In this Project we will be looking at three major areas, Natural wetland Habitat, Homesteading and the Resources of the area.     In the establishment of these areas we will be integrating Natural Fertility, passive irigation, small business opportunities for Locals. While highlighting the Hi...

Cigdem Community Garden is a volunteer initiative started with the intention of bringing the people living in Cigdem Neighbourhood in Ankara, Turkey together to collectively learn about permaculture, organic farming, composting and community building practices.

A fresh Gluten Free loaf Although we try to steer away from eating  grains because they are hard to grow in sufficient quantities yourself without resorting to monoculture, we do enjoy having some bread. Unfortunately, with grain allergies and gluten sensitivities in the family, we can...

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PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE- TURKEY - 28 SEPT- 10 OCT 2012 YUNUS EMRE FARM- with SAVIANA PARODI and ADRIEN LEGRIS This course will be following the internationaly recognised Permaculture certificate course program: 72 hours course over 12 days with 1 day off in the middle – thus 13 days on th...

I found an old photo taken 14 or 15 years ago - looking over our neighbours field southwards at parts of our smallholding - and took a shot from the same location. The property is now nicely sheltered from the West (prevailing winds are W-SW), East and North. Another nice thing is that our neigh...

We finished our underground water cistern that can hold 50 tons of water. It is cylindrical in shape and can resist earthquake. We brought 10 tons of water and are watering our trees from there. We intend to build a small mosque on top of it, a mesjid.   We need to make a wind pump to send wate...

This winter and spring we planted 600 trees. 120 or so are fruit giving trees, 300 or so are nitrogen fixers and others are forest trees like maple, oaks, paulownias...   We also planted buckwheat (late) and dug a swale and started to dig the pond :) A lot of trees died due to excessive cold a...

In March 2012 HPC completed a year's strategic capacity building program that has seen 2 new solar-powered resource centres for demonstration, training and plant resources as well as build up of 11 farmers' groups in local villages. More famers have been provided with Trainers' Training and vario...

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The Centre for Urban Agriculture in Alberta aims to share the principles and techniques of permaculture, regenerative design, and urban homesteading while providing people with the means to grow and access fresh, chemical-free fruits, vegetables, and proteins at any time of the year.

Tap o' Noth Farm is an 8 acre small, mixed farm and permaculture demonstration and education site based in Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland.

Cabiokid is a permaculture development site in central Luzon, Philippines. The foundation turned a mono-cropped 5 ha riceland into a multi-diverse productive landscape in over less than 6 years. At present Cabiokid boasts of a multitude of resources, trains people at its premises since 2008 and h...

Even though I’d heard about mulching on a regular basis and sort of knew what it was about, mulch only really started to seem important to me once I had already started planting things. You might think this is funny (and no, I am not naturally blonde) but when I planted my first handful of pl...

There I was, strolling through the hardware store, looking for a few things I needed, and looking at some things I clearly didn’t need. You know the things, shiny power tools (I admit it, I love the sound a nail gun makes! Ah, the possibilities!), expensive looking floor tiles, massive terr...

Converted flat lawn, a challenge in a cold, windy, humid climate, and a compacted poor soil. Most annual vegetables, many native herbs, some flowers, and now researching whether perennials are better for this polar permaculture situation.

The Next Generation of youth from an intentional interfaith community on 80 acres, working to build upon their parent's 30 years of life's work. The children raised in this community, called Kashi Ashram, believe the permaculture principles will keep their family's and friend's un...