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Earth Works

Fionn Quinlan
So, we've confirmed that the practical element of the upcomming PRI Earthworks course will be held at Djaning Farm! Before we could get this up and off the ground we've made a lot of different designs, had our gracious neighbours (Geoff and Nadia Lawton) look over these designs, willingly accept...
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Permaculture Design Certification Course - July 18-30, 2016

Jay Rosenberg
An affordable high quality Permaculture Design Certification Course in your local community for your local community with Jay Rosenberg and Matthew Stephens.July 18-30, 2016 in San Francisco, CA More info: https://49farms.wordpress.com/2016/02/26/permaculture-design-certification-course-july-18-...

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WCPO News Story with Julie O'Neill

Michael Woeste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3JOQDZS-3M
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Foreign Invasive Plant Management with ...

Foreign Invasive Plant Management with Goats at Historic Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum
The goats will be fenced inside a one-acre portion of the Woodland Preserve area near the center of the cemetery. They will remain until they consume one acre of vegetation. The goats are working to eradicate Japanese Honeysuckle, Winter Creeper, English Ivy and other invasive species that choke ...
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Solar Sound Mission Jamaica

Solar Sound Mission Jamaica
The experience factory and Kultkapsel e.V. inc. begin in March, 2016 in Jamaica pioneer's projects with focus on mobile Solar generators, alternative energy supply and Permaculture in connection with Workshops and music. The Solar festival inc. supports Know How with Solar sound system.
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The early worm gets the bird

Chris McLeod
Friday morning found the editor and I awake before the sun had even risen. Usually, it is an unwise person that would attempt to discuss important matters with me before breakfast. No one is safe in that regard and even the editor is shooed out of the kitchen should she attempt cheery banter befo...
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Mission

Russell Bailey
Our Mission Statement    The Lewisville Permaculture Center works with people and communities to promote a thriving culture built on a foundation of local, integrated, and sustainable agriculture.   Philosophy LPRC is based on a whole-systems approach to permaculture design and sustainable l...

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"The Rosemary Forest Garden" in Sounine...

"The Rosemary Forest Garden" in Sounine, Tunisia
Self-taught permaculturist, I practice in my garden, at Sounine, in the north of Tunisia, since 2012. I test at my scale permaculture techniques : vegetable garden without tillage, multi-layer forest garden, thick mulch ; I am very influenced by Massanobu Fukuoka and natural farming and recognize...
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SCHEMATIC DESIGN OPTION #3 - Productive Landscape Mosaic

Robert Glinn
Design Option #3 presents a more broad scape, equal distribution of production system types. These types are Woodland, Shrubland, and Prairie, with reforested regions on the perimeter. Each system is production based, planted on contour and are select crops. These crops may be more conventional i...

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DESIGN OPTION #2 - Perennial Production Polyculture

Robert Glinn
Design Option #2 is the most productive based option. The back nine acres is developed to farm a select number of crops, oriented on contour, that are perennial and high in market value. The crops shall have a time-range of 1-5 years before harvest. The plantings are sited to accommodate pathways...

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SCHEMATIC DESIGN OPTION 1 - Woodland Succession

Robert Glinn
Design Option #1 is a succession based, perennial, tree centric plan with emphasis on high market value crops. The tree crops are comprised primarily of select hardwoods with inter plantings of select crops, such as chestnut cultivars and/or clumping bamboo. The trees are densely planted to be se...

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DESIGN FARM (Gekas Residence)

DESIGN FARM (Gekas Residence)
Design Farm - Earth Care Farms was commissioned by the Gekas family to design and develop their 20 acre site in Kansas City, KS. The primary intentions are to design a functioning high market value, perennial crop based system that would also serve as a agrotourism destination, where guests c...
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NATURAL BUILDING WORKSHOP 19-27th March

Barbara Leite
From Foundations (garvelbags), to different wall techniques (Strawbales, cordwood and stick-frame), making of Adobe bricks and "Light-earth" bricks, Earth and LIme plasters, Lime wash finishings with natural pigments... 9 days of off-grid camping, with good food and nice community living !...

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Excited about Spring 2016!

Cassidy Lackey
Recently completed 350' of swales along with 50+ fruits trees and shubs including apple, pear, peach, apricot, nectarine, apricot, plumb, mayhaw, pawpaw, jujube, fig, mulberry, blueberry, blackberry, juneberry and more.  Looking forward to my first spring with 5 hugle beds created in the fall.
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PDC on agroforestry 27 mai - 06 june

Monika Frank
A PDC on the self-organised, expermental site on agroforestry will take place in 77/Claye-et-Souilly, a short way est of Paris, from the 27mai until 06 june. A full groups' experience, hence there is no running water, no electricity, no internet (!YES), but a lot of animals, plants, trees, outdo...
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next PDC in the Cévennes 20 april - 01 mai

Monika Frank
my first PDC (in french) this year will take place from 20 april until 01 of mai in the wonderful, naturally unspoilt area of the méditerrenean Cévennes. the PDC will be followed by a week of training and exchange between students and tutors of permaculture, where we will (partly) implement the ...
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Chestnut Trees

Liz Crain
Leafhopper Farm just picked up it's first installment of chestnut trees from Washington Chestnuts up near the boarder with B.C. Canada. We're setting the seedlings into pots for now while we move them around the landscape to see where they thrive best. The back field is looking like the best plac...
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ABC acres - Permaculture Farmstead - Ha...

ABC acres - Permaculture Farmstead - Hamilton, Montana - USA
80 acre farming property showcasing a large variety of permaculture earthworks and operation schemes to maximize production and regenerate local ecosystems
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