water harvesting
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Earthworks & Earth Resources
The Earthen Spillway Project
The Picture To put things into perspective, our dam is relatively shallow, peaking out at maybe two meters. It’s fed…
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Earthworks & Earth Resources
Leaky Weirs
I cant swim, but I’ve been fascinated by water all my life and have learnt water harvesting and storage design…
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Aquaculture
Constructed Wetland
In May 2018 I was invited to work in Western Australia, which was quite the milestone for me, as it…
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General
How to make your garden drought proof, using unglazed clay pots.
A step by step guide how you can make your own ollas, clay pots for irrigation for your organic permaculture…
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Biological Cleaning
A Deeper Look Into Phytodepuration
This summer Algae Bloom has been a buzz word on the news and all of our Facebook newsfeed. How can…
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Aquaculture
Win-Win Situation. Retrofitting Farm Dams to Increase Freeboard and Increase Wildlife Habitat and Productive Edge
The first thing I look for in a dam retrofit other than the spillway, is the freeboard. The freeboard is…
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Animals
Texas Food Forest and the Results of Good Design.
Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas. While the general area is not particularly challenging,…
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PDC in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru
Come join us June 14-27 2015 for our Permaculture Design Course. Adam Woodman author of Gabions for Gully Erosion Peru…
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PDC in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru
Come join us June 14-27 2015 for our Permaculture design course located in the Sacred Valley, Peru. This Bi-lingual (English…
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Experimenting with Overflowing Circles and Slow-Flow Swales (Panama)
The jungle garden I am not Bill Mollison or Geoff Lawton, they will both happily report; rather, I am but…
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Permaculture Design on the Edge – Patterns of Coastal Settlement and Regeneration
by Jason Gerhardt The author scopes out an oyster reef in Pamlico Sound, NC Photo Credit: Jason Gerhardt Being a…
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A Computer Geek Starts a Garden, Part I – Background, Design and Initial Implementation
The yard in winter, before work begins… A great many people today are living in fear. The future looks uncertain,…
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