steps needed to transform traditional orchard monoculture into a food forest system

new 200sqm vegetable plot starting with soil basics with the aim to achieve high brix produce

Let’s just pause and observe the above photograph. Ah, a  beautiful sight. Can you smell it? Healthy, rich, living soil. I thought I’d kick off my first update with a post about soil as when it comes down to it, building, enhancing and maintaining healthy soils is one of the main aims of our ...

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Our existing streets and homes are eco-villages waiting to happen. I am transforming this rented house into a Japanese-influenced working example of how individuals can make homes that have them truly cared for, and free to go live their dream.

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Two 10 foot poles, one 8 foot pole, and a 39 inch key with chainsaw notches hacked in just the right spots. Tie a thrift shop bought sifting screen to the poles with straw baling string and its all business from there!  Modified A-frame.   A-frame notch. Tripod pole notch. Top cut to fit...

After my design exercise submitted to the exam was evaluated and approved by Permaculture Research Institute, I have received a Permaculture Design Certificate numbered and registered with Bill Mollison’s Permaculture Institute ! 

Our first garden (finally!)

here are some pictures for you to enjoy of the PDC in June 2014 with Rico Zook,Active Earth,Kate and myself.It was a wonderful and transformational experience with a wonderful group of motivated people coming to share and learn together for 2 weeks in an magical location in Altra Garrotxa Nature ...

Joined PermaEthos PDC class and became a founding member of the PermaEthos project.

This book is the first, and most comprehensive, guide about plant guilds ever written, and covers in detail both what guilds are and how to design and construct them, complete with  extensive color photography and design illustrations. Included is information on: • What we c...

An easy way to grow climbing beans

Jerusalem artichoke tubers have a sweetish taste because they contain inulin, a group of oligosaccharides containing fructose. They can be used in salads, or cooked in salted water, or fried like french fries.

After we measured contour with the A frame and we scored points, I dug the ditch access and I seeded with clover, then prepared with compost, mulch the garden beds, planted zucchini seeds of two different varieties, eggplant seedlings, and after a month zucchini look great and have started produc...

Organic matter obtained from mowing alfalfa from orchard, which we use as garden mulch and compost preparation.

The shrubs layer from the food forest: blackcurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries, white currants, sea buckthorn, blackberry.