After a message from the powers that be, I was asked to put this garden project up as a project. So now updates on this will be up in the project pane thingy! I’ll just post other idea’s, bits n bobs and whatnot on here.  

Turning a long lawn into a highly productive food growing system and a lovely place to be. This will be a document of my journey through the process.

Pendant les 15 heures de cours, nous explorerons le jardinage écologique sous toutes ses coutures : démarrage et planification d’un nouveau jardin, fertilisation et amendement, rotation de culture, biologie du sol, démarrage de vos semis à l’intérieur, insectes nuisibles et maladies, compostage...

As the weather is so nice we decided to start the goat area.  We're going to build 4 areas in total so the goats can move from one the the other.  It's slow going as there are so many small oak trees to cut down and move out of the way.  We're thinking of using the small trees as the fencing.  Wi...

The Al Baydha Project is helping settled bedou develop an abundant desert community. "Greening the Desert" on steroids.

Here is the video on the Jean Pain experiment at my collective garden. We had a very fine mulch of residues from pruning and tree leaves. We made a pile with this mulch, keeping it wet and compacted. With a hot water tank in the centre of our compost pile, we had hot water (50 °C) throughout the ...

[Excerpt from SEAL 2011 Permaculture Design Training Report, by Matthew Lynch]   Mongolian chickens are very cold hardy breed that lay one egg every 1-2 days from March until October.  There are successful breeders currently raising chickens in Ulgii City; ADRA staff brought us to one fam...

Designing composting toilet systems for Islamic cultures is a delicate matter that demands diplomacy; Moslem belief holds that human organic waste matter is dirty and is something best dealt with by putting it out-of-sight and out-of-mind.  Most households have pit latrines dug into t...

The standard 72-hour certified Permaculture Design Course will be held in the village setting of Batu Arang, about 40 km away from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Hosted by Embun Pagi, the course will be taught by Greg Knibbs, a certified permaculture trainer. Greg will be covering a broad rang...

Taiwan is a highly urbanized country, which relies heavily on imported energy and the ration of food supply from the country itself is only 33%. Thus we (Earth Passengers) are promoting urban agriculture through community activities.

A Depth Psychological Exchange on Alchemy, Mythology, and Permaculture: A Candid Conversation with Bonnie Bright and Author/Researcher Willi Paul, Founder of OpenMythSource.com & PlanetShifter.com Magazine on depthinsights.com radio

Especially looking for: Ramps Skirrit tree collards saltbush

This legal association project at Chao Sobral (hamlet with 100 people) is the context for people of all ages participation in leisure, education, environmental and cultural activities. Every year the project is created and managed by local volunteers/members of the association.

Gayap is creole for work party or lend hand. On Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th April we will be cutting and raking fire traces on the south and west boundaries of the site to the sound of drum music, food will be provided 

A finales de Noviembre de 2010 comenzamos con este proyecto. Usamos la base del ecosistema local, en medio de un clima extremo entre inviernos y veranos. Decidimos utilizar patrones naturales para el diseño, imitando la formación de las sierras que nos rodean (ocurrio hace 250 millones de años) ...

 

Hi,   I have recently realized that my passion lay in specializing in Food Forestry. I have a background in horticulture. I have done a whole lot of net browsing already but im wondering if you guys could offer some fresh ideas as to where i might look for info? Books, DVDs, interviews, blog...

This very healthy plant has produced toxic fruit. When used in cooking, it gave a disgusting, bitter taste and made the cook very sick when tasting the dish. Beware!http://www.foodreference.com/html/fzucchini.html I have continued my education after a startling event that happened earlier this...