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Starting Seeds - Using recycled water to grow seedlings

John Stevenson
We are growing nearly every imaginable food from seed in our aquaponics system. We are using water pumped from our fish tank to a seed table. It then flows by gravity back to the tank. We create food with no waste products. Using appropriate technology, the poly channels we have made, have an inc...

Aquamoriinga Aquabeans Aquadragonfruit Aquawintermellon   cuc Bokchoi

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Mushrooms - Creating food, filtration, and fertility

John Stevenson
Mushrooms are an essential component for the creation of healthy soil. We cultivate various species for medicine, food, and soil creation. A fungal relationship with plants and trees is critical to plant and mycelium health and nutrition. We also cultivate mushrooms in our closed loop aqu...

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Game of Bones

Chris McLeod
This blog is now available as an mp3 podcast through the link: http://ferngladefarm.com.au/2016 Aug 01 - Game of Bones.mp3 Hope you are all enjoying the podcast. You can either listen to the podcast directly using your Internet browser or you can simply download (using the Save Link As option)...
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DATANA

DATANA
'Proyecto DATANA' is a hollistic endeavour that aims to create a regenerative site in Gran Canaria. Keywords: Regenerative landscape creation, self-sustainability, organic agriculture, native Canarian culture, education, student-focused learning, society, research. We are working to...
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FREE Permaculture Design Certification ...

FREE Permaculture Design Certification Course at PLACE for Sustainable Living (Oakland) and locations throughout San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S. (July 18-30, 2016)
An affordable (FREE!) high quality Permaculture Design Certification Course in your local community for your local community.
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Practical applications of permaculture in small gardens - a workshop

Wojciech Ryszard Górny
The workshop took place in Warsaw, on 28th July 2016. The main topics of the workshop were: - introduction to permaculture - ethics and principles - topics suggested by participants prior to the workshop:  - simple permaculture garden beds - small garden food forests - "Bact to Eden" method ...

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Things are really starting to grow!

William Rollins
After the hard work laying the foundation, this garden is really taking off. Looking forward to working with the kids in the fall. 

Waldorf garden

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May Update

Chris Lopez
Late spring progress...haven't visited the site this summer as yet. Better late than never ;) Things were obviosly taking off when last I visited. There is NO irrigation system at this site. All of the plants are local natives, and all materials were sourced on site. Life has come back to this pl...

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Land to develop permaculture

Mary Lee
I've just purchased a 3000sqm land (with good north and east aspects) along a mild-moderate hillslope in Maleny (Sunshine Coast, Australia) to develop permaculture. It mainly has basalt rock and silty clay. I plan to plant citrus & nut trees, as well as other perennials, to stabilize the soil...
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For a vegetarian

Chris McLeod
This blog is now available as an mp3 podcast through the link: http://ferngladefarm.com.au/2016 Jul 25 - For a Vegetarian.mp3 Hope you are all enjoying the podcast. You can either listen to the podcast directly using your Internet browser or you can simply download (using the Save Link As opt...
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PDC at Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA

Valerie Loew
Starting Spring of 2016 we're offering a new 5 unit, 16 week PDC. Lots of hands-on projects, lots of mental exercises, and lots of learning to heal the urban environment-people and place. Slow, sink and spread: slow the pace of life, sink into abundance and spread resiliance. .
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ARK Permaculture

ARK Permaculture
Permaculture gardening
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The Forest Garden Greenhouse

Jerome Osentowski
"In The Forest Garden Greenhouse, he shows how bringing the forest garden indoors is not only possible, but doable on unlikely terrain and in cold climates, using near-net-zero technology. Different from other books on greenhouse design and management, this book advocates for an indoor agricult...

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hiking with goats

João Gonçalves
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Turquesa Permacultura

Turquesa Permacultura
Somos una Iniciativa de Permacultura Urbana. Estamos convirtiendo una casa antigua en una granja urbana. Realizamos eventos educativos participativos para la comunidad, integrando a los vecinos a nuestras actividades. Hacemos agricultura ecológica, compost, lombricultura, acuicultura, biofertiliz...
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Feels like we’re only going backwards

Chris McLeod
This blog is now available as an mp3 podcast through the link: http://ferngladefarm.com.au/2016 Jul 18 - Feels like we are only going backwards.mp3 Hope you are all enjoying the podcast. You can either listen to the podcast directly using your Internet browser or you can simply download (using...
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The Meditation Labyrinth

David Stewart
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