Food Plants – Perennial
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From Desert to Oasis in 4 Years (Jordan)
Geoff Lawton’s next video in his ever-expanding lineup takes you to Wadi Rum in Jordan where he consulted on a…
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Over 200 Food Plants on Just a Tiny 1/10th Acre of Cold Climate Urban Land
The scattergun technique in permaculture – planting over 300 edible plants in your backyard to see what sticks, what takes…
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Keyline Design as an Organizing Pattern for Permaculture Design, Part 3 (Sweden)
This is the third of a series of articles looking at design considerations for our Cold Climate Permaculture site using…
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Weeds – What Are They Good for? (Victoria, Australia)
The subject of ‘weeds’ has always seemed to me to incite far more controversy than it should. The best description…
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The Fruit Hunters (video)
Narrated by David Suzuki, this two-part CBC series is a fascinating look into the world of fruit hunters — people…
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Cold Climate Permaculture Video
A lot of people wonder if they can apply Permaculture design to their farm if they live in a cold…
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America’s Forgotten Food Forest Suburb
Years ago, Permaculture founder, Bill Mollison made a TV series called Global Gardener. In a 10-minute segment of that series…
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Desert Food Forest and Organic Commercial Production in Three Years – Update on Wadi Rum Consultancy (Jordan)
Outside the fence On August 6, 2010 Craig Mackintosh posted on my initial consultancy for the site I’m reporting on…
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Addressing the Causes of Land Degradation, Food/Nutritional Insecurity and Poverty: a New Approach to Agricultural Intensification in the Tropics and Subtropics
by Roger RB Leakey, Agroforestry and Novel Crops Unit, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia.…
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Delicious and Nutritious – Moringa is a Miracle Tree!
The uses and health benefits of Moringa are amazing; some even call it miraculous! It is truly a ‘jack of…
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My Visit to the Greening the Desert Sequel Site, November 2013
The Jordan Valley Permaculture Proejct (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’) in November 2013. (Photo: Geoff Lawton) I experienced…
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The Bunya-Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii)
by Byron Joel, oaktreedesigns.com.au A mature bunya pine showing classic conical growing habit Of all the striking aspects of the…
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