The first step in the design is deciding on the mainframe design, i.e Water, Access, Structures, where we decided how water is harvested, slowed downed, stored and used. After that we decided how the movement in the site will occur, through designing the best possible access roads for vehicles, people and animals, and followed that…
Turning a Sugarcane Monocrop into a Polyculture, Rakiraki, Fiji.
Sugar is the biggest killer in Fiji , and guess what’ the most cultivated crop in Fiji , yes its Sugarcane. More people die of diabetes and heart attacks in Fiji than any other country in the world except for Mauritius. What we are doing here is creating an abundant poly-culture of grazing animals, food…
Hand Digging Swale in Tanna Island, Vanuatu.
Part of the design we are working on in MAA International School in Middle Bush , Tanna Island, Vanuatu was the construction of water harvesting swales to capture and infiltrate water runoff to establish food forests and grazing pasture around them. After researching the cost of hiring heavy machinery to do the work we opted…
Sacred Life, Sacred Death
This is a nice panel discussion with my friend Muhsen Hassanin and a number of animal farmers in regards to the attitudes and practices for humane treatment and slaughter of animals and how we can be more connected to the process from the Harmony Conference, UK. A nice idea mentioned is that Ecological comes…
Kerbside Gardening in Sydney
As I was going for my morning while visiting family in Sydney I encountered this kerbside vegetable garden, full of lettuce, cabbage, sweet peas, some potato and some artichokes. It was a nice example of what could be done with small space, growing food for the family instead of expensive toxic useless turf. An example…
Design for an Organic Farm in Jordan
I was invited to help design an organic multi cropping system including vegetables, fruits and small animals as market garden farm on the outskirts of the Jordanian capital Amman. The land will be divided into parcels from growing vegetables and salad greens on raised beds, surrounded with rows of mixed fruit trees and legumes creating…
Tropical Permaculture Buffet
Lunchtime is our favourite time on the farm . Mak Engku our permacultured chef tries to cook from what we are growing or harvesting . Today it was sweet potato with sweet leaf stir fry , pigeon pea sambal , fried long bean and steamed snapper fresh from the ocean and never without Ulam Ulam…
Diversifying Old Durian Terraces
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.
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…
