Water
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Adding a Frog Pond to your Garden
A pond in your garden can be very attractive whilst also providing habitat for native amphibians. The sound of frogs…
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Drip Irrigation in Ethiopia – the Need, the Equipment, the Set-up and Establishment
Prior to July 2010 we had been over-using water at Strawberry Fields. This disturbed me for a number of reasons.…
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Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration – Video
Some of you will remember the excellent Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration article provided by Tony Rinaudo of World Vision. It…
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How to Establish a Small Space Intensive Food Garden
Editor’s Note: This post is a good reminder to ensure you take good before, during and after photos as you…
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Ollas: Unglazed Clay Pots for Garden Irrigation
I first encountered the concept of using unglazed clay vessels for sub-surface irrigation in Bill Mollison’s “The Global Gardener” film…
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It’s Time to Colonise Earth!
Ascension Island, in the South Atlantic (source) It seems Darwin was a permaculturist! In his days globetrotting aboard HMS Beagle,…
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Letters from Jordan – On Consultation at Jordan’s Largest Farm, and Contemplating Transition
Preamble: From my recent trip to Jordan, I shared with you all the news, with loads of pictures, about the…
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A Call to Large Scale Earth Healing and Lessons from the Loess Plateau (Video)
The world is coming unglued. The world burns. What are we going to do about it? Map of fires in…
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The Art and Science of Making a Hugelkultur Bed – Transforming Woody Debris into a Garden Resource
Wooden debris will decompose faster, (and be transformed into a resource) when hugelkultur techniques are employed. Used for centuries in…
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What (and not) About that Natural Pool Conversion on the Gold Coast?
April 2008 It’s been about a year now since I had the pleasure of Craig at my house to do…
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Solving All the Problems of the World – in a Garden
This video can be downloaded in high resolution from Vimeo (see ‘About this video’ section on lower right side’). I…
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Soil Carbon – Can it Save Agriculture’s Bacon?
Editor’s Note: Thanks to Darren Doherty of ReGenAg for sourcing and getting permission to run this. by Christine Jones, PhD…
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