We reached the point where the first 2.5 hectares was fully planted with up to five layers of fruit trees, had tilapia,  koi ponds and bee hives doing their part and were growing almost all our veggies and fruit then we managed to buy the adoining lot that is about the same size. The first lot w...

Scritchy, the miniature fox terrier who is notable for her recent misadventures at the farm, has been in even more trouble this week. She rules her dog pack with a white short haired iron paw, claiming all the best food and nesting spots and generally directing the other dogs to do her biddi...

The boss dog here is nicknamed, “Scritchy” and she is so nicknamed because without warning she will jump up and scratch your legs out of sheer exuberance for life. Scritchy is a white short haired miniature Fox Terrier. Like all boss dogs though, Scritchy has her good and bad habits. One bad h...

This workshop was highly promoted and we got a very good attendance, of 21 ecofriendly persons interested in learning how to grow nutritious plants and how to prepare soil in a regenerative form. In two days we had the chance of knowing each other, learning and sharing all sorts of traditional wi...

Ecoaldea Tetlakan is the first eco-village in the state of Colima (México). It is designed to be a center of permaculture knowledge: learning and sharing all sorts of wisdom. It is open for everybody to visit and to enjoy organic agriculture, permaculture and natural building workshops and volunt...

The CANARM Prairie Chapter 2014 Fall Training Tour, led by Rene Michalak, turned out to be a valuable research and development exercise. The training in Edmonton and Red Deer had low registration but the time was spent taking inventory of operating rainwater harvesting systems (RWHS) and me...

Rassembler se former ensemble en Bretagne!

Collectif permaculturel de 7 personnes vers l'autosuffisance du lieux, pour l'apprentissage de la permaculture, espace qui n'est pas le principale pour chacun d'entre nous, a part un camarade vivant dans sa yourte!

I always think that most of the job to be done in a regenerative perspective has to be upstream of planting and even designing and implementing a permaculture plan. Preparation of the ground and soil biology regeneration is paramount in actually getting quick and productive results without too mu...

More Progress Pics

Grow Water, our organization, was approached by the local California chapter of the Native Plant Society to design a passive water harvesting butterfly habitat on a bare, eroding hill next to Soil Born Farms' outdoor classroom. We installed, as part of a two day workshop series, a brush weir ...

On the 22nd of november 2014 in a grey morning we started to dig two trances for the hugelkultur beds. In a few hours of work the two hugelkultur beds were finished and ready for planting. The berry plants will be planted between december 2014 and spring 2015. Below you can see some pictures of ...

Kiziltepe Permaculture is a permaculture application and demonstration site established on a 4 hectares land on the foothills of Ida Mountain.

using biochar

Im opening my farm for my friend and volunteers.

Please see the crowd funding proposal now on the Global Giving Website...  we have till the end of March to raise the fnding to make this project work!   THANKS for your support! We distributed 5 thousand baby chicks to communities in Fiji last year and we hope to assist Vanuatu restore its commu...

I have been awarded my permaculture design certificate by Geoff Lawton. Actually, I received it a few months ago, but I am just getting around to making the update now. I have been busy, busy, busy on the farm!