Thursday, February 17, 2011

Permaculture Orchard in Australia

This is a good video about how the permaculture orchard, or food forest, mimics natural systems
and how specific permaculture principles are applied in the orchard system.  Different bio-region than the pacific NW - but the same principles apply :-)  Enjoy!

Permaculture Orchard +

This is a great video that introduces the permaculture orchard concept along with
some other great principles at work on a small scale permaculture farm.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

PLANTS FOR A FUTURE

PLANTS FOR A FUTURE is an excellent database on plant uses and functions.  You can look up almost any plant you can think of and get detailed info on it's uses and habits.

PLANTS FOR A FUTURE

Sepp Holzer - Farming With Nature

Sepp Holzer is doing amazing things with slopes, terraces and water in Austria.  3 part video - all 3 parts are below here:

Permaculture with Sepp Holzer - 1 of 3 

Permaculture with Sepp Holzer - 2 of 3


Permaculture with Sepp Holzer - 3 of 3

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Liquid Gold

As you will see this weekend, one of my favorite ways to close the loops in building soil and nurturing plants is to utilize liquid gold (urine) in the process..here is a fun vidie:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/8357134.stm

I have multitudes of resources on this subject, let me know if you want more.........