Earthworks & Earth Resources
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How to Turn a Piece of Land Into a Thriving Project?
Three years ago this month a client asked me to help him transform his land into an eco-tourism project and…
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Morocco Design and Install of Mainframe Earthworks
Recently I was contacted by a student from a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course I taught in Morocco in 2010.…
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Mini Swales in an Urban Backyard
The term “swale” is often used by Permaculture people when designing large earth work constructions but it’s very rarely spoken…
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Found-Object Garden Design at The Farm Inn in Southern Belize
Something that has thoroughly impressed Kevin during our six weeks at The Farm Inn in the southern depths of Belize,…
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5 Fun and Fruitful Techniques for Small-Scale Earthworks
I’ve spent most of the last two years volunteering on farms throughout Central and South America, as well as a…
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Have Questions, Receive Answers, How Easy is This
If you have a site specific problem or just a question you would like to have answered from an experienced…
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Christmas Island Gets It’s First Dam
Transforming an old mining pit into a 5 million litre dam has proven to be quiet the mission and has…
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Don’t Try Building Hugel Swales – This is a Very and I Mean Very Bad Idea
Let’s start out with a basic understanding of what full scale Hugelkultur and full scale swale based systems are. Then…
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Understanding Earthworks
The Permaculture Research Institute is offering an Understanding Earthworks Course from Monday the 23rd to Friday the 27th of November.…
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Geoff Lawton and Dave Spicer talk Confidence with Big Projects
In this on camera chat, the PRI’s World renowned Geoff Lawton catches up with Dave Spicer, whom he first met…
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Nottinghill Forest Garden 2015: Future Projects
Part One can be found here. Part Two can be found here. Part Three (A) can be found here. Part…
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Nottinghill Forest Garden 2014: Perennial Fruit Integration & Micro-water Harvesting Feature Upgrades
Part One can be found here. Part Two can be found here. Part Three (A) can be found here. Part…
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