Paul Alfrey
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Oct- 2020 -3 OctoberPermaculture Projects
The Polyculture Project – Week 3
It’s warmed up here in Shipka and it has been a glorious spring week full of blossoms and lush green…
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Sep- 2020 -26 SeptemberPermaculture Projects
The Polyculture Project Week 2 – 2020
It’s been a cold week here in Shipka with snow and winds delaying some of the outdoor crop plantings we…
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19 SeptemberPermaculture Projects
The Polyculture Project Week 1 – 2020
It’s been a while since my last post and it feels as though within that time span everything has changed.…
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13 SeptemberPlant Systems
Nitrogen Fixation
An essential component of any regenerative landscape will be the Nitrogen-fixing perennial plants within the community of fruits, nuts and…
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5 SeptemberFood Forests
The Essential Guide to Probably Everything you Need to Know about Growing Persimmon
Highly regarded in Eastern culture for thousands of years, the Persimmon has rightly so started to gain more appreciation in…
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Jul- 2020 -18 JulyPlants
Forest Garden Plants – Ground Cover Plants for Deep Shade
Ground cover plants play an important role in the forest garden, protecting the soil, providing refuge for wildlife at ground…
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11 JulyPermaculture Projects
Polyculture Trial – Apple Polyculture vs Monoculture
I’m so looking forward to the spring to meet our Polyculture Study crew and get back into the gardens. This…
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3 JulySoil
The Biomass Belt Revisited
Back in May of 2016, I published an article on an experimental polyculture for meeting the fertility demands of the…
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Jun- 2020 -27 JunePlants
The Essential Guide to Everything you Need to Know about Growing Grapes
The Grapevine, the Rolls-Royce of fruit, a truly magnificent plant that is super easy to grow, ridiculously productive, wonderfully seductive, flourishes…
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15 JunePermaculture Projects
Starting a New Garden, Propagating Currants, Forest Garden Fruits and the Last Week of the Project
Last week was the closing week of the Polyculture Study for this season – and what a season it’s been…
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6 JunePermaculture Projects
Robinia Hedging, Forest Garden Fruits, Wild Boar Destruction
Finally we received a welcome rainfall this week, and although not enough to soak the soil it did certainly provide some relief. We…
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May- 2020 -30 MayPermaculture Projects
Juicing Grapes, Birds in and Around the Gardens and Moth Trapping
More harvesting and processing this week as we slip into the Autumn. It’s cooled down but still very sunny and…
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