Permaculture
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Soil
My Little Bokashi Farm
Today I’d like to introduce you to my new roommates of eight months. They came as a matter of necessity.…
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Community
The Importance and Complexity of Community
I deeply believe that people are the only critical resource needed by people. We ourselves, if we organise our talents,…
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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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Health & Disease
Why Meditation Is Worth The Time
Despite the fact that meditation is supposed to be this groovy, relaxing thing, I used to feel somewhat intimidated by…
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Education
Introducing Permaculture Into Homeschooling While in Lockdown
If you are adjusting to your new role as a homeschool parent, you probably spent considerable time scouring the internet…
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Health & Disease
How Permaculture Practices Can Help You Mentally and Physically During Isolation
If you follow sustainable practices, you’re probably familiar with the concept of permaculture as developing farming communities, growing your own…
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General
Community Food Resilience
Never before, in my lifetime, have local food systems and community resilience been so clearly highlighted as being of great…
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Water
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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Economics
Permaculture and Money – Part 2
In part 1 of this article series we looked at the curious concept of money and how it can be…
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Food
The Permaculture Pantry
Going to the supermarket, in this time of pandemic, has increasingly begun to look more like a game of Russian…
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Food Forests
Starting a Food Forest for a Small Homestead in Zone 7
It’s an exciting time for Emma and me: Spring is approaching in North Carolina, and this year will mark the…
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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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