Food Plants – Annual
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Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease
What is it? Hugelkultur is a composting method that uses large pieces of rotting wood as the centerpiece for long…
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Companion Planting Information and Chart
An updated chart of basic companion plants we’ve grown successfully over the years We recently received an e-mail from a…
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Hemp seeds grown in Australia’s first Hemp Farm
The Hemp Farm is the world’s first public demonstration, education and working farm growing low-THC industrial hemp. Based on the…
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What is a Refractometer and Why Do I Need One?
Refractometers are used for quite a lot of things — drug diagnosis, gemology, veterinary medicine, aquarium upkeep and farming. In…
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FRESH – World’s Wildest Supermarket
A holistic and most outrageous concept being turned into reality in Denmark. From: Sepp Holzer’s Permakultur, Leopold Stocker Verlag, 2008…
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Jordan Valley Permaculture Project Update: Post IPC Happenings
An aerial view of the site Although the landscape here could be seen as a model for scarcity, what there…
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Owen Hablutzel: “Water and Transformation in Dryland Systems – Resilience Science & Keyline Application” (IPC10 Presentation – Video)
Owen’s talk here is quite fascinating. While most in permaculture will recognise the importance of mainframe design, Owen’s talk goes…
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Potatoes in a Woodrow Style Mandala Bed
A technique for mounding potatoes in a mandala bed without importing soil, with the benefit of improving fertility and increasing…
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Maarten Stapper: “Biological Agriculture – a Third Way?” (IPC10 Presentation – Video)
If you didn’t catch it already, be sure to check out the previous post with Dr. Maarten Stapper’s first IPC10…
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Why Food Forests?
Image source: Permaculture a Beginner’s Guide, by Graham Burnett We’re all familiar with the concept of forests — lush, abundant…
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Maarten Stapper: “Agricultural Science and Technology is Stuck in a Rut” (IPC10 Presentation Video)
I’ve been a fan of Maarten Stapper’s work for a while now. In fact, further below you’ll find an article…
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