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Soil
Everything you need to know about mulch
Spreading mulch in spring can inhibit weed growth. Applying it in the fall can protect your plants through the harsh…
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Permaculture Projects
Autumn Leaves – Week 24 – ESC Project – The Polyculture Project
This week has been all about leaves. Autumn leaves provide a valuable source of organic matter that can be used…
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Plants
Bananas for Mulch Production and Erosion Control
The possible uses for bananas–the fruit, the foliage, and the trunks–seem almost endless. In this article I share lots of…
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Food
How to Harvest and Use Queensland Arrowroot
Queensland arrowroot (Canna edulis) provides food for us, food for chickens, pigs, cattle and goats, mulch and/or compost material, and…
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Soil
Breaking Ground With Dynamic Accumulators
Since the term was first introduced in the 1980s, the use of dynamic accumulators on the permaculture homestead has become…
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Animals
Beyond Eggs – Part 3
The best way to have healthy, happy chickens is to integrate them into a thriving, bustling ecosystem that is dependent…
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Plants
5 Reasons Why You Should Plant Cover Crops
In permaculture, one of our main preoccupations is that of building soil and fertility. It’s a means by which the…
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General
Bio Pest Control, Green Manure Trials, Oeschberg Pruning and Wildlife in the Gardens
It’s been a wet but wonderful week here on the polyculture study, here’s what we’ve been up to in the…
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Alley cropping in the tropics
The problem of compaction within annual crop systems is a very difficult one in the tropics especially. The tropics make…
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