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Jul- 2021 -17 JulyPermaculture Projects
Mulberries, Mulch and Rainy Days
Over the last few weeks we have been experiencing very wet weather with lower than average temperatures for this time…
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Jun- 2021 -17 JuneBird Life
Why and how to make bird houses
This winter, in Bozevce, we took care of our wild birds, by building some feeders and some houses for them.…
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15 JuneRecipes
Quick Vegetable Stock
Vegetable Stock is a fundamental ingredient for many people – it allows us to easily add taste to almost anything. …
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10 JuneDesign
How To Transform Your Storage Shed Into A Garden Greenhouse
Has your storage shed been lying unused for quite a while? Does it break your heart when your plants wither…
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May- 2021 -31 MayInsects
These 3 tips will help you create a thriving pollinator-friendly garden this winter
The busy buzz of pollinating bees is a sound most of us associate with summer. If you live…
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22 MayPlants
Social plants: in the wild, staghorn ferns grow in colonies to improve water storage for all members
Social colonies are nothing new in the animal kingdom. We know bees, ants and termites live in large colonies, divide…
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17 MayPermaculture Projects
Byron Shire Permaculture starts it’s first food forest
The Byron Shire Permaculture Association, which was founded by Geoff Lawton in 2018 has just launched it’s Future Food Forest…
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Mar- 2021 -11 MarchWhy Permaculture?
Permaculture for Sceptics
Permaculture is notoriously hard to define. A recent survey shows that people simultaneously believe it is a design approach, a…
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Jan- 2021 -28 JanuaryBees
The mystery of the blue flower: nature’s rare colour owes its existence to bee vision
Adrian Dyer, RMIT University At a dinner party, or in the schoolyard, the question of favourite colour frequently results in…
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23 JanuaryPermaculture Projects
The Polyculture Project 2020 – Week 19
With the forest garden churning out new delights and the successful hatching of broody duck number two’s eggs, it’s been…
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Dec- 2020 -31 DecemberPlants
Growing a fig tree up a wall
Our garden has some constraints: (a) available space; and (b) available sunlight. Taken together it was not possible to generate…
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21 DecemberSociety
Feeling pressured to buy Christmas presents? Read this (and think twice before buying candles)
Christmas marks a peak in consumerism across the West. Despite the COVID downturn, this Christmas the spending frenzy is unlikely to…
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