Healthy News and Information What if I told you that you can start an edible garden that will continue to produce food year after year with very minimal maintenance, monitoring, and no sowing after the first year (unless you want to diversify). It’s vital that you use open pollinated heirloom seeds to establish this system. Hybrid seeds won’t always produce the same plant that they came from but open pollinated heirlooms will. By using this type of seed you can design a mini food forest in your own yard that will continue to reseed itself year after year.
About This Site/Contact Details « Deep Green Permaculture This is guide to everyone out there who want to learn about creating their own sustainable, organic gardens, no matter where they live! The focus is on practical skills and DIY (do-it-yourself) instructions that anyone can follow, articles will be added on a regular basis on a range of gardening topics and projects… so, give it a go, and hope you enjoy this site. I’ve also included a section on the design, construction and progress of my own garden, hopefully to provide ideas and inspiration to people out there of what is actually possible. Contact Details: If you have any comments, queries, feedback or requests for articles, please feel free to contact me at deep_green@optusnet.com.au About Me:
Soil Structure & Composition Sunday, 06 June 2010 07:35 The Plant Lady Living Matter Mostly in the top 4" of the soil. Good guys & bad guys...but large volume & diversity control the trouble makers by making it a competive environment for resources. 1 teaspoon of soil: www.perennialsolutions.org/staple-fruits-of-the-world April 25, 2013 User Admin This article is an excerpt from my forthcoming book Carbon Farming: A Global Toolkit for Stabilizing the Climate with Tree Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices, and is part of a series promoting my kickstarter campaign to raise funds with which to complete the book. You can pre-order a copy through April 30th and help make it possible for me to get this book out soon. Breadfruit is a remarkable staple starch that grows on trees. This species should be much more widely grown in the humid tropics.
untitled Lilly ZeitlerLocation: Pai, Mae Hong Son, Thailand Followers: 21 Last Update: 10 months ago Daniel BrownLocation: Grayslake, IL, United States Followers: 12 Last Update: 12 months ago Here you will find an interactive database of permaculture practitioners, teachers, consultants and aid workers from all over the world. The potential for constructive networking here is enormous! Create regular updates on your own Worldwide Permaculture Network blog under your profile, to get noticed, receive friendship, encouragement and tips. Find people in your climate zone, find teachers to study under, or advertise your own consulting services, and more.
Healthy News and Information by ANDREW MARTIN “The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and shelter.” -Bill Mollison Gardening for Kids – Kids Gardening – Gardening for Children Hello all you little buttercups out there! Gardening for kids is for you. But it's the grown-ups who will be reading this... looking for ideas. So hello there big buttercups! Guess what was hidden under a patch of toadstools down the bottom of the garden?
Propagating and Starting Potatoes Sunday, 13 March 2011 10:35 Seeds growing from seed is almost unknown (GV) seed potatoes, which are small potatoes saved from last season's crop are the preferred method of starting potatoes Seed Potatoes 2.5 pounds of Mountain Rose seed potatoes are laid out in this photo; each bag in the background also holds 2.5 pounds of seed potatoes of other varieties 2 to 2.5 pounds of seed potatoes plants 25 row feet. it's critical to buy certified disease-free seed potatoes.
Hugelkultur – Idyll on the A406 Hügelkultur: a mound culture My definition: the use of logs, twigs, leaves and food waste layered to replicate the rich humus layer that occurs on a woodland floor. Pros Nutrients: as the Hügel decomposes it releases all the necessary nutrients for healthy plant growth.Warmth: as it decomposes the Hügel releases heat. Coupled with the mass of the mound and its orientation to the sun this extends the growing season.Self irrigation: the rotting biomass acts as a sponge holding and releasing water for the plants, meaning the Hügel does not need to be watered after the initial first few weeks.Increased growing space: increased planting surface area compared to a regular raised bed.Micro-climates: plants can be sown on the north or south facing side depending on their requirements creating a more versatile space for poly-cropping.Aesthetics: visually the Hügel is a more organic shape when compared to a raised bed.
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Free Documentary Films Archive - Permaculture Media Blog Permaculture Design for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programming – Free eBook // May 1st, 2012 // Uncategorized A promising development approach for addressing food and nutrition insecurity for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) is permaculture. Gardening for Kids It is a very interesting site containing a lot information about gardening in general and providing many tips. I wish to highlight the Kids part of the website. How easy it is to involve children into our daily gardening activities and how much they get out of it. Amazing!