Penny Kothe
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Sep- 2014 -3 September
Progressing Permaculture at Caroola Farm (NSW, Australia)
Caroola Farm Open Day We are now coming into our second Spring at Caroola Farm after devastating fires in the…
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Feb- 2014 -14 February
Permaculture Open Day at Caroola Farm (May 4, 2014 – NSW, Australia)
Caroola Farm (map) is hosting an open day celebrating permaculture, sustainability and local food / community resilience on Sunday 4…
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Dec- 2013 -3 December
Success at Floriade! (Canberra, Australia)
Beautiful innovation at Floriade 2013 — Urban Agriculture Australia helps Canberra celebrate the annual festival of flowers. Spring took on…
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Oct- 2013 -4 October
Winter 2013 at ‘Caroola’ (NSW, Australia) – Preparation, Poultry, Paddocks and Planting
Who said winter was a quiet time on the farm. I have to say we’ve never been busier, preparing, planting…
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Jul- 2013 -9 July
Summer 2013 at ‘Caroola’ (NSW, Australia) – Water, Bushfires, Regeneration and Lots of Learning
Scorched land What can I say, the beginning of 2013 saw a huge exposure to external influences, including bushfire and…
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Mar- 2013 -18 March
Educating Canberra – Courses for 2013
Canberra, Australia’s capital, has been lacking access to permaculture education. Whilst the surrounding areas of Bungendore, Braidwood, Bredbo, Murrumbateman and…
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Jan- 2013 -31 January
Wrapping Up 2012 at ‘Caroola’ (NSW, Australia)
Caroola Homestead Continuing from the last post, the last few months of 2012 at ‘Caroola’ were a hive of activity,…
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30 January
Fields of Farmers – Let’s Start the Conversation with Joel and Daniel Salatin
As 2012, “The Year of the Farmer”, came to a close, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ latest insights into the…
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Nov- 2012 -21 November
Pigscavation to Help Water Penetration
Capturing water before it runs off your property is key to rehydrating parched landscapes. Building ‘swales’ or channels along contour…
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9 November
The First Few Weeks at ‘Caroola’ (NSW, Australia)
Continuing from a previous, introductory, post. I started out with the strategy of walking the paddock closest to the house.…
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Oct- 2012 -24 October
Plant Profile: Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis)
This passionfruit was growing in a family vegetable garden setting in Coonamble (western NSW, Australia), in a hot and dry…
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16 October
Permaculture Beginnings at ‘Caroola’ (NSW, Australia)
Caroola Homestead ‘Caroola’ is an example of a small-scale conventional farm conversion to permaculture (small by Australian farming standards), or…
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