Soil Rehabilitation
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Adding Calcium One Egg at a Time
by Rick Pickett, Eco-Ola Building soil fertility in the humid tropics is a difficult project. Not only because the soil…
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A Victory Garden’s First Year in Six Slide Shows (North Carolina, USA)
November 2010-November 2011 went by quickly with a lot of hard labor double digging our compacted clay to see us…
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Perming the ‘Burbs in Queensland, Australia
With 80% of Australians living in the suburbs, this reality is a hurdle for responsible edible landscapers who know that…
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Adventures in Hugelkultur in Australia
A while back, the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia presented an article on hugelkultur raised beds (see also here and…
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Low Cost Raised Beds
by Joel Dunn Raised beds are great for deep, friable soil and good drainage, and also provide a nice structure…
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Report on Implementation Activities in Konso Secondary and Jarso Primary Schools in July 2012 (Ethiopia)
In May 2012 we ran a PDC at Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge on which we trained four local teachers, along with…
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The Man Who Stopped the Desert: What Yacouba did next…
Those who watched The Man Who Stopped the Desert (trailer here), will want to follow up with this short video…
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Food Forests, Part 4: Humanure (black water)
Poo. We all do it. Even the smallest microbes do it. However, when you are connected to a centralised sewerage…
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