Bird Life
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Soil Testing, Discovering Local Plants and Woodland Coppice
Robinia Coppice We have a small woodland plot where we have been experimenting with coppicing. The dominant tree species in…
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The Polyculture Market Garden Study – Results from Year 4 – 2018
Here are the results from the fourth year of our Market Garden Polyculture Study. This study looks at the differences…
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Fastest Growing Trees in the Temperate Zone, Seed Harvesting and a Green Toad Gathering – The Polyculture Project
If you follow our project you will probably know that I like to name our gardens after concepts and terminology…
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Winter Arrives, Planting Garlic, Bird Life and a New Forest Garden – The Polyculture Project
The winter has arrived, two days of sub zero temperatures and some strong wind and there is not a leaf…
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Backyard chickens, and the interconnectedness of all things. Part 3
This article is Part 3 of a Series that is mostly about chickens. It’s not a how-to-care-for-chickens article, but a…
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Backyard Chickens, and the Interconnectedness of all things. Part 2
This article is Part 2 of a series that is mostly about chickens – not how to care for them,…
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Permaculture chickens – 6 practical lessons from the evolution of chickens
One of the fundamentals of permaculture design is to observe, understand and work with natural ecosystems. It sounds simple enough…
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Texas Food Forest and the Results of Good Design.
Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas. While the general area is not particularly challenging,…
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A Beginners Guide to Egg Laying Chickens
With spring upon us in the northern hemisphere, lots of people are adding baby chicks to their homestead. Keeping your…
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The Perks of Raising Chickens
For many people who have grown interested in gaining a certain sense of autonomy through taking responsibility for growing a…
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A Rare Example of Mutualism Between Humans and Free-living Wild Animal
A new study confirms the existence of mutual partnership between humans and a free living bird species. When the honey-hunters…
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The Use of Ducks in Rice Fields in the Control of Weed and Pest
Various communities have used ducks and geese as a weed and pest control strategy. Indeed, there exist studies that have…
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