merelygifted: Via http://fungalguide.landcareresearch.co.nz/WebForms/FG_About.aspx

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Via http://fungalguide.landcareresearch.co.nz/WebForms/FG_About.aspx

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3 months ago

Fuck Yeah Permaculture: How farms are using permaculture design to survive and prosper

kadbudugorjeligradovi:

Louise Cartwright visits three farms in England and discovers how they have used permaculture principles to diversify yields and manage their businesses

Haye Farm education centre

Haye Farm education centre

The rise in fuel prices has seen greater awareness and a…

3 months ago

fuckyeahpermaculture:

permatech:

koenigaraymo: How to Eco fit your garden - click on the source link for an article!

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3 months ago
yummybyyemi: More awesome vertical aquaponics. This is a home system created by an alumni of Morning Star Fishermen.

yummybyyemi:

More awesome vertical aquaponics. This is a home system created by an alumni of Morning Star Fishermen.

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3 months ago

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3 months ago
batesnursery: Horticulture students use mint extract as a natural defense against pests during a Horticulture class at the West campus Greenhouse Monday November 1, 2010 in Lansing, Michigan.

batesnursery:

Horticulture students use mint extract as a natural defense against pests during a Horticulture class at the West campus Greenhouse Monday November 1, 2010 in Lansing, Michigan.

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3 months ago
createandshare: How Farms Are Using Permaculture Design to Survive and Prosper  The rise in fuel prices has seen greater awareness and a wider concern for what life will be like when the oil runs out. This has seen interest in less chemical dependant farming methods bringing permaculture to the forefront of discussion and debate. FULL ARTICLE HERE!

createandshare:

How Farms Are Using Permaculture Design to Survive and Prosper

 The rise in fuel prices has seen greater awareness and a wider concern for what life will be like when the oil runs out. This has seen interest in less chemical dependant farming methods bringing permaculture to the forefront of discussion and debate.

FULL ARTICLE HERE!

(via permascot)

3 months ago

An invitation for all those in the Luxembourg area

Dear all,

CELL is loosely and horizontally organized into Action Groups that pursue different projects. We are in the process of updating our website with the respective Action Groups, and these will all be online by beginning of February 2012. We will email you know about the groups in the next few weeks. 

As of this year, there will be an active permaculture group at CELL, that Pit Reichert will co-ordinate (we decided that a co-ordinator is necessary to drive the group forward, learning from last year’s experiences). All of you that are interested in participating in this hands-on group are welcome to join. This way, we can practice and learn more about permaculture in a pro-active way.

We will try to meet at least once a month, where we will execute at least one specific mini-project. This will happen in the members’ gardens. So if any of you has a permaculture project he or she needs more sets of hands: this is your working squad. 

To start off, We will meet to discuss this years action plan and to organize ourselves. Suggested dates are: 04.02.2012 or 25.02.2012 from 09:00 to 12:00 noon. A meeting place is still to be found, any suggestions?

It would be great if you could bring plans of your project, sketches of your ideas, seeds to exchange, food and drinks to share, books and print-outs to research, etc. 

We would appreciate it if you emailed us at permaculture@cell.lu to indicate your interest in being actively involved in the permaculture group, along with the dates that suit you.

With best permie wishes,

Pit Reichert (co-ordinator of the Permaculture Group) & Committee CELL

3 months ago
dirtcrumbgoddess: Masanobu Fukuoka’s Natural Farming and Permaculture Masanobu Fukuoka is a farmer/philosopher who lives on the Island of Shikoku, in southern Japan. His farming technique requires no machines, no chemicals and very little weeding. He does not plow the soil or use prepared compost and yet the condition of the soil in his orchards and fields improve each year. His method creates no pollution and does not require fossil fuels. His method requires less labor than any other, yet the yields in his orchard and fields compare favorably with the most productive Japanese farms which use all the technical know-how of modern science. How is this possible? I admit, when I first went to his farm in 1973 I was skeptical. But there was the proof - beautiful grain crops in the fields, healthy orchard trees growing with a ground cover of vegetables, weeds and white clover. Over the two-year period I lived and worked there his techniques and philosophy gradually became clear to me. I had not heard of permaculture at the time, but I can see now that Fukuoka’s farm is a classic working model of permaculture design. It is remarkable that Fukuoka and Bill Mollison, working independently, on two different continents with entirely different environmental conditions should come up with such similar solutions to the question, “How can people live on this planet sustainably and in harmony with nature.” Both claim that the principles of their system can be adapted to any climatic area. Mollison and Fukuoka took entirely different routes to get to essentially the same place. Permaculture is a design system which aims to maximize the functional connection of its elements. It integrates raising crops and animals with careful water management. Homes and other structures are designed for maximum energy efficiency. Everything is made to work together and evolve over time to blend harmoniously into a complete and sustainable agricultural system. The key word here is design. Permaculture is a consciously designed system. The designer carefully uses his/her knowledge, skill and sensitivity to make a plan, then implement it. Fukuoka created natural farming from a completely different perspective. Read More

dirtcrumbgoddess:

Masanobu Fukuoka’s Natural Farming and Permaculture

Masanobu Fukuoka is a farmer/philosopher who lives on the Island of Shikoku, in southern Japan. His farming technique requires no machines, no chemicals and very little weeding. He does not plow the soil or use prepared compost and yet the condition of the soil in his orchards and fields improve each year. His method creates no pollution and does not require fossil fuels. His method requires less labor than any other, yet the yields in his orchard and fields compare favorably with the most productive Japanese farms which use all the technical know-how of modern science.

How is this possible? I admit, when I first went to his farm in 1973 I was skeptical. But there was the proof - beautiful grain crops in the fields, healthy orchard trees growing with a ground cover of vegetables, weeds and white clover. Over the two-year period I lived and worked there his techniques and philosophy gradually became clear to me.

I had not heard of permaculture at the time, but I can see now that Fukuoka’s farm is a classic working model of permaculture design. It is remarkable that Fukuoka and Bill Mollison, working independently, on two different continents with entirely different environmental conditions should come up with such similar solutions to the question, “How can people live on this planet sustainably and in harmony with nature.” Both claim that the principles of their system can be adapted to any climatic area.

Mollison and Fukuoka took entirely different routes to get to essentially the same place. Permaculture is a design system which aims to maximize the functional connection of its elements. It integrates raising crops and animals with careful water management. Homes and other structures are designed for maximum energy efficiency. Everything is made to work together and evolve over time to blend harmoniously into a complete and sustainable agricultural system.

The key word here is design. Permaculture is a consciously designed system. The designer carefully uses his/her knowledge, skill and sensitivity to make a plan, then implement it. Fukuoka created natural farming from a completely different perspective.

Read More

(Source: freyjageist)

4 months ago

independentlibrarian-dm:

I think Bill Mollison would understand what I’m trying to do by not paying/charging to post this on the internet.

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4 months ago