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South West Food Sovereignty Day

Nicole Vosper
This means organisers, growers, transitioners and anyone who is concerned about our food system Somerset, Bristol and the South West is invited to Tor Leisure on SATURDAY 15TH OCTOBER from 10am till 4.30pm. Please note we now also have Graciela Romero, International Director of War on ...
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Permaculture Site Assessment Practicum - Nick Huggins

Nick Huggins
Wanted – 2 persons (only) with PDC that are keen to learn and assist on a 15 acre farm that is undergoing re-design in Northern NSW, Australia.     About 12 months ago Geoff Lawton and interns went on pAid consultation to the site with the client and set out the basics — water, access and stru...

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Reseau des Jardins Solidaires Méditerranéens

yves willaert
Dear Permaculture friends, A former belgian French Litterature teacher, actually a Garden "Educator" with Mental Diseased (where is the deseased Civilisation?) adult people(wher are the adults?), I should want to contact all over the world permaculturers to "mix" our human experiences, till THE ...

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ESTANQUE PARA PECES EN FERROCEMENTO

David Rivera Ospina
Varilla grafil de 4 mm diámetro, cubierta con dos capas superior e inferior de malla tipo gallinero.

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Permaculture South to North

Mark Garrett
Since my last Blog which has been some time I have been back Down under and as far North as Waterford in Ireland.   Australia was annual leave after 9 months living and working in the Maldives. In that time I have now been promoted to Regional Permaculturist – Maldives which means I spend my ...

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Permaculture South to North

Mark Garrett
Permaculture South to North Since my last Blog which has been some time I have been back Down under and as far North as Waterford in Ireland.  Australia was annual leave after 9 months living and working in the Maldives. In that time I have now been promoted to Regional Permaculturist – Maldi...

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Certified 72h Permaculture Design Course, Konso, Ethiopia: Certified under the PRI’s Master Plan

Alex McCausland
Facilitators: Rhamis Kent, Alex McCausland Dates: October 17rd – 30th, 2011 Location: Konso, South Ethiopia Venue: Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge Cost: US$1000 Includes: Course fees, food and accommodation for the period of the course Excludes: Transport, accommodation in Addis, travel...
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Update on progress at Gocha Primary

Alex McCausland
We made another visit to Gocha Primary on September 10th to see if they had progressed with their garden. I really wanted to get a photo of water in the tank. The problem is that every time it has rained they have been immediately using the water, not for their garden but for mixing mud t...
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A case of stacking

PHIL FOGGITT
I had a surplus of bean seedlings towards the end of the sowing season this year. I also had squash seedlings looking for homes. This feature (see illustration) was made using pallet slats screwed together to form a triangular raised bed about 1' wide, around the base of a pear tree. The bed also...
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Perfect compost

PHIL FOGGITT
Over many years I have used a variety of structures to make compost from green waste. Lawrence D Hills, my guru during my early gardening years insisted that slatted timber sides with a ventilated base, idealy using bricks, were "de rigeur". In contrast, I have found thet the best compost results...

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Video Invite to Join the San Mateo County Permaculture Guild - Willi Paul, Organizer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rj7mdMvVrg

Willi Paul
Invite to Join the San Mateo County Permaculture Guild - Willi Paul, Organizer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rj7mdMvVrg
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The photos from the "double digging party"

João Gonçalves
Friends and family got together to get manure in the soil using manual light tools and prepare it for the maize, potato and vegetable crops. The terraces on this steep slope land makes it possible to grow organically rich soil as every spring loads of matured manure of goats and sheeps are added...
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The Foggitt Instant raised bed

PHIL FOGGITT
VegeStation is fortunate enough to be within 1/2 mile of a factory which does print finishing and disposes of numerous pallets, cardboard sheets and various other materials. Being the architypal scrounger and always on the look-out for useful "waste", I have found ways to make use of these materi...

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WWOOFers help with rainharvesting project

PHIL FOGGITT
Once the IBC was installed, another WWOOFer, Kewin, from France created some steps using car tyres and stones which provide access to the rear of the greenhouse, for maintenance.

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VegeStation

VegeStation
Large domestic garden growing vegetables and fruit
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Harvest the Rain West Coast Tour

Nate Downey
Please join me and/or pass this on to any and all ecologically minded people you know. I'd love to meet you or them at one of the events on my West Coast Book Tour. ?9/24 Boulder, UT, all-day workshop, True Nature Farm 9/26-29 Portland, OR, annual ARCSA conference 9/28 Portland, OR, 6:30pm pre...

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Casa nella Foresta

Casa nella Foresta
Documenting the setting up of our new way of life on our 1 hectare of land in the Tuscan hills using the principles of permaculture.
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Rancho La Loma

Rancho La Loma
One acre urban homestead with the first examples of our famous urbanite terraces, plus orchards, vineyards, ponds.
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