In a fishing village, divided by a river that connects the lake to the sea you can breathe the air of peace and simple living-together with fishermen that for many years stayed there, immersed in their own land and sea.We from Letauia have been part of a new project. In the hill after the blue br...

In an intense week we shared knowledge and laughs with amazing people and a wonderful family that made us feel home and gave us the opportunity to build an oven with a roof that will protect it in good and bad times. We lived a transformation and a fusion of new experiences, personal processes an...

As nossas batatas, multi-funcionais ... Para explicar como cultivamos as batatas, primeiro temos de falar das nossas cabras.​Plantamos as batatas em socalcos, onde as cabras pastam durante o resto do ano.Para elas pastarem semeamos centeio em Setembro, que cresce bem durante o frio do Inve...

Wheat Grass for us and our animals as well as other sprouts and grasses grow in troughs and are feed nitrogen rich water from fish tanks, the plants strip out the nitrogen and return clean water to the tank. More information and photos to come.

I am now 40 a year and a half on from my last update. In the last few months I have begun to design. I started for free. Now I have my second paying design consultation job. People here in Alicante Spain still only see me as a Landscape Designer and Gardener. It is only after going thro' a proces...

I have just been at the EUPC in Bolsena. First time in Italy for an EUPC and first time for me too. Too what? To a permaculture event in Italy of course! I have been between UK and AU for almost 10 years and at the time I did not know about permaculture. Now I do. I know what it means, its aim...

I have just been at the EUPC in Bolsena. First time in Italy for an EUPC and first time for me too. Too what? To a permaculture event in Italy of course! I have been between UK and AU for almost 10 years and at the time I did not know about permaculture. Now I do. I know what it means, its aim...

Corfu Greece has taken a stand towards stopping heritage seed losses and increasing environmental health, with the Two Part Plan below. A note from Kerry Forides. Heritage seed loss is a global problem, I believe when we buy any packaged seed, hybridised to produce sterile offspring, we are di...

Our annual PDC is on the calendar for April 25 to May 8 in 2017. For all the information you might need, please see our website here: http://ranchomastatal.com/permaculture-design-certification-workshop

We believe that people can solve the world’s problems if we harmonize with nature instead of trying to conquer it. We are a family run natural agriculture business that uses Permaculture design techniques. We currently specialize in productive plant nursery stock.

Our mission is to work with individuals and communities to expand the knowledge and practice of integrated ecologic agriculture, sustainable development, natural medicine, natural building, education, tourism and spirituality under the concept of permaculture. Our vision is to be part of a cultu...

Developing a food forest and perennial food/medicinal nursery.

At Fort Flagler Wa this year.  Please see all about it and register at http://www.northwestpermaculture.org/ We are looking for volunteer Coordinators: ScholarshipsRideshareBiochar TrackInternational TrackFruit & Nut DisplayFruit TastingSign-makingYouth TeamDecolonizationSocial Permaculture...

I am interested in preparing for a dryer summers and that includes pro-actively designing my garden to require the least amount of city water. I tried an experiment last year where instead of having raised beds where water runs off into the path, I dug down 8-12 inches so that the water ran off ...

I did an experiment with my rain barrel to confirm that the soaker hose would water my garden without any water pressure.  I used the green thin plastic soaker/sprinkler hose and it worked well as I controlled the flow by the spigot on the rain barrel.    I am now working on setting up a Rain Ba...

Earthworms are essential to soil processes, all the more so in organic farming. The first step to understanding is to correctly identify key components, in this case the species. DNA bar-coding is a rapid and increasingly reliable way to ID taxa. The ambitious aims of the project are to compil...

I am pleased to announce that Arboretum Marbella has secured Erasmus Plus funding to be able to offer a special grant for students travelling from Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and the UK and wishing to take part in this course. For the low price of 250€, the course fees, accommodation ...