My partner and I purchased an all season off-grid cabin on four acres of land. We have been using it as a recreational retreat, a place to grow food, and mostly a place to experiment and apply permaculture practices. It has been an incredible learning experience that brings us infinite joy.

Our cows in the paddock Most of you would agree when I say that humans are creatures of habit. Some more than others, but in general, if you are fed dinner at 6.30pm every night, and one night there is nothing on the table, you would be really hungry and not very happy. Animals are muc...

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This spring after hearing so much about the advantages of hugelkultur beds, I decided to convert one of my garden beds. I got a hold on some old logs and on some freshly cut branches, dug a hole in my rocky/sandy suburban garden and put a layer of fresh compost on top and some wood shavings fro...

The Food Forest is FGCU's student-run botanical garden of tropical/subtropical edible species that grow well in South Florida. It also includes non-edible native species, which harbor a full array of native fauna and help to maintain the system. The species diversity is exceptional, and a t...

I have been trying to figure out what to do with the growing pile of fruit tree limbs from my orchard.  This spring a friend started talking about the values of biochar for use in soils.  Viola!  The answer for what to do with all those extra limbs! The idea behind biochar as I understand it is ...

produção de alimentos biodinâmicos e quintal floresta

I'll have some more pictures in a future update. The first one below shows the wick bed being leveled, with one of the infiltrators leaned out of the way to the right. The second shows the wick cinder fill nearing the top of the infiltrators, with the inspection pipes already in place. This biof...

Em 1999, esta casa começou a passar por um processo de transformação, era somete uma casa normal e foi sendo adaptada para se tornar uma ecosa ou a MORADA VIVA. estamos abrindo vivência para as pessoas que gostariam de aprender mais sobre como é morar em uma casa sustentável.  aguarde por mais i...

Permaculture house inside rain florest, close a beatifull beachs. laboratory about eco life and learn living. look for how you came inside this eco experiênce. give email to marceloipema@@gmail.com

If anyone needs high quality fruit, nut, ornamental plants check out ediblelandscaping.com . They have given me great service and great plants!

Gaia's Guradians - permaculture group in SPB; http://www.gaiasguardians.info/, seems to be pretty active

Non-commercial smallholding in the west of Ireland (fruit & veg, dairy goats & chickens, flowers, bees and plenty of wildlife ...). Trying to meet many of our needs with not too much work, while also increasing biodiversity and carbon sequestration.

Someone recently expressed to me that one of the most wonderful things they experience year after year is the growth and transition that a single seed will take to turn into something beautiful and edible. At my own garden here at stone turtle things are exploding and I am loving every moment. Wi...

See the Terre & Vie, New Caledonia's first composting field test here (French only).