Medicinal Plants
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Surviving in the Cash Economy Once Your Food Forest is Established
Richard Alan Miller likes to tell the classic story of one of the first farmers who came to him for…
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Winter is a Great Time for Gardening in ‘Mediterranean’ Climate Areas!
Judith Goldsmith first promoted winter gardening in her book, “Strawberries in November: A Guide to Year-Round Gardening in the East…
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The Wonderful Multi-Purpose Comfrey Plant
Comfrey (Symphytum spp.) has been cultivated and valued by many cultures for almost 2500 years. A native to Europe and…
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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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The Power of Enterprise Budgets: Permaculture, Holistic Management, and Financial Planning
Resource alert: At bottom of this blog post is a download option for more than a thousand enterprise budgets. Permaculture…
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Green Manure Resources
Editor’s note: Red clover is a useful leguminous green manure. Growing taller than other clovers, it can be easily cut…
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Permacooking – Milk, Tongue, Eel and Pizza Night
More Meat I promised last week that I would tell you about the cows here at Zaytuna and I’m going…
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Permacooking
The farmer and the cook with Ethiopian Cabbage First Week I’ve just finished my first week working as the farm…
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Resources for Herbs, Sprouts and Survival Foods
When Derrick, Isabell, and children Angela, Vicky and RIcky, shifted to Nambour in the hinterland of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast over…
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Magic in Melbourne
There’s alchemy and magic afoot in Melbourne, where we take a look at Bill and Geoff’s PDC and the garden…
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Maldivian Homegardens – A stable farming system in a fragile environment
PIJ #58, Mar – May 1996 By Dr Danny Hunter Editor’s Note: This decade-old article spotlights local indigenous knowledge found…
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Drumstick Tree
by Isabell Shipard. For more plant info, check out Isabell’s excellent books in our book section. Photo credit: Melanie Brown…
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