This article originally appeared in Strong Towns Advisory Board member Grace Olmstead’s monthly newsletter, Granola. It is republished here with permission. We encourage you to subscribe to Granola, follow Olmstead on Twitter, and then listen to the podcast interview we did with her in March. When we moved into our Virginia home, our backyard boasted…
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Friday Essay: Raze paradise to put in a biofuel crop? No, there are far better ways to tackle climate change
Michelle Lim, Macquarie University We all know action on climate change is urgently needed. But that doesn’t mean a forest should be razed to build a wind farm. Nor should vast fields of a single crop be grown year after year – reducing the number of other species that can live there – even if…
Friday Essay: Effects of Permaculture Practices on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Organic Matter Distribution in Aggregates: A Case Study of the Bec-Hellouin Farm (France)
Effects of Permaculture Practices on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Organic Matter Distribution in Aggregates: A Case Study of the Bec-Hellouin Farm (France) This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). Felix de Tombeur1*, Valentin Sohy1, Claire Chenu2, Gilles Colinet1 and Jean-Thomas Cornelis1 1TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of…
Friday essay: trees have many stories to tell. Is this our last chance to read them?
Gregory Moore, The University of Melbourne As tree scientist, I am fascinated by the magnificent biology of trees. I also find it enthralling and encouraging that trees are being appreciated by writers around the world right now. Three fresh books (chosen from a wider field of titles on the topic) exemplify how trees can be…
The secret life of fungi: how they use ingenious strategies to forage underground
Edith Hammer, Lund University and Kristin Aleklett, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences When you think of fungi, you’ll probably picture a huddle of chubby brown mushrooms, or the large, red-capped toadstools you stumble across in the woods. In doing so, you’re reducing fungi to their reproductive organs – tasty or striking as they may often…
Fiji agroforestry slowly developing.
Good to see the development of projects we worked on, here the permaculture demo site in Rakiraki, Fiji. Sugar cane land turned in agroforestry on contour with grazing space in between. #agroforestry#permaculture #waterharvesting #regenerativeagriculture
Chicken House Architecture
We were appointed to provide detailed drawings for a “chicken compost system coop” as part of a property design that Geoff Lawton from Permaculture Sustainable Consultants was working on. These systems help in building fertility while producing nutrient dense eggs and meat. These drawings aided landscape contractors in the construction of the coop in accordance…
Compost, Chicken, Eggs and Black Garlic.
Justin Rhodes takes us on tour Vermont Compost, Karl Hammer’s multi yielding system. The system is designed to produce high quality compost but Karl uses the compost to feed a flock of chickens that produces a high quality eggs on a “no grain” diet, eating from the vegetable scarp , insects, manures and microbiology that…
Drafting and Detailing Service
Working on a project for “Permaculture Sustainable Consultants” @geofflawtononline drafting and detailing the landscape design based in permaculture principles for a new development in the suburbs of Melbourne. If you want someone to bring your designs to life let us quote you.
Permaculture at MAA Primary School in Vanuatu.
Through our work as consultants on the ground as part of the Permaculture Sustainable Consultants team, led by Geoff Lawton, we are proud for the contribution we made to make Permaculture as integral part of this school which will have an impact on the community in large.
Abundance of Guava
Its guava season here in @zaytunafarm so we are making guava vinegar. Its a fruity vinegar that will take 2.5-3 months to be ready, slit or cut the guava cover with water, add a bit of raw apple cider vinegar and mix for first week once a day, after that stir occasionally until ready. I…
