permaculture design
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Design
Living the Homesteader Dream – Part 1
I’ve just switched the overdrive off so the truck can more easily handle the trip up the mountain, and beside…
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Bees
The mystery of the blue flower: nature’s rare colour owes its existence to bee vision
Adrian Dyer, RMIT University At a dinner party, or in the schoolyard, the question of favourite colour frequently results in…
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Commercial Farm Projects
Permaculture design for Stephan Schrotter at Cairo Montenotte, Italy
This article is in three parts. The entire series will take us through a Permaculture Design Project at a property…
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Why Permaculture?
Ancient Gardens in Europe
Often times European/Western cultures get raked over the coals for ruining agriculture around world, which perhaps is deserved. Mass-scale monocultures…
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Trees
A Year in the Life of a Deciduous Tree and Understanding Our Role as Facilitators
Unlike other methods of growing food, in permaculture, we try to understand the natural order of things and do our…
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Energy Systems
Biogas & Carbon Farming – Part 2
In the first article in this three part series, we discussed our decision making process to use biogas. In this…
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Society
Permaculture and Peace: Part 1
This year appears to be a year of crisis. In many countries, the risk of infection from the corona virus…
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Design
My Permaculture Design Mistakes
Like anyone, I find it much more inspiring to talk about gardening and building successes. That rhubarb we planted last…
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Design
Check Out Your Permaculture Tool Box
I have been teaching Permaculture for over thirty years and learning about it for all my life. Really. It’s only…
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Design
The Mud Room: Stacking Functions in Design
I look forward to the mud room. That name means something to Emma, a term she grew up with, but…
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General
House Cows, Golden Eggs, and the True Cost of Cheap Supermarket Food – Part 1 – Updated
Pixie’s Story The little house cow herd in the picture above is made up of Pixie, her bull calf, Tinaroo,…
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