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Trees
A Year in the Life of a Deciduous Tree and Understanding Our Role as Facilitators
Unlike other methods of growing food, in permaculture, we try to understand the natural order of things and do our…
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Plants
Nitrogen-Fixing Trees for North Carolina (USDA Zone 7)
A piece of me feels guilty when I look at trees now. I used to love them for the simple…
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Trees
Why I Love to Research
I have three distinct memories of trees, other than as objects to climb, when I was a child. At my…
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Food Forests
What is a Food Forest
Forests are ecosystems with a diversity of plants, animals, and fungi. They were designed by nature to have perfect balance.…
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Soil Rehabilitation
To predict droughts, don’t look at the skies. Look in the soil… from space
Another summer, another drought. Sydney’s water storages are running on empty, and desalinisation plants are being dusted off. Elsewhere, shrunken…
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Videos
Crisis, Hope, and Permaculture
A “Green New Deal” is on everyone’s lips, but how do we actually get there? Our brand new “Green is…
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General
Soil Testing, Discovering Local Plants and Woodland Coppice
Robinia Coppice We have a small woodland plot where we have been experimenting with coppicing. The dominant tree species in…
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Can you help us save the trees? EU asks citizens for ‘solutions’ to deforestation
As the world continues turning into a new calendar year, many people may be reflecting on what actions they can…
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Animals
The Polyculture Market Garden Study – Results from Year 4 – 2018
Here are the results from the fourth year of our Market Garden Polyculture Study. This study looks at the differences…
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General
Fastest Growing Trees in the Temperate Zone, Seed Harvesting and a Green Toad Gathering – The Polyculture Project
If you follow our project you will probably know that I like to name our gardens after concepts and terminology…
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THE END OF THE POLYCULTURE STUDY 2018, AQUATIC PLANT PROPAGATION AND NUT HARVEST.
The Polyculture Study 2018 has now officially come to a close for the year, and we will be publishing the…
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General
Useful Garden Projects for Autumn Leaves
Despite having spent many of my most recent years in the tropics, and despite having grown up in Louisiana, where…
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