Posts tagged with gardening
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14 February 2011 - Sub-tropical Permaculture Design for Friends
Friends have recently purchased a house and they asked me to do a permaculture design for them. This post describes what I provided them with. I don’t have much experience (my only other full design is here) but I’ve had lots of fun thinking about it, feel really excited by some of the ideas I’ve provided and, of course, look forward to your feedback and suggestions which are always welcome.
There was no chance of getting a full design for my friend’s new house completed due to time, weather and other restrictions, so what I provided were some suggestions but warned them they would need to note the existing plants on the property and monitor the sun, wind, moisture, slope and movements to determine if these suggestions would indeed work. Also, I was aware that they wanted the first third of the backyard as a ‘show’ garden with the ‘hippy’ … Read the rest
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23 November 2010 - Urban Permaculture in Practice
What is Permaculture? Well, this is where I find it difficult to explain because it seems like it’s EVERYTHING – it’s gardening, it’s organic, it’s energy systems, it’s sustainability, it’s agriculture, it’s raising animals, it’s pest control, it’s regeneration of natural ecosystems, it’s efficiency, it’s energy efficient building and architecture, it’s a philosophy, a way of living, it’s community building… and more. It’s a word that joins PERMANENT and AGRICULTURE but has been extended to include CULTURE too. Perhaps the founder, Bill Mollison, can describe it better for you with these quotes:
“An integrated, evolving system of perennial or self-perpetuating plant and animal species useful to man”
“Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for provision of local needs”
“People, building and the ways in which they organise themselves are central”
or co-founder, David Holmgren’s definition … Read the rest
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