First I start by laying out the path of the swale with my trusty A-frame level. I built this A-frame so the legs would be 5' apart and I stick in a flag every time I move it across the ground. This allows me to easily measure the length of the swale by simply counting the flags.
Then I start on ...
I read Mark Shepards book, Restoration Agriculture, and it really worked with my view of how our land should work. We walked the property, did several zone layouts, and came up with our ideal spot to start.
We ended up with 4 swales, completly on contour, and planted 2 different polycultures i...
Join us and build a 10 foot dome that will serve as housing in our new
village. Superadobe is a dome building technique which utilizes tubular,
woven polypropylene bags and barbed wire. It was popularized by
architect Nader Khalili at the Cal-Earth institute in Hesperia,
California. The b...
Designing for an efficient greenhouse in the California high desert. The proposed design would include an earthbag foundation, strawbale insulation on the east & west walls, earth-berming of the north wall and many other features.
You can find more info on our designs at Permacu...
In my possesion are seven hives, five of which are in a shed, with two left out in the elements. This winter I tried different techniques, as last year all but one hive succumbed to mold issues and mice.
In response to learning the air inside the hives, but outside the cluster, is the same tempe...
Free introduction to Permaculture : Sunshine Coast March 16Free Social Permaculture Activation Richmond, March 18Free Introduction to Permaculture : Langara March 22
Permaculture and Placemaking : March 8
We are also joyed to announce a new Permaculture Design Certificate course convieniently o...
THE MISSION
To create and maintain a beautiful, productive, low maintenance, organic garden that will demonstrate gardening techniques (such as companion planting, cover crops, flowers, herbs, mulching, semi-permanent in ground beds, edible perennials, and berries), while providing an educationa...
Third Millennium Alliance (TMA) was founded in 2007 with the purchase of 100 acres and the establishment of the Jama-Coaque Reserve (JCR) in the western province of Manabí, Ecuador, between the cities of Jama and Pedernales, and four kilometers inland. Now encompassing over 1,000 acres, the Jama-...
J&J Acres is a family homestead. We are developing our 7 acres using permaculture practices.
The site is still being developed and will likely be developed over the course of several years due to extremely limited capital.
The site receives approximately 56" of annual rainfall and ...
Space Coast Permaculture Design is a design service and an educational collective of Permaculture designers, residing and operating in the Space Coast of Florida.
Duration: 7-10 days
Timeline: early July – mid August 2014
Location: To be confirmed (Greece)
Number of participants: 15 – 20
Participation cost: 300€ – 350€
This workshop is for those of us who want to be professionally, or at least “seriously”, involved with the art of strawbale build...
the Biodrome site is succesfully handed over to the City of Antwerp.
It is now the largest kitchen garden in the city.
The book “Earthcake” has been published with
notes about the project.
(ISBN: 978-90-902801-1-0)
The artworks for Greenhouse / between Utopia and Reality can
now be s...
