restoring an old farm with garden and food forest to start,

5 Acre Demonstration site zoned - Rural Residential.

Before the big day, I was asked to do an interview with radio Goolari. This went extremely well. On the day we had over 30 people crammed into my yard.We discussed the permacultre idea in an urban setting, what plants I was growing now (over 100). Water harvesting (condensation catchment), Org...

Sunday June 8th We forked the ground in preparation for the first bed. We've decided to concentrate on making one bed for starters to see how it goes and do the second one afterwards and perhaps make it a public demonstration event. A few people also brought plants which we have placed temp...

We are in the beginning stages of building The Siddha School at Kailash Akhara. As part of Dharma inc project www.dharmainc.org. We are experimenting with different forms of natural building to create an inspiring environment for the k-1 school building. This is part of an initiative to develop a...

Kununurra Community Garden Inc. and our first site was set up to educate and demonstrate permaculture principles and how they can be applied locally to produce plentiful food on a small area without the need for great overheads, chemicals or inappropriate energy consumption.

The full article can be found here: http://permaculturenews.org/2014/06/02/lets-talk-collapse/ I’m a reasonably even tempered sort of a bloke, but recently I’ve been feeling a bit, well, shall we say, unsettled. The feelings began after reading David Holmgren’s essay Crash on demand. It ...

Conversion of old orchard country into a regrarian styled farm featuring alleyways modelled after Mark Shepard, and D Doherty

Hey folks, An update for you from the south central highlands of Mexico and the Naturaes Opus design team.  Two large reservoirs have been dug and are now awaiting the funds from our fundraiser to line with HDPE!  We are so excited about the progress. The placement of the reservoirs will ensure...

Start-Up of an organic working farm located in the Achaia Province of the Peloponese region western Greece. This dream farm will be a self-sustaining and productive farming enterprise based exclusively on the principles of Permaculture and environmentally friendly agricultural practices and metho...

http://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com/farm-blog/perennial-cropping-silvopasture-meets-forest-gardening-meets-keyline-design-soon-to-meet-holistic-management

Read about the planting details here; http://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com/farm-blog/detailed-planting-plan-at-the-farm      

At the Mida station I plan to buy some pines for one dollare each and bring them up on the hill. They are special for this climate. The shelter looks great, and there is a path cut down to Vincents house. June 2014. Tropical Interns needed. 

I am trying to create an off-grid and self sustaining environment for my family and then using what I have learnt with hopefully some help, to then give this knowledge back to the local community in my area to create the same.

The idea of a small display model was found on the Permaculture Global website. The video has a speed time lapse segment to watch the construction, then some explanation as to how it could be planted. 

After (and during) digging our first swale we planted it with a small variety of baby trees. Some seem to be taking hold quite nice, but for example half of the oranges planted have been robbed of all their leaves (leafcutter ants??). For ground cover we did not yet have many options, so we used ...