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Permablitz Essex

Permablitz Essex
Local group of Permablitzers working in Essex to create and add to Permaculture landscapes!
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Professional Permaculture Guild

Peter Allen
It was so good to finally launch our new projects , designers, teachers, implementation people and fruit tree nurseries make up this highly skilled group See us at www.professionalpermacultureguild.com.au
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Perennial vegetable list for trial in High Desert

Neil Bertrando
Perennial vegetable and more plant list of interest for trials Scientific Name Common Name Seed or propagule sourse Achnatherum hymenoides  Ricegrass, Indian Local native; on-site Allium × proliferum  Onion, Tree / Walking Local bulb ...
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Masibambisane Community Integrated Agri...

Masibambisane Community Integrated Agriculture on Mountain View Farm
The MCCDO has begun a Masibambisane initiative to address local food security, promote regenerative agriculture and empower vulnerable communities who haven't benefitted from land reform nor have access to communal land. The farm under MCCDO custodianship where the initiative is based is call...
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Gravity fed Irrigation systems

Neil Bertrando
I'm looking for good references and information on sizing and designing gravity fed water systems.  Can you share info on your favorite and most useful references or experiences on this subject. particularly pertaining to dealing with too much pressure (surge tanks/pressure breaks/integrating ...
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Buhr Park Food Forest

Buhr Park Food Forest
A food forest in the community park. It started as an outgrowth of the wet meadow project.
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Back to Eden Garden Experiment

Richard Larson
Before the PDC education I happened upon an interent/computer movie titled "Back to Eden Film", describing a process of growing an orchard and garden in a bed of woodchips. The process is basic, as a thick layer of wood chips decompose, it acts similiar to the forest floor in holding moisture and...
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We became a business

Michael Kaiser
Next we hope to transition into a non-profit with excess foods going to the town & county food bank.
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Terra Tranquila

Terra Tranquila
Terra Tranquila is designed as a permaculture demonstration site for a large family small-holding. We also intend an education centre, specialising in teaching children permaculture practices and principles, and all the necessary skills for abundant prosperous living.
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Aquaponics system in LUC

Aquaponics system in LUC
Setting up a aquaponics system in rooftop garden in a Leiden University building.
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Pegohland

Pegohland
A permaculture 'ground zero' project development effort based 1) on 'online' studies of PDC program 2) exchange of knowledge and sharing of experience expected from this WPN and 3) site specific local and customary input for purpose of turning site into a demonstration farm and pe...
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Grape Harvest Working Group (IV)

Walt Ludwick
Every Monday morning all members of the farm get together and discuss goals for the week. Last Monday it was decided that we would have a Friday afternoon Working Group for the vineyard harvest. Working Groups are used to get everyone together to accomplish a common goal. At a glance, the...
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Kefalonia Eco Retreat

Kefalonia Eco Retreat
Low carbon permaculture influenced organic rural retreat and spa
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Small Scale Nurseries

Neil Bertrando
here's a link to my article on PRI http://permaculturenews.org/2013/09/11/small-scale-nursery-applications-reflections-from-loping-coyote-farms-nursery-nv-usa/   some edits:   1. the Needs list also has a products list under Types of Yields about halfway down there should be a break in the b...

Plant materials feedstock supply chain Edible forest gardens pattern language small scale nursery

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Harvest Time at SouthWoods

Daniel Halsey
  We did plums, apples, grapes, and raspberries. All scored above good, but not quite excellent. Pears and Cherries are long gone. Its been very dry so we have been flooding the swales from the pond.  
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LEAP!

LEAP!
LEAP! Is the Laboratory for Experimentation and Application of Permaculture.
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Heart Diamond Ranch HQ

Heart Diamond Ranch HQ
Improving the landscape around a rural ranch headquarters using include passive water harvesting and edible perennials using permaculture principles.
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This project is getting bigger and bigger.

Mark Anstice
While I had discussed things enough with the two communities in Morocco for me to feel confident that they would really get behind this when the time came I had not revealed any of the detail to them.  I didn't know the detail myself when I last saw them, nor did I know it was all going to start ...
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