On our project in Kuantan/Malaysia we have a lot of monoculture Durian orchards , the plan is to diversify them as much as possible slowly turning them into a tropical food forest majoring in Durian. If you would like to know more about the work we do please do get in touch.
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Chicken Tractor Video Update from Our Project in Malaysia
Here’s a video showing how our chicken tractor operates in our project in Malaysia. If you would like to know more about the work we do please do get in touch.
Organic Community Food Growing on London’s Edge. Volunteering at OrganicLea Farm.
Thought I should fill my time in London with something productive and get engaged in with a community garden or farm to get used to the cold climate weeds, soil, vegetables, and just the typical feel of working the ground while its raining, foggy and cold. I was lucky to find out that not far…
The Permaculture of al- Madina al-Munawarah
I had the privilege and honor to visit a farm in the outskirts of Madinah , the city that welcomed prophet Muhammad and where he lived and spread the religion of Islam from. Madinah was known for its gardens since the days of the prophet, and still produces some of the most delicious dates you…
Climate Appropriate Demonstration at the Greening the Desert site in Jordan
I had the chance to spend sometime on the Greening the Desert site established by Geoff and Nadia Lawton here in Jordan during my stay here. The site is 7 years old, situated in the Dead Sea Valley , 300 m below sea level in a very harsh and dry environment that gets on average…
The Rampant Growth in the Tropics
Bill Mollison mentions in his Permaculture Designer’s Manual how the romantic literature on the easy tropical life doesnt mention ” the constant battle with rampant growth that is an everyday experience at Latitudes 0-25′ ” . The rapid life, death and decay cycle in the tropics is very evident in our kitchen garden. We planted…
Erosion Control Using Vetiver Grass
With very thin top soil layer, the tropics are prone to big soil erosion problem when the vegetation in the form of trees, shrubs and grasses are taken off. On our site in Malaysia we have few terraces that have been mismanaged and erosion was causing the soil to be deposited in the ponds and…
Organic Soil Fertility Building Course
We ran 3 day Organic Soil Fertility building course in the project in Malaysia. During the course students learned about how to make different varieties of compost, compost tea and other biofertilisers that can sustain their soil fertility without the need for external inputs. Organic fertilisers will increase the benefical microbial life in the soil…
Before and After from our Project in Kuantan, Malaysia
A collection of pictures showing the before and after of what we have been establishing in the Kuantan Botanical Park, Malaysia while training local youngsters on putting in the systems and maintaining them. If you would like to know more about the work we do please do get in touch.
Market Gardening in the Tropics
in Kuantan, Malaysia , We’ve been working on 9 market garden raised beds all ready, cover cropped and planted with all sorts of ground covers and nitrogen fixers ,, banana circles as mulch pits in all beds and alley cropped with leucaena, pigeon pea , papaya and gliricidia. Chickens cycling on the other side of…
Chickens off to Work in Style.
Our chickens on the farm live in what we call a chicken tractor. Its designed to fit 50 fully grown chooks, has a ladder for them to roost on and well sheltered corners for them to lay eggs when they reach maturity. Its a copy of what we used with my teacher Geoff Lawton in…
The Problem is Abundance; the Solution is Abundance of Ferments!
If you are lucky enough to come to PRI Zaytuna Farm you will be shocked with the abundance of produce we are harvesting from the renowned main crop (above). During the last year we’ve been managed by our Australorps — they dictate our weekly schedule. Monday morning is the compost mob move (the “chickens on…
Yalla Permaculture 