Planting things or pruning things or really anything that involves being outside for any period of time is probably not looking too attractive right now, but here are some things that will still help you improve your land, while staying dry! Rainy days are perfect for having a closer look a...

We have always been excited to get out to the Krematahoff.  Everyone interested in Permaculture has seen this 40ha farm on the old series of videos from years ago.  Well a lot has changed!Josef, Sepp's son, has owned and run the farm for the last 3 years now, and employs a few others to help too....

Our wwoofers beginning the swale rockwall To further improve our kitchen garden swales, we have rockwalled a number of them. This stops erosion of the garden beds, since soil falls or is washed down into the swales. It also creates a beautiful frog and lizard habitat, and levels the ga...

Well, this is my list of potential fodder trees and shrubs that appear to be suitable to my local area so far:   Elm Carob Lucerne Tree Saltbush Dogwood Bitter Pea Native Willow Hawthorn Mulga Hickory True Myall Hop-Bush Quandong Moretonbay Fig She-Oak   Information on horses an...

When we think cows or horses, we usually think GRASS. And so did I, right up until a few weeks ago. Not sure why this has never occurred to me before, maybe I just didn’t think about it too much, however, horses and cattle (and of course goats, and even sheep) can and will browse as well as gra...

A city girl learns how to grow her own food sustainably with no prior experience. Be prepared for occasional funny failures and hopefully a steep learning curve!

In the end of April a few of us participated a Holistic Management and grazing planning weekend course in Ronda, Spain taught by Kirk Gadzia from USA. Almost immediately after returning home we started taking the first steps of putting the new inspiring information into practice. Following the pr...

                                            Photo © Craig Mackintosh   It turns out that very few of those that do a PDC end up being consultants. It took me a while to actually become a paid consultant and I’ve only been doing it for a little while. I took so long to become one as I truly ...

May 2007. Looking northwards. Polytunnel with shelterbelt to break the strong south-westerly winds. The flowering trees are crabapples ('John Downie'), the other two very small fruit trees are an apple and a plum. Mid June 2012. The polytunnel looks very shaded but that's because the photo was t...

Join us for an intensive training seminar at our newly created “Horo eco-project”.Together we will develop skills, knowledge and ideas that can make a real difference in these troubled times.Based on the world wide Gaia Education program EDE, “Ecovillage Design Education”, which is supported by t...

THE FIRST JOEL SALATIN RAP @ TARANAKI SOLD OUT IN 10 DAYS! WE'VE JUGGLED THE SCHEDULE TO GET ANOTHER ONE IN BY POPULAR DEMAND... Regenerative Agriculture Practicum (RAP) - Polyface Farming Systems  '30 hours over 3 days with Joel Salatin in the Field on Taranaki Farm'  24-26 October 2012, Tara...

Little Forest Farm is a 21ha rural small holding on the West coast near Malmesbury. Our vision is living and demonstrating an alternative sustainable rural human settlement model.

Did not anticipate such a great outcome of the cucumbers. Next year we will lower the number of the plants and grow other vegetables. The eggs are steady production and the family has more than they can eat. will begin selling eggs which will help offset the cost of feed which is bought. Local fe...

A permaculture design for assembling a community in Chicago and it's surrounding area.

[Front yard February 1, 2011 - driveway just to the left of photo] Creatively use and respond to change is the 12th design principle of permaculture. This principle is very important for us to consider because it deals specifically with the only truly constant thing in nature; that is change....

First ecocomune and ecovillage in capital of Latvia. Lucavsala is a green island between banks of river Daugava just 5 minutes form center of Riga. We are building comunity house now, and we have started gardening with permaculture.

I hear you comrade. ‘I want those acres and to start my food forest and have a permaculture demonstration Eden – but alas, I am a humble renter with big bloody dreams and typically uncreative landlords’. As us ‘renters’ forlornly scan open fields and acres — seeing real estate listings of erod...