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generally when i am alone in the house and need to cook my own meals then this wonderful grasing technique is used and then when I'm done in the garden eating fruit and veg ( fresher than most people...

please define simple in this context +

tyresw have steel wires imbedded in the rubber under the tread and around the bead and could never be cut with a razor blade the use of an angle grinder with a metal cutting disc is required and MUST...

i had been practicing permaculture approx 19 years before i did my pdc i think that doing the pdc after a good time for some practical experience is of help to get better value for the time/money...

yes pak all that can be done without chemicals without a pdc. so why is a pdc required

rabbits love to hide and harbour in just about anything prickly the first comment about hedges not stopping rabbits is 100% correct wire mesh or a solid fence is the best if the materials are...

i have a ginger in a pot at the present it the first ginger i have been able to grow so far and bringing it inside for the winter is a good idea i think i will try it any way rutabagagirl give it a...

my garden area was very heavily infested with couch grass when i started it i have now all but gotten rid of it (the garden is a 15.5m circle ) by using chooks housed in a strip/ring pen around the...

coppicing is cutting down the tree as close to the ground as possible and then allowed to grow new shoots the eucs tend to send up many new shoots which usually need to be thinned to 3 or 4 and then...

dont forget that a us gallon is smaller than an imperial gallon

hi lumbuck you might like to take a look at a book i found by john bowman called "go gaia" it is a while since i read it but it deals with permacuture in a futureistic setting i found it an excellent...

yes pak being warm and fed well in retirement is not a new concept but i once worked with a fellow who at about a year before his impending retirement he began to worry to a very large extent about...

my main theory is we will probably NEVER be rich in our retirement but we will be warm and NOT hungry (we grow food and fire wood)

yes Ludi I believe that this discussion could be of great value i myself am a motor mechanic who has gone from std full time work to only 3 days a week with the produce from my place we dont see much...

i also feel more discussion as to how to afford the changes required during a permaculture conversion is invaluable and a good start is to understand how other people have structured their finances...

yes well there extremes in all things moderation is the answer but even burning should not remove the root carbon from the ground and burning the trash is in my opinion is just plain silly

tets remember trees are fully renewable and when the tree is used for almost any purpose that all the root system (read sequested carbon ) stays in the ground

this sounds very scarey and downright stupid to think that it is all but being forced on us

seems to me purecajn that the system you suggest is just chasing your tail andrew_k appears to get what i was saying earlier

it could be handy to have a look at how joel salatin at polyface farms is building top soil and improving fertilty using animals