Just finisehd taking four classes at the Rutgers Gardening School. Wow, I can not reccomend this enough. If you like gardening or sustainable desgin please plan on attending next year !! Great information for a very reasonable price.
Did you hear that rustle in the garden? What could possibly be lurking in there? There are plenty of large, overgrown and menacing-looking plants poking their leaves out from that mass of vegetation. And they're all hungrily seeking out the sun. Hopefully, I never encounter a Triffid (a fictional...
Did you hear that rustle in the garden? What could possibly be lurking in there? There are plenty of large, overgrown and menacing-looking plants poking their leaves out from that mass of vegetation. And they're all hungrily seeking out the sun. Hopefully, I never encounter a Triffid (a fictional...
Did you hear that rustle in the garden? What could possibly be lurking in there? There are plenty of large, overgrown and menacing-looking plants poking their leaves out from that mass of vegetation. And they're all hungrily seeking out the sun. Hopefully, I never encounter a Triffid (a fictional...
here is an update video of the swales on the farm. The combination of these three swales is making a difference on my farm. It's not a perfect system, but it's getting better.
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This new terrace (still under construction), on a southwest facing slope, has now much more soil depth for the avocado trees to spread their roots. Trees will be flood irrigated during the dry summer time.
Grafted Hass avocado tree, planted 3 years ago is about to set flowers.
Photos, M...
This is my first attempt to pull together all my ideas under the permaculture umbrella so I am a little nervous about tackling such a big project. What a relief to find out stage one is Observation. In this respect, I am well within my comfort zone.
The plan is to create a sustainable base f...
Puerto Rico Tropical Permaculture Research
1976 Borinquen Ave # 06
Bo Obrero
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00915
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Our friends who have volunteered their yard and enthusiasm to develop a demonstration site live just off the cutest lane called Rosmead Place. With the park, shopping, and Town Hall around the corner, we are excited about the prospects of this garden becoming a central teaching opportunity. This ...
Part 1 of the series on the Permaculture eduction project in Kafountine, Casamance. An explanation on how it all started, some info on medicinal plants.
4 - tätiger Workshop - Möglichkeiten Wasser zu speichern und zu nutzen um Lebensräume zu schaffen und Nahrung für Menschen zu kultivieren.Die Geheimnisse des Wassers, und die Wichtigkeit in einem Garten, sowie die verschiedenen Formender Aquakultur werden unter anderem in diesem Workshop vermitte...
Goal: Transform a typical suburban backyard into a functional, low-maintenance, aesthetically pleasing, somewhat drought-tolerant, and yielding collection of fruit and vegetable gardens. Once backyard systems stable, front yard will be next phase of project. All gardens are in-ground, not raised ...
Easter is a great time. The daylight hours are long and the weather is cooler because it isn’t quite summer, but it isn’t quite winter either. The weather is just nice. And I did notice that lot of people were also enjoying the long weekend that is Easter and because the local café was far busier...
We are in the third year of a Coworker Community Garden behind our place of work in a large retail complex.
The purpose of creating the garden was to introduce coworkers to gardening and to promote a community outside of the work environment. The skills and experience of the gardeners are wides...
