Water
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Permaculture Projects
Regenerative Design for Ground and Spring Water Recharge
Perceived water crises are occurring world wide as short hydrological cycles are collapsing in ecosystems in all regions of the…
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Society
Life in ‘Degrowth’ Economy: Envisioning a Prosperous Descent
What would daily life be like in a ‘degrowth’ economy? That is, in an economy seeking planned contraction of energy…
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Earthworks & Earth Resources
A Simple Principle to Overcome Permaculture Design Overwhelm
When you’re face to face with your new property, planning to create your safe, self-sufficient permaculture farm there – where…
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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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Animal Forage
Permaculture Patterning with Animal Systems – Part 2
In part one of ‘Permaculture Patterning with Animal Systems,’ we explored some of the animal systems we are using in…
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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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Water
Ponds can absorb more carbon than woodland
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Mike Jeffries  Associate Professor, Ecology,…
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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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General
Unwanted Chemical Pool Gets Permaculture Makeover
Six months into our pool to pond conversion and the problem really has become the solution. For some time, we…
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General
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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Easy Watering for Container Gardens
Lets face it container gardening is a great, practical gardening technique with multiple functions. Not only is it good for…
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