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Food
How to Use Your Fresh Culinary Herbs
I’m a huge fan of the herb garden right outside the kitchen door, as well as dotting herbs throughout vegetable…
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General
House Cows, Golden Eggs, and the True Cost of Cheap Supermarket Food – Part 3 – Updated
In the previous part of this Series we explored how the drive for more and more “golden eggs” in large…
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General
The Philosophy of Masanobu Fukuoka
Masunobu Fukuoka (1913-2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher, who pioneered a school of farming referred to as ‘natural farming’…
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Food
Protein for the Plant-Based Permaculturalist
Whether plant-based eating (veganism) is the guiding force behind your diet, or you simply enjoy having plant-based dishes just because…
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Soil
Soil Testing: Why Is It So Vital For The Natural Environment?
Improving productivity is the core goal of each farmer, and good soils assist to gain it. Soil structure, composition, and…
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Livestock
House Cows, Golden Eggs, and the True Cost of Cheap Supermarket Food – Part 2 – Updated
Part 1 of this Series told the story of Pixie, the house cow who made too much milk, and why…
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Plants
Forest Garden Plants – Ground Cover Plants for Deep Shade
Ground cover plants play an important role in the forest garden, protecting the soil, providing refuge for wildlife at ground…
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Animals
Snakes in the Garden
Perhaps with this being published on an Australian website, home to so many of the world’s most poisonous snakes (Check…
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General
House Cows, Golden Eggs, and the True Cost of Cheap Supermarket Food – Part 1 – Updated
Pixie’s Story The little house cow herd in the picture above is made up of Pixie, her bull calf, Tinaroo,…
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Water
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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Permaculture Projects
Polyculture Trial – Apple Polyculture vs Monoculture
I’m so looking forward to the spring to meet our Polyculture Study crew and get back into the gardens. This…
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Soil
Enrich Garden Soils without Paying for Amendments
A big part of permaculture is building soil. The loss of quality soils is one of the largest, most prevalent…
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Videos
All About Weeds
Weeds are a symptom, not the cause, of a problem. We can observe weeds to read the landscape, deduce what…
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Insects
Integrated Pest Management – Part 2
In part 1(1) of this article, we looked at the history of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the spectrum of…
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How to
How to make Kombucha
Kombucha is a drink made from fermented green tea that enjoys a great reputation among many people as a health…
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