Water
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Making a Small Wildlife Pond on a Slope
We have been thinking about how to best design the small space at the volunteer house that used to be…
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5 gardening tips to keep your plants healthy
Sometimes, it may be difficult to know the best ways to keep your plants healthy, especially if you’re not a…
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Integrating Aquaponics Into Your Permaculture System
Sustainability has become a key focus for many people, and the popularity of sustainable living is increasing. Unfortunately, the world’s…
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Water Conservation and Management for Permaculture
Water is perhaps the most essential natural resource. It gives life to plants and has allowed for rich biodiversity in…
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Terracotta Irrigation Controller
Many farmers are finding that the cost of electricity to operate pumps is making it very difficult to afford drip…
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DIY Universal Measured Irrigation Controller Kit User Manual
Introduction to the DIY Universal Measured Irrigation Controller Kit Measured irrigation is an irrigation scheduling method that satisfies the following…
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How to Reduce Your Water Footprint on Your Homestead
A crucial step in the journey to sustainability is reducing the amount of water you use. The best thing you…
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How to Build a Rain Garden to Capture Runoff
There are many reasons to build a rain garden. Rain gardens help filter out pollutants like bird guano from stormwater…
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Celebrating World Oceans Day Cool Facts about the World’s Oceans
The 8th of June is World Oceans Day. It was decreed so by the United Nations in 2008, over fifteen…
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Collecting Clean Water from Polluted Sources with Natural Filtration Systems
Being involved with permaculture helps one develop a mild obsession (and that’s putting it mildly) with water. Long before I…
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Chinampas: How to Put Them in Small-Scale Designs
Anyone who has paid much attention to Bill Mollison or Geoff Lawton, which hopefully is most of us reading Permaculture…
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10 (Temperate Climate) Pond Edge Plants
In permaculture, water is one of the primary concerns because all life, from animals to plants to fungi to bacteria…
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