Working Animals
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[Video] Why Chickens – With Joel Salatin (and friends).
I still can’t believe all that chickens can do for me (and you)… I’m talking eggs, meat, getting stuff done…
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Worm farming cool, dark and wholesome
The importance of worms was recognised C. Darwin, author of Origins of species, in his last book, in which he…
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The Chicken and the Egg
We have the chickens around an area that we’ve allowed to go fallow for a while and grow back into…
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Feeding the “Whole” Cow and Chicken
What Our Grandparents Knew About Ecology, Genetics and Ethics: “What does an animal need to have a good life? I…
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Leader Follower Grazing System
A multi-species, leader follower grazing system has recently been implemented here at the Permaculture Research Institute (PRI). Multi-species grazing has…
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Chickens Are Moving to the Suburbs to Lay Fresh, Organic Eggs
There is nothing new about free-range chickens and fresh, organic eggs, except that nowadays more people want them – mostly…
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Playing with Cow Poo: Bio Digester Routines Part 1
In Part One,Tom Kendall from PRI Sunshine Coast, shows you the daily process of feeding the bio digester to make…
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Updated – Worm Farming at Zaytuna Farm
Photos © Ingrid Pullen This update is in response to very kind and supportive readers who have read Worm farming…
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From Monoculture to Permaculture
When Warren Brush bought a run down orchard near Ventura, California, he knew he was in for the ride of…
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Hey! It’s High Cold Dry and Windy and Doing just Great!
Every now and then you come across climate that is not so user-friendly. It’s in the High, Dry and Cold…
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Worm Farming at Zaytuna Farm
Photos © Ingrid Pullen Worms are an essential part of a permanent agricultural system. At Zaytuna Farm worm farming has…
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Low Cost Worm Farm ‘Tractors’ For Small Spaces
Worms may not have a backbone, but they are the backbone of our soil. In a suburban garden with no…
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