Animal Housing
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Leader Follower Grazing System
A multi-species, leader follower grazing system has recently been implemented here at the Permaculture Research Institute (PRI). Multi-species grazing has…
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Chickens Are Moving to the Suburbs to Lay Fresh, Organic Eggs
There is nothing new about free-range chickens and fresh, organic eggs, except that nowadays more people want them – mostly…
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Some New Angles on Grazing Cells
The Big Scrub is gone; destroyed by loggers and cattle farmers a century ago. What was once Australia’s largest subtropical…
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Deer-Proof Fence
Our deer-proof fence is easy to install and doubles as a poultry fence and triples as a trellis on the…
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SMART Permaculture in South Ethiopia (Part 2)
This will all make a lot more sense if you’ve read part 1 of this article. But anyway, to cut…
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Attracting Wild Animals for the Good of the Garden: Which, Why, and How
A colony of bats in a mango tree Permaculture designs, especially on a large-scale, incorporate domesticated animals. For organic gardening,…
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Why Silkies Are the Perfect Hens for Small Gardens
I started my journey with chickens with two lovely ex-battery hens who were so friendly and were real pets. However,…
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Taranaki Farm Chicken System (Victoria, Australia)
Taranaki Farm is truly a wonderful place to witness. The farm focuses on producing pastured poultry, beef and pork, with…
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Urban Garden Demonstration Update (New Zealand)
by Kay Baxter, PRI New Zealand (Koanga Institute) This is an update on our urban permaculture garden experiment which integrates…
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Open Source Beehives
We are all too familiar with the Colony Collapse Disorder afflicting our precious bees. So much needs to be done…
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Building the Chicken Tractor on Steroids
"Who can weld?" Geoff asks. Keen to impress, my hand goes up. “I will see you at the shed after…
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Keeping Chickens
The scientific name for chickens is Gallus domesticus for domesticated chickens. Domesticated chickens have been bred by humans from Asian…
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