Animals
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Industrial Eggs Vs. Permaculture Eggs
What does it take to produce an industrial egg? Well, we need a battery chicken factory. It’s a horrible place…
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Permaculture Patterning with Animal Systems – Part 2
In part one of ‘Permaculture Patterning with Animal Systems,’ we explored some of the animal systems we are using in…
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Permaculture Patterning With Animal Systems – Part 1
Animal systems can be used to clear gardens for permanent systems, or they can be used as part of system…
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Theory In Practice : A Tour of Zaytuna Farm
Take a sweeping 20-minute tour of our 66-acre Zaytuna Farm property. Throughout, I explain specific features of the farm, how…
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The battle against bugs: it’s time to end chemical warfare
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Lizzy Lowe, Macquarie University;…
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Don’t waste your dog’s poo – compost it
Australia has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world, with 38% of Australian households owning dogs.…
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Goats and Permaculture
Bill Mollison once wrote that goats in any large number are incompatible with permaculture. Goats when overstocked can quickly turn…
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7 Ways to Use the Humble Choko Vine
Its spring time in Australia, and our area in Far North Queensland has gratefully received a decent fall of rain.…
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Backyard chickens, and the interconnectedness of all things. Part 3
This article is Part 3 of a Series that is mostly about chickens. It’s not a how-to-care-for-chickens article, but a…
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Backyard Chickens, and the Interconnectedness of all things. Part 2
This article is Part 2 of a series that is mostly about chickens – not how to care for them,…
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Backyard Chickens, and the Interconnectedness of All Things
This 3-Part Series articles starts off with our cultural lack of understanding about our place in the web of life,…
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Unwanted Chemical Pool Gets Permaculture Makeover
Six months into our pool to pond conversion and the problem really has become the solution. For some time, we…
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