Soil Rehabilitation
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Drip Irrigation in Ethiopia – the Need, the Equipment, the Set-up and Establishment
Prior to July 2010 we had been over-using water at Strawberry Fields. This disturbed me for a number of reasons.…
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Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration – Video
Some of you will remember the excellent Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration article provided by Tony Rinaudo of World Vision. It…
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How to Establish a Small Space Intensive Food Garden
Editor’s Note: This post is a good reminder to ensure you take good before, during and after photos as you…
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How to Make an Egg Mobile
So, we wanted to make an egg mobile for egg laying chickens to follow behind our dairy cows and fertilise…
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It’s Time to Colonise Earth!
Ascension Island, in the South Atlantic (source) It seems Darwin was a permaculturist! In his days globetrotting aboard HMS Beagle,…
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Green Manure Resources
Editor’s note: Red clover is a useful leguminous green manure. Growing taller than other clovers, it can be easily cut…
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Letters from Jordan – On Consultation at Jordan’s Largest Farm, and Contemplating Transition
Preamble: From my recent trip to Jordan, I shared with you all the news, with loads of pictures, about the…
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Making The Case For Earth Repair Work – Part 2
Over the past couple of years, there has been quite a bit of attention paid to the purchase of massive…
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The Art and Science of Making a Hugelkultur Bed – Transforming Woody Debris into a Garden Resource
Wooden debris will decompose faster, (and be transformed into a resource) when hugelkultur techniques are employed. Used for centuries in…
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A ‘New’ Discovery – Soluble Nitrogen Destroys Soil Carbon
How many times must we ‘discover’ something we’ve discovered before – particularly when our lives and our futures depend on…
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Solving All the Problems of the World – in a Garden
This video can be downloaded in high resolution from Vimeo (see ‘About this video’ section on lower right side’). I…
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Soil Carbon – Can it Save Agriculture’s Bacon?
Editor’s Note: Thanks to Darren Doherty of ReGenAg for sourcing and getting permission to run this. by Christine Jones, PhD…
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