Design
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Anatomy of a photovoltaic battery system – Part 1
Maya Mountain Research Farm was founded in 1988 in a remote area that had no electricity. In 1994 we built…
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Multipurpose Pathways
Like all good permaculture features, paths have stacking functions, multiple uses that can be combined. Paths provide access, boundary definition…
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Make a Frame for a Veggie Net Using Mulberry Branches
Long, flexible mulberry branches + pieces of old veggie net = caterpillar-proofed veggies. Recently we’ve begun experimenting with bandicoot-proofing our…
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Modular Veggie Growing with Cut Off Barrels
This article, and the one to follow, describe our latest ideas for growing the kinds of veggies that caterpillars love…
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Slash-mulch: High-Productivity, Regenerative Farming without Fertilizer, Plastics, Poisons, or Tilling.
This material is adapted from the upcoming book Beauty in Abundance, now on pre-order. Thanks to the Permaculture and Regenerative…
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Suitable Solar Candidate? 8 Signs You’re Ready to Go Solar
Solar energy is a wonderfully sustainable way to power your home. Popping a few panels up can put more green…
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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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Living the Homesteading Dream – Part 6
Through the building process here, we became accustomed to patting ourselves on the back. Aware of the mountain of garbage…
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Syntropic Agriculture: Cacao, Costa Rica, Case Study
After organising and attending our first syntropic farming workshop in 2019, our team at Porvenir Design knew that we were…
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Living the Homesteader Dream – Part 2
Facing the encroaching winter and water-damage to all of the 100-year-old lumber we’d painstakingly repurposed, we had to improvise. We…
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Living the Homesteader Dream – Part 1
I’ve just switched the overdrive off so the truck can more easily handle the trip up the mountain, and beside…
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Ancient Gardens of East Asia
When we think of gardens in Asia, particularly the Far East, it’s hard not to envision rice terraces. Terraces shape…
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