Plant Systems
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Seeding Into Frost Heaves: Leveraging a Natural Soil Disturbance Event
A close up of frost heaves A common winter sight in most cold temperate regions are frost-heaves; areas of water-saturated…
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Growing Trees and Reforestation
Acacia tree With Autumn in the Southern hemisphere it is an ideal time to plant trees, as the sap of…
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Bone Sauce: A Tool for Deterring Browsing
Applying the bone sauce Bone sauce is a product of the destructive distillation of bones — a process which separates…
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Propagation Using Willow Water
There are many ways to propagate plants, which can be broadly divided into sexual and asexual. Taking cuttings is an…
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Building Up Soil for a Nutrient-Rich Raised Bed
All photos by David Ashwanden A lot of permaculture involves utilising waste streams and turning problems into solutions, and I…
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Fernglade Farm – Autumn Update (May 2014, Victoria, Australia)
Well, the summer just past was interesting. Heat and drought were constant companions in all parts of the Australian continent…
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Designing Food Forests Across Three Climate Zones with Geoff Lawton
Got 10 minutes? Here’s a great little video of Geoff Lawton outlining the construction of food forests across three different…
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Agroforestry Support Species for Cold Climates
A silk tree in my garden, serving as living trellis to arctic kiwifruit; also shade provider for shade crops including…
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Omaha Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health – Presentation Resources
Recently, I had the honor of attending a national conference on cover crops and soil health. The conference was held…
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Banana Circles
Banana circles can be used in tropical and sub-tropical areas to utilise waste water, run-off or overflow from rainwater tanks,…
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Does Comfrey Really Improve Soil?
All of us who have studied permaculture have heard some impressive claims about comfrey. It is a dynamic nutrient accumulator;…
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Swale Pathways (Tasmania, Australia)
by Good Life Permaculture Diagram of a traditional swale system Hobart is Australia’s second driest capital city (Adelaide’s first) so…
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