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General
Straw Bale Gardens
What do straw, paint brushes and the human blood circularity system have in common? The answer is capillaries, very narrow,…
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Biodiversity
Ornamental Plants That Are Edible and/or Edible Plants That Are Ornamental
When I first began growing food and working with ideas of permaculture, I lived in the tropics where many edible…
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Community Projects
Community Gardens with Geoff Lawton (video)
Geoff visits a number of different Permaculture gardens that are springing up and notices a common thread — a lot…
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Permaculture Research: The Reality of Food Forests
A newly established swale food forest at PRI Australia, backdropped by an 8 year old food forest. Photo: Fraser Bliss…
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Planetary Permaculture Pilgrimage, Final Episode – Days 16 & 17
by Tamara Griffiths, Ali Ma and Delvin Solkinson Final Chapter: David Holmgren Day 16 Walking into Melliodora was like entering…
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Planetary Permaculture Pilgrimage – Days Two, Three and Four!
by Tamara Griffiths and Delvin Solkinson Delvin and Tamara have condensed a few days of class into one blog for…
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City Kids Move to the Country – Part I
Pit-falls, projects and laughs from our Permaculture journey “How does a tree make a mango? I’ve never thought about it…
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My Balcony
by Pietro Zucchetti Before…. After!!! This is a design for a balcony in my flat. I was inspired by Bill…
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From the Classroom to the Cyclades
The view from Tao’s Center. It is end of April and the pastures are already dry and barren. Only oleander…
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Irrigation
Ollas: Unglazed Clay Pots for Garden Irrigation
I first encountered the concept of using unglazed clay vessels for sub-surface irrigation in Bill Mollison’s “The Global Gardener” film…
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