Compost
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A Simple Recipe for Fertiliser Tea
This is a very simple fertiliser tea recipe which all plants I have used it on have responded very well…
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Composting Techniques for Anyone
Compost bins can be made of repurposed materials, like these pallets. Composting doesn’t have to be difficult, nor does it…
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UNCCD Land for Life Award Winners for 2013 (India, Mexico, Africa): Practical, Doable, Magic
Educating small-holder farmers in India Every year the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) presents awards and supportive prize-money…
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Introduction to Naturalised Nursery Practice
Applying the understandings of ecosystem mimicry to create alternative solutions to current nursery practices of disease control, fertilisation and sterile…
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Rough, Ready, But Very Real – a November 2013 Update on the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’ Site)
Project from above, featuring a garbage-accumulating fence edge Well, you would be hard pressed to find a tougher block of…
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Gangi Setty and the Green Tree Foundation Project (India)
The Green Tree Foundation is a small non-profit organization that promotes permaculture techniques to local farmers in the Antapur district…
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A Worm Farm in Your Duck Coop! (Alaska)
In my last article I discussed the challenges of keeping ducks in backyard permaculture. There are two primary problems, at…
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An Experiment with Soil
Beginning to plant a garden in poor soil is probably guaranteed to disappoint, but what’s the most effective way to…
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Soil, not Dirt – Dr Elaine Ingham Talks Soil Microbiology
Dr. Elaine Ingham talks about soil fertility and the role of soil microbial life. Dr. Ingham is a world-renowned soil…
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Paradigm Shift Urgently Needed In Agriculture – UN Agencies Call for an End to Industrial Agriculture & Food System
A rising chorus from UN agencies on how food security, poverty, gender inequality and climate change can all be addressed…
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Get Your Food from a Firehose
We have been delving into the dirty secret behind our food, which is that it comes from bacteria — primarily,…
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Using Gutter Waste as Compost for Your Garden
One chore that must be done a few times a year is cleaning out the gutters of our homes. Many…
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