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Soil Microbes Help Save Plant-growing Input Costs (Video)
by Doug Weatherbee Learn how beneficial soil microbes can provide soluble nutrients and plant disease suppression to your farm or…
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When “Eww” Turns to “Ooh!”
Photos © Craig Mackintosh You’ve heard the Zaytuna Farm composting loo story before, but since this is the first time…
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The Frontiers of Crop Science
by Nico Snyman: B.Sc. Agric (Agron.)Pret. Six years after we started farming in the tropics, in the upper catchment areas…
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A Recipe for a Hugelkultur Raised Bed
I’ve been wanting to do a hugelkultur bed ever since I saw an article about a village store garden where…
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Suburban Permaculture with Janet Barocco and Richard Heinberg
Richard Heinberg not only talks the talk, but also walks the walk, as we get to see in the video…
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How to Make a Worm Mansion
This is no ordinary worm farm: it is a fun project to do with the kids, it works like the…
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Getting Kids Into Gardening, Part II: Create a Pizza Garden
Pizza making with home grown produce Gardening can be an invaluable tool for helping children explore all kinds of things…
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The Howard-Higgins EcoSan and Waste Management System
In January 2010 Richard Higgins, founder and CEO of Well End Permaculture International, arrived at the epicentre of the Haiti…
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How to Prepare a Beneficial Microorganism Mixture
Many have heard of EM mixtures, sold worldwide with cultures of effective microorganisms, that due to their symbiotic relationships with…
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Who Needs Grass?
The Kniskerns’ yard is a sustainable smorgasbord Over a period of less than 10 years, James and Mary Kniskern transformed…
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