Hi Alice, I have been focussing on the personal space as a retreat and if we get that right then other community permacultures should flow from...
Just a little update on the experiments..... tried lots of pin holes - hard to regulate and seem to clog too much so gone to making holes larger...
Colorbond to 2m now in all new modern, un-environmentally friendly, brick veneer ticky tacky estates. Got to get a water tank in too - one thing...
Tin fences are only shade and they act like reflectors and air heater the rest of the day! Yes I need to work more on the cover materials but want...
Songbird, Good point about the roots. Maybe if I place the bottle on its side in the ground with a few centimetres of dirt cover then mulch. I...
Packanhoida, I probably should have added that over Summer the clay ground forms deep cracks 20mm wide and all the water can escape very guickly....
Porous clay pots have been used in this way for a long time. Many irrigation systems delivering rainwater grows slimes and algae capable of...
All great comments. There is a general assumption that permaculture is farm scale as an ideal and there are lots of lesser forms of permaculture...
Ideally you stay right where you are but politically permaculturalists are vulnerable to external pressures and politics. The question is whether...
Most permaculture establishments are on quite large areas of land and there is quite a large investment in accommodation (zone zero). What if a...
Cat poo is loaded with parasites capable of infecting the brains of mammals. In mice they attract the infected mice to the smell of cat urine and...
In my ideal community return there would be places for people to lay down in the sun or the shade in special mobile shelters to follow avoid the...
"Love Warp” - I reckon I would write a song about it if this story ever became a musical !
I reckon I might bolt together steel 2.4 metre star posts so the upper sections create a track for the rollers and the bottom sections create a...
Sorry if there is any confusion. I am definitely not supporting nuclear power. I was implying that if the next generation of permaculture was...
A sort of viral mind bomb that can affect cities in a good way by setting the example !
Just thinking out loud here. As impending economic, environmental and social decay start to slip many humans backwards in time and some of the...
Eco - Is that the chickens you are talking about? It could become quite stressful being a chicken in a food crisis!!
We are working on a prototype composting system where the chickens assist with the process at the top and the bottom of the plastic compost bin....
Working mainly in the "Chicken Rocket” prototypes at the moment. The chickens are doing everything right so far! I reckon I would call mine...
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