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The pumpkin equation

Ute Bohnsack
One heap of chicken manure + a little bit of compost ('planting pockets') + a few spare pumpkin plants + a good microclimate + a good summer + 4 months = 27 kg pumpkins Total work input c. 3 hrs. This was an experiment /a gamble but we were lucky to have had a good summer. Our p...

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Permaculture techniques implemented

Mark Domingo
Implemented Swales, Keyline trenches, bird feeders, seed pots (Fukuoka), Modified Mandala Garden, and Silt trap. Using chop and drop method on 10 foot California Grass as mulch. Feel free to suggest anything else I could use =) Thanks. 14Nov13 Lost some of the berm so dug dipper and wider thanks...

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Mini swales and mandala dug by hand

Amélie Langlois
We made 2 short and narrow swales and planted 5 fruit trees on each mound. Then we managed to start a mandala garden with a banana circle in the middle and 3 keyholes. Quite hard job as this soil is pure clay!! I planted some ground cover and legumes to prepare the ground for next time! In spit...

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Playa bluff permaculture

Playa bluff permaculture
1 1/2 acre, off the grid beach/jungle environment, on the beautiful Colon island, Panama. Family run permaculture project that only just started!
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India PDC - International Certified

Snehal Trivedi
PDC Plus is a 72hr 'Permaculture Design Certification Course' for beginners. Will be accompanied with a participating 'flying team' of practitioners who already hold permaculture certifications. One-third of all the raised funds will be used towards creating a 'Social Business' involving local vi...

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La Juanita Finca Verde

La Juanita Finca Verde
La Juanita Finca Verde is a rural transformation platform. Through balanced relationships with our natural and cultural environments we are generating wellbeing at this and other Colombian regions.
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Wald-Wasser-Garten Einjoch

Wald-Wasser-Garten Einjoch
Wald-Wasser-Garten Einjoch, ein Biotop für Menschen, Pflanzen und Tiere
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Certified PDC - South India - February 2014

Roman Eisenkoelbl
Hands on learning while 'creating a useful design' benefiting an underprivileged village community towards sustainable life of Kottakarai transition village. PDC Plus is a 72hr 'Permaculture Design Certification Course' for beginners. Will be accompanied with a participating 'flying team'...
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Little Feet Farm

Little Feet Farm
Five acre permaculture property, organic market garden and C.S.A box scheme.
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A link from the 10-week PC Life-skills Internship

Jessica Robertson
Check out a bit of what we did at PRI Sunshine Coast for 10 weeks during the internship I finished in September.  Follow the link below to see the PRI Sunshine Coast Maungaraeeda update. Amongst other pictures of me, in one I'm hugging the kid called Phinton, before he started headbutting everyt...
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Popcorn Minds Community - Morocco

Popcorn Minds Community - Morocco
This is a house with a forest land of almost 4 hectares, the project is aimed at building a straw bale house for a community and make a permaculture farming land
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Permaculture Design Certification

Bill Busse
Bill recieved his Certification after completion of the 72 hour Permaculture Design Course  at the Center for Deep Ecology in Clarks Grove, Minnesota.

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PermaExperience in Morocco!!!! Free Residency!!!

Adnan Cibari
Hello, I have something that you might be interested in. We have a 4 hectares forest farm in Tangier, Morocco. We are looking for Permaculture designers to come work with us to design and build a straw bale permahouse and organic food farm, we look for people who like traveling and sha...

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progress photos season 1 huglebeds

Anthony Hope
Once the beds really took off they reached a steady temp (70°F/21°C) which stretched into late November where outside temps can reach from -1°C to +4°C.  The mild weather in the closing of fall with stable internal temperatures of the beds was an extension to our growing season; and a buffer to t...

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Chillaxia Rooftop Aquaponic Garden

Chillaxia Rooftop Aquaponic Garden
This is an rooftop aquaponic garden that is built and maintained by residents of a gated community in Xizhi, a suburb of Taipei.
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en route to Thailand

jeremy duployer
after visiting Indonesia, meeting its people, learning their "bahasa" and seeing how much is to do here as in many places to improve the environment, I'm off to thailand in order to learn the thai massage (what else) and discover a few permaculture projects if possible
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Los Angeles Urban Farming Co.

Los Angeles Urban Farming Co.
Local L.A. area business which provides raised-bed garden installation & maintenance.
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Net and Pan project article

Fattah Nelson-Wedin
Here is a link to an article I wrote about implementing a net and pan system and setting up an experiement of non-net and pan slope planting, I took a special emphasis to revitalizing soil life. http://permaculturenews.org/2013/10/12/pri-zaytuna-farm-internship-project-slope-stabilisation/   a...
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