hearing so much about the advantages of hugelkultur beds, I decided to convert one of my garden beds. I got a hold on some old logs and on some freshly cut branches, dug a hole in my rocky/sandy suburban garden and put a layer of fresh compost on top and some wood shavings fro...

The Food Forest is FGCU's student-run botanical garden of tropical/subtropical edible species that grow well in South Florida. It also includes non-edible native species, which harbor a full array of native fauna and help to maintain the system. The species diversity is exceptional, and a t...

I have been trying to figure out what to do with the growing pile of fruit tree limbs from my orchard.  This spring a friend started talking about the values of biochar for use in soils.  Viola!  The answer for what to do with all those extra limbs! The idea behind biochar as I understand it is ...

produção de alimentos biodinâmicos e quintal floresta

I'll have some more pictures in a future update. The first one below shows the wick bed being leveled, with one of the infiltrators leaned out of the way to the right. The second shows the wick cinder fill nearing the top of the infiltrators, with the inspection pipes already in place. This biof...

Em 1999, esta casa começou a passar por um processo de transformação, era somete uma casa normal e foi sendo adaptada para se tornar uma ecosa ou a MORADA VIVA. estamos abrindo vivência para as pessoas que gostariam de aprender mais sobre como é morar em uma casa sustentável.  aguarde por mais i...