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Soils and Forestry Presentation (video)
by Paul Wheaton Mark Vander Meer gives a presentation on soil science as it relates to forestry. I was presenting…
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Tony Lovell on Soil Carbon: Putting Carbon Back Where It Belongs – In the Earth (TEDx video)
I love the nice progression of logic in this presentation. Running the numbers like this shows not only how powerful…
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Permagardens In Practice: Resilience in Action (Uganda, Africa)
PDCs are tricky. For two weeks we tumble into this community of unfamiliarly familiar, curious strangers. The constant whirlwind of…
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Update on Permaculture Implementation and Design Development at Hafto Site, Hadiya Zone, Ethiopia
Editor’s Note: Regular readers will have appreciated Alex McCausland’s regular and comprehensive reports from precariously positioned Ethiopia, and the great…
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A Computer Geek Starts a Garden, Part I – Background, Design and Initial Implementation
The yard in winter, before work begins… A great many people today are living in fear. The future looks uncertain,…
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Imprinting Soils – Creating Instant Edge for Large Scale Revegetation of Barren Lands
With the U.S. and other countries caught in unprecedented droughts, and arid areas of the world growing in tandem, this…
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A Victory Garden’s First Year in Six Slide Shows (North Carolina, USA)
November 2010-November 2011 went by quickly with a lot of hard labor double digging our compacted clay to see us…
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Low Cost Raised Beds
by Joel Dunn Raised beds are great for deep, friable soil and good drainage, and also provide a nice structure…
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Compost Teas and Extracts: Brewin’ and Bubblin’ Basics
by Rob Avis Permaculturists everywhere are crazy about their compost teas and extracts. They have turned building compost tea brewers…
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Pasture Cropping: an Integrated Approach to Grain and Pasture Production
Harvesting oats as green native perennial pasture grows up between the cereal rows (Seis, 2006) Pasture cropping is a farmer-initiated…
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