Geoff is a world-renowned permaculture consultant, designer, and teacher. He has established permaculture demonstration sites that function as education centres…
Summer has slipped effortlessly into autumn, and although we’re still without any rain at all, the nights are getting chilly…
Permaculture is notoriously hard to define. A recent survey shows that people simultaneously believe it is a design approach, a…
Permaculture has been consistently growing in popularity for the last four decades. As contemporary regimes have further proven themselves in…
It’s still super hot and dry here in Shipka, probably the driest summer I can remember. Fortunately the streams is…
Researching the topic of homemade toothpastes recently, I began to wonder what people did before there were plastic toothbrushes. Turns…
It’s another baking hot week here in the Balkans, sweetening the grapes on the vine and ripening ridiculous quantities of…
A crucial step in the journey to sustainability is reducing the amount of water you use. The best thing you…
In a recent article I described the use of the herb yarrow (Achillea millefolium) as first aid for a bleeding…
There’s a hint of autumn in the air this week. Although the temperatures have been above 30°c at the time…
Facing the encroaching winter and water-damage to all of the 100-year-old lumber we’d painstakingly repurposed, we had to improvise. We…
The herb yarrow (Achillea millefoleum) has had many names, attesting to its many, many uses. Its particularly well known for…
The tomatoes are really coming thick and fast now, and I have yet to taste a tomato as delicious as…
I’ve just switched the overdrive off so the truck can more easily handle the trip up the mountain, and beside…
Context The context is where the design is happening and in what condition it is before we start designing. The…