notes from a correspondance in response to thoughts on water diversion and distribution systems.  optimally using the KSOP for layout planning of the site features. I'm in favor of the 'leaky' canal (aka diversion drain/irrigation spreader drain) made from native earth for both collection and ...

Perma Garden Meet and Greet   We are all set to have our first permaculture meet and greet here on Svalbard and have about 20 people coming out to see our place. This is good and can only mean that people are interested in alternatives, so we will introduce them and see what they think. Thanks ...

I quantified each plant below with three variables: Cardinal Direction, Soil Drainage, and Soil Fertility. The pond is oriented North in the Northern Hemisphere and South in the Southern Hemisphere. Soil Drainage and Soil Fertility change at each level of the spiral. Soil Drainage:    ...

Since May of 2013 I began working as an excavator/heavy equipment operator. This year I plan on going for my 1A licence, for those not from Canada that's the highest level you can recieve. That way I can drive my own semi to and from the work site.... YES!!! Exciting new equipment I get to driv...

About the instructor: Dominique Micheletto was born in France in 1956.  He studied forestry at the Haute Ecole des Eaux et Foret de Nancy.  He obtained his diploma in 1975 and aquired his first bee colony in France in 1978.  He established himself in Cyprus in 1980 and immediately starte...

  In this certified 72 hour course you will learn: Basics of Permaculture Design Recognising patterns in nature Soil biology, rehabilitation & erosion control Specialized compost & worm farm Fungus use and cultivation Earth works & water harvesting strategies Grey water trea...

Advanced Design Courses I've taught: 2012 Brook's Bend Farm; with Dave Jacke 2013;  Tranquility Campground, Mentone, Alabama 2013; Alexandra Lake Farm, Dade City, Florida 2014; Big Small Farm, Bushnell Florida 2014; Maya Mountain Research Farm, Belize

Creative Collectives work in many ways to support collective culture - ecovillages, co-op, collectives, shared farms, intentional communities etc. Currently we are running workshops from our hobby farm location in Lara, Vic. These are all about giving people opportunities to upskill for self ...

Forrest kindergarten, PC garden & courses

Since completing my PDC I have also taken courses at the Cobb Cottage Company in Coquille, Oregon.  My husband Evan and I, were honored to be accepted as Apprentices in their 2014 'Ecological Gardener' program. During the first few weeks into the trial period, we realized that we needed a greate...

Tried to dig by hand, but that way way more than this old man could do, so we hired an excavator and they were dug in about three hours. In one afternoon we filled them with logs and fallen trees, There are bags of mulch leave gathered from around the neighborhood ready to place and will soon be ...

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Our climate here in Central Virginia is cool termperate. So, unless one utilitzes a greenhouse it is difficult to achieve much in the way of annual vegetable production over the winter months. However there is much to do during January and Februaray in preparation for the upcoming season. With th...

I'm just sorting some buckets for roadkill to grow maggots for chicken feed and wondered if anyone had some experience to share? I am going to use some wood chip mulch as a biofilter to reduce smell. This is stage one in trying to reduce reliance on commercial poultry feed.

Permaculture visiting Garden, forest Garden, Micro Climate Zone, sheep and chickens far.

Establishment of demonstration site

A group of teachers have started a Permaculture school SPC and are organizing an out-door field study center with internship, vocational learning and experimental regenerative development.

The intention of Nava Eco Village is to convert the 90 acre agricultural land in to a permaculture venture. We also intend to build a Travelers' Rest and Cottages for visitors. Handicraft manufacturing center of Eco Products (www.ecosacks.org) to be soon located in the site.