A forest garden at Odanadi, a children's carity in Mysore, India with the following goals: To build a resilient forest garden with multiple varieties of fruit and fuel trees, herbs and an annual garden. To provide an area for the children to have a natural space. To use available grey wat...

This year we successfully grafted Toka plums onto our wild plums. We experimented with several apple grafts as well, but only one took. We are in the process of brewing 24 gallons of apple cider from our apples, and have some apple cider vinegar on the go as well. In the Spring we bought two Tok...

The Lycium barbarum grows a fruit commonly called Goji berries (also called wolfberries). They are a very popular superfood. The berries have been eaten for thousands of years but have only become popular in the USA over the last decade or so. They are a fat free, low calorie food rich in phyt...

I'm living in the City of Votorantim (São Paulo State/Brazil) and I'm planning to live in a small farm next year (2017) with my wife. My parents live in the place and they can't support it by them self cause they are getting old. The small farm has some potential but I'm quite new...

Hi everyone, I've just updated the previous video of 500 days in a Food Forest with and additional 600 days of footage! Yup, that's 1100 days in a Food Forest. If you've ever wanted to spend some time in a food forest, well now you can without having to leave your chair! Chris

5 acre Family run farm, we work closely with nature and are learning to align our life with the elements of nature. We are working towards making this a Permaculture/Natural Farming demonstration site and a site to promote afforestation.

(September 2015) A front lawn with a slope and zero productivity. Our mission: "Create a zone 1 keyhole garden on contour that the animals can't wreak havoc on. Oh and don't block the view, please".  The original, rough plan: To begin, we broke up the lawn with the digger on the tractor and ...

The autumn immediately after completing my course in organic market gardening at La Ferme de Sainte Marthe I moved with my wife to Japan. After spending some months in Tokyo doing research I decided upon Nagano as the perfect place to move to and set up a permaculture micro-farm. But before i did...

With a PDC from Geoff Lawton and some advice and inspiration from La Ferme du Bec Hellouin, I decided I needed some more in depth experience and guidance in how best to set up my own farm so I signed up for a half-year course in organic market-gardening as well. Associated with La Ferme du Bec He...

Intending to complement my PDC with some hard experience and knowledge specific to my bioregion at the time, I took a few courses at La Ferme du Bec Hellouin in Normandy, a renowned micro-farm run in accordance with the principles of permaculture. Wild plants, foraging, permaculture farming and s...

I completed my online PDC with Geoff Lawton in 2015. initially worried about the idea of studying at a distance and not actually getting my hands dirty, the sheer amount of information, the positive and attentive interaction between Geoff and his students, and the ability to take as much time as ...

At the end of October I moved to Japan to join my wife who left France a month before I did. The plan still stands: to get some more experience farming, to find some land and to create my own micro-farm. However, as things are moving forwards, the details are becoming clearer: I have spent the pa...

Following on from my online PDC with Geoff Lawton and two sort courses at la Ferme du Bec Hellouin, I wanted to get some serious experience of working the land, along with a proper global look at organic farming. I chose la Ferme de Sainte Marthe because they are associated with la Ferme du Bec H...

Having just finished my online PDC with Geoff Lawton I wanted to get some on-the-ground experience and, preferably, at a permaculture centre with a good reputation. As I was living in France at the time, I decided to visit the Ferme du Bec Hellouin in Normandy, a permaculture-inspired micro-farm ...

Finished my online PDC with Geoff Laton last year now. Was worried about the disadvantages of studying at a distance and not actually getting my hands dirty, so to speak. However, having completed the course, obtaining my certificate and talking with a number of people who got their PDC the old-f...

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