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    design software?

    mapinfo is number 1, google sketchup for any particular design of house retrofit,,,for example
    Post by: barefootrim, Dec 13, 2011 in forum: Permaculture consultants, businesses, resources
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    RICE KNIVES - Where in the World can you buy them from?

    Rice Knifes, yep rice knifes are around, there is one on the Russian flag called a Sickle, In the British Isles they are called a Bill Hook ( a...
    Post by: barefootrim, Nov 30, 2011 in forum: Buy, sell, trade, give away & exchange
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    Designing a swale system for this....flat desert

    Dear Mel Mel, this looks like a very interesting project. no land is ever flat,, even if it looks flat , I bet your bottom dollar you have a...
    Post by: barefootrim, Nov 28, 2011 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Canary Islands (Spain) Permaculture Farm looks for long term volunteers!

    Dear Mindelo, Interested in making contact, and further discussion, can you please include an address in your reply email, something I can search...
    Post by: barefootrim, Nov 23, 2011 in forum: Jobs, projects, courses, training, WWOOFing, volun
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    Trees on dam walls

    never shall there be a tree on a dam wall,,, it just causes problems,,, grasses, vetivers, bamboo
    Post by: barefootrim, Nov 23, 2011 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Legality of Permaculture Internships Questionable under NSW Law

    This post was erronously inserted in the wrong section on MILKWOODS internship post, my apologies to the good work happening in all things...
    Post by: barefootrim, Nov 21, 2011 in forum: Jobs, projects, courses, training, WWOOFing, volun
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    Milkwood Permaculture Internships: Jan-April 2012

    I'm sorry,,,, the above thread was suppossed to go on earthchilds post about legality of internships...
    Post by: barefootrim, Nov 21, 2011 in forum: Jobs, projects, courses, training, WWOOFing, volun
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    Milkwood Permaculture Internships: Jan-April 2012

    I reckon internships are a very good way to go to learn some finer details. As the PDC is a quick whizbang whirlwind, and an internship allows...
    Post by: barefootrim, Nov 21, 2011 in forum: Jobs, projects, courses, training, WWOOFing, volun
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    Having a problem, need cartography advice.

    yep, google terrain
    Post by: barefootrim, Nov 21, 2011 in forum: Members' Systems
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    I saw Geoff Lawton asked for help from the Permaculture Community

    I'd like to see 2 things 1. a policy document on swales,,, due to some idiotic dogma that a permaculture design must have a swale??? ,,,ie,,,...
    Post by: barefootrim, Nov 21, 2011 in forum: The big picture
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    Anyone with Dowmus Manuals

    satyoga, my reply was 2 things, 1, tongue in cheek and 2, absolutely correct for the old dowmus drop chute worm toilet, with vent, no water...
    Post by: barefootrim, Sep 16, 2011 in forum: General chat
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    Anyone with Dowmus Manuals

    good reply, loved the bit at (almost) beginning of ch 6 of the humanure book,,,, "compost toilets must be managed" as very keen and...
    Post by: barefootrim, Sep 15, 2011 in forum: General chat
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    Preparing clay soil for planting fruit trees?

    So anyway, respectfully back to Crystal lil, Its not so much you want to put the same soil back in the planting hole as you took out,,, at the...
    Post by: barefootrim, Sep 15, 2011 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    worms in a deep litter system

    Every chook house I have ever had,,,was absolutley dripping with worms underneath the litter,,,, The chook house got a bale of straw...
    Post by: barefootrim, Sep 11, 2011 in forum: Breeding, Raising, Feeding and Caring for Animals
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    Preparing clay soil for planting fruit trees?

    Dear Crystal Lil, If your clay soil is water logged in winter and cracking in summer,,,, then it says 2 things to me,,, 1st . the soils...
    Post by: barefootrim, Sep 11, 2011 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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