Putting the soil where we want it... During the Spring Permaculture Design Certificate here at Milkwood, a funny thing happened to our basecamp garden. Somehow, it quadrupled in size. It was the most un-anticipated permablitz i have ever been a part of,  and this time (for the first ...

A Visual Update of our Forest Garden Projects  

Power Station: This is a 12 V system that requires much thicker cables than 24v, 48 V or 60V systems. But on the other hand it is very simple to establish by anyone wanting to mount their own power plant. Everything was done by one person only, including the base for the tracker and the m...

I spent today planting the last of the fruit trees in our forest garden, the total variety of food products now equals, Almonds,  Apples, Black Currants, Gooseberries, Peaches, Pears, Persimmons, Plums, Pomegranates, Raspberries, Red Currants, Strawberries,  Rhubarbs and Quinces: Then there are t...

We use any excuse to get together on the Gold Coast,we combine "business"with pleasure.The key ingredients are always the same,a simple idea a good attitude,and a plate of food. We count ourselves as extremely fortunate on the Gold Coast,we enjoy a very beautiful climate,beautiful beaches and an...

The aim of the project is to establish a food forest using permaculture techniques in order to preserve and disseminate traditional varieties of fruit identified within the framework of the “Traditional Fruits of Mugla: Cultural Heritage, Database and Conservation Project” (Fruit Heritage Project...

Anyone curious about current events at our site (called 'the compound' by those in on the joke) can visit the 'NEWS' section of our website: https://sites.google.com/site/humanhabitatproject/news I try to add an update at least once a month. In the future I may copy particularly relevant or inst...

I have been studying Holistic Management with a Beginning Women Farmers group here in central New York.  The course is really aimed at creating a knowledgeable, successful farmer.  It has prodded me to look at numbers more intensely which leads me to really research my intended crops.  I am tryin...

The Church of the Divine Love in Montrose, NY installed a sheet-mulched vegetable garden in the spring of 2010 in a convenient bit of lawn behind the church fellowship hall.  In their first season they were able to provide hundreds of servings of high-quality fresh vegetables to the Cortland Emer...

Many churches have small pieces of land, usually in lawn, that are not actively used but that must be managed at the church's expense. If a small percentage of such churches would plant low-maintenance vegetable gardens and fruit trees to provide fresh produce for their local emergency food ...

As with any project, sometimes the "needs" must come before the "wants" and it didn't take long after purchasing the property to discover the roof was caving in on the underground root cellar / water well pressure tank house!  This would never do and I resolved to rebuild the arched roof before t...

I have picked out cold-germinating, frost tolerant seeds to plant as the idea is to create a micro-climate rather than a controlled climate. The plants need to tolerate a good amount of frost, because the night temperatures outside will still be going down to 10F or lower. Species list: Arugula...

Earth Passengers was founded to promote and implement environmental education in Taiwan in 2000. Since 2002, 3 years after one of the co-founders, Peter Morehead completed his PDC with Geoff Lawton, we started working on promoting Permaculture education in Taiwan. Earth Passengers held Taiwan&#...

Here is an illustrated copy of my Masters Degree Thesis in Permaculture Education. http://gaiacraft.com/free-books/

the purpose of ape99 is to disburse, improve upon and invent technologies for living as natural and sustainable a lifestyle as possible with permaculture as its foundation.

Design and implement 1/3 acre suburban property.

CLCA (Childrens Learning and Culture Association) was established 70 years ago, creating houses where children could live away from their families, cooking and caring for each other, even helping build their own houses. This community garden is for their mothers, to experiance their 'Best Sel...

With February already half gone, I'm looking forward to a teaching schedule that includes the Indiana University Permaculture Design Course, a weekend pdc in the fall, a children's series, a few specific workshops for the city-run People's University, and a new workshop weekend that combines perm...