Over the past three plus weeks myself and 15 other cohorts have been fully engaged in farm life. And, although there are several aspects of this lifestyle that you might expect out of a typical farm experience (i.e. milking goats, turning compost, planting veggies, etc...) this is far from a typi...

I need to get info regardng compost heated greenhouses/hoophouses/polytunnels and also about aquaponics in greenhouses. Has anyone got experience with this? I would like to combine these two into one closed system. Grateful for any ideas and input!!! Thanks!

http://chaosobral.blogspot.com/2011/10/introducao-permacultura-com-os-ritmos.html http://www.openworldcafe.com/events/introduction-to-the-rythms-of-the-mountain-in-chao-sobral     Program   Permaculture Design Principles explained during the following subjects     During the morning, sta...

The thaw finally came in Michigan and I got outside to work on my first swale. Hand dug beside the house. More out of eagerness and experimentation than actual legitimate function. I learned some unexpected lessons about working in very sandy soils and was encouraged by my ability to solve the pr...

Please follow the link below to see Carly and Jean's latest blog entry about harvesting olives in Palestine (and hear some super-duper-hooper tunes while you do it.....) http://makingsenseofthings.info/2011/10/the-politics-of-olive-harvesting-in-palestine/

A training was given to technical staff of implementing partners of local NGOs were trained on Kitchen Gardening integrated with Permaculture principles. The presentation was a part of the activity already planned for Kitchen gardening. Participants took keen interset in Permaculture which is new...

The conversion of an entirely unused portion of land into a food producing system utilizing greywater and rainwater catchment.

Those of you who did not attend the International Permaculture Convergence in Jordan can still access and share in the energy and enthusiasm that resulted from the meeting and meaningful exchanges between Permaculturists from nearly 40 countries converging in the desert of Wadi Rum. As p...

More detailed profile, including a blog coming soon, please check back. A few highlights that will be included: • Biography • Blog • Images and video from my PDC course at PRI Australia 

A local support group for people who have or are going "green". It's hard to change habits of consumerism, & fast food so, this group will be about meeting ppl of like mind & help support each other in changing, growing & sharing information

Part of the joy of a 10 day PDC is the captive audience. Or so I would suspect. My current situation is quite the opposite: busy working grown-ups with many and competing commitments embarking on a PDC at the rate of 1.5 days a fortnight.  We have never had everyone present. Yesterday, in a c...

We are currently trying to educate and encourage those we are working with in Haiti to plant trees near their homes and near the local orphanage to provide shade. The cement buildings are their pride and joy, a status symbol. However, they are sooooo incredibly stifling that for several months of...

Small port town, residential permaculture practice, homeschool permaculture, trees/veg/animals to be added soon . . .

Life in Ouanaminthe was often stressful, so for more sustained work we decided to move house across the border to the DR, while still continuing to minister in Haiti. We left most of our plants and many seeds with the groundskeeper at the apartments where we had been living. Our chickens, goats, ...

8000 m2 con huerta, viñas, frutales y bosque. Un espacio resonante

I like to mound my potatoes by pushing soil up against the sides of the growing plants eventually creatng quite a hig mound. The theory is that I can get a greater harvest from the same space.  But when I started using the Linda Woodrow style mandala beds I was struck by the difficulty of bringin...

Tiger Hill Permaculture is a project being developed by Paul Kean.Paul or Ringo as know by people within the Permaculture world has been involved in Permaculture on projects overseas as well as Australia over the past 15 years. Paul has extensive experience with all types of heavy machinery and e...

What a great weekend! This second edition of our french forest garden course was another great success. We had a total of 19 participants and were able to start the establishment of our second edible forest garden island on the site at L'Oeuf du Dragon, in Greneville-Sur-La-Rouge, Québec, Canada....