Over several days they will slowly release that water into the water table rather than let it run down into our creeks and rivers all at once.   In this hugelkultured swale, both the ditch and the wood in the berm are holding rain water. The water we are holding back will eventually make it to ...

  We could also call it "the yellow mountain day", have a look at these amazing pictures - yellow flowers of broom effect http://chaosobral.blogspot.com/2013/04/panorama-28-de-abril-de-2013.html         http://chaosobral.blogspot.pt/2013/04/upcs...

Reducing food miles, supporting local farmers and strengthening the Castlemaine community and economy.

join us for another amazing 3 days Permaculture Intro experience here at Sapney Farm on the fertile edge of the famous community Auroville

I am very happy to be home and contiune working on our master plan site here in San diego, CA.  Want an nice adventure going to Austraila and seeing all the food forests on Geoff and Nadia's farm.  Years ago i did not imagin that i would have gone to get my PDC from Geoff Lawton but it happened. ...

Learning together to empower transformations towards whole farm, ranch, community, bio-regional social-ecological system health, stewardship, and improved adaptive capacity.

  I still recognised Vale da Lama when I returned one week ago. It has been about a year since I moved to Germany to focus on my studies, and though a lot has changed on these familiar grounds I was overcome by the sensation of arriving at my home from home. Caspar on the other hand ha...

In Part 2 I explained my reasons for creating soil using coco-peat. Whilst coco-peat builds structure and holds water, it does not contain any nutrients, therefore my next task for creating healthy soil was to add some organic matter.  In an ideal world I would compost food and plant material c...

We have officially formed as an LLC, and we are on our way to creating a permaculture non profit demonstration site. Our Meetup group now has 40 members, we have doubled our garden space, and we are beginning construction on a permaculture style swimming pond. The pond will be integrated ...

A projected U-Pick Dry Tropical Food Forest and Community Collaboration Projects

Next month I will start Toby Hemmenways Design Course here in Portland. I hope to use this site as a means of keeping in contact with my fellow students.

So I have now moved to Panama and started building as of February. The foundations and retaining walls are done and I am looking around for a small valley with a spring to make a small project. The area has taken off as the beach down from my hotel is on the surfing radar. The surfers are very ...

"Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance"  - Toby Hemenway As an offering to the Transition, our visionary permaculture Gaiacraft team has created a Workbook of Permaculture Worksheets.  Download free printable files  or purc...

Cornerstone Farms is a farming project with a vision of restoring social and ecological health through regenerative agriculture. We are needing additional capital to secure the farm. Below is an overview from our prospectus and look forward to this project becoming a reality. Cornerstone Farms w...

an urban residential applied demonstration of permaculture principles.