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I have been cut and pasting mine and Rick Coleman's blogs from our PDC in Rwanda......
I think it might be easier to point anyone interested to my Facebook page as I have been uploading photo blogs...

Days 4 and 5 of the PDC we are teaching in the Eastern Province of Rwanda saw us giving lessons on all things trees, from pruning to food forest to agroforestry.

Before we did this though, we...

Ricks update below Just about sums up day 1.....
I really enjoyed giving a lesson on small intensive systems, most villagers only have a very small plot to work with and an extra intensive kitchen...

Day 2 of Rwanda PDC.

Big day of teaching for me today:
Reviewed zone and sector planning with an interactive exercise (sand map on ground).

Permaculture ethics were introduced to the...

Day 1 of the PDC saw us working in hot conditions.
We have based ourselves in the grounds of a small rural hospital in the Kyonza district of Eastern Rwanda. It has some seriously bad land to work...

I'll check out the link, thanks

Day 1 of the Permacuture Design Course tomorrow.....A PDC is an intensive 2 week course that teaches Permaculture as a holistic design system. We will be facilitating the course for 60 attendees from...

There are a number of resources for dry mulches including, wastes from maize crops, banana leaf of as well as spent trunks, yes sorghum thrash and materials from soya harvest, we've seen a fair bit...

https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-prn1/23272_117031254987151_3492_q.jpgSouthern Cross Permaculture Institute.

This is an overview, written by Rick, of the food security project I...

Hi guys,
I'm currently in the Eastern province of Rwanda gaining info from the local communities before teaching a PDC with Rick Coleman from SCPI for local beneficiaries of an aid project by ADRA...

Anyone looking to take a PDC with one of the longest running and most successful courses in Victoria, there a few spots left for the Easter course at Southern Cross Permaculture Institute!

I have...

There is accredited permaculture training at cert 2 cert 3 cert 4 and diploma available in Aus. if you are after a piece of paper that is recognised by mainstream education it is the same type of...

I hear what you are saying but in relation to the purpose of spread and infiltrate, on contour is of the utmost importance......
I think what you are saying is that this approach is not essential...

yep they take out caterpillars! pretty worthwhile.....
We discovered a spider wasp in one of our vegetable systems the other week..... It was dragging a full size adult huntsman along the ground.......

Do you guys think there would be any interest in the offer of a chance to lodge on a Permaculture property and demonstration site on the Mornington Peninsula....
The accomadation is self contained...

Thanks for the input.
I'm leaning towards having a second tractor for retirees, I'm still working out the details.....might be the easiest way forwards.

It's still a sensitive subject at home just now......
I can't discuss it with my wife at all, as she accuses me of knowing it upsets her so I shouldn't talk about it.
No matter how I frame it she...

I have a flock of 10 chickens, 9 hens plus 1 boy
1 18 month isa, 4 isa pullets, 2 white leg horns at POL, 2 young Australorp hens and one boy.......

The chickens run one of my veg patches and do...

I've seen it growing at Southern Cross Permaculture Institute in South Gippsland.
If I score any seed I'll send some in your direction!

have you considered actively aerated compost tea?
Supposedly an AACT made with worm castings will produce a heavily bacterially dominated brew..... good for annuals or kickstarting early stage...