I LOVE the sound of the split-level chook-house and greenhouse with a built-in waterfall and shower ... let me know when you're open for visitors!!!
I'm in favour of piling heaps near where it's needed... or where it's harvested. On our farm the manure comes from cows and horses outside the...
We ended up buying an old dairy too ... and a lot more land than we could ever cultivate (250 acres), so we're caretaking most of it. It's in the...
Don't dismiss the witches without at least checking them out ... Starhawk has been an inspiration to me for at least as long as the...
Woodash seems such rugged stuff to throw on the gardens in anything like the volume our woodburning stove produces ... but considering our soils...
I'm doing my PDC through Permaculture Visions, starting early this year ... I've been reading about Permaculture for decades and I'm sure it's...
i started planting herbs almost as soon as we arrived at the farm ... because we needed them for insect control (tansy and pennyroyal around the...
Once again, I think it's a case of adapting rules to fit circumstances. Here in the mountains the soil is heavy clay loam and each location is...
Loquats self seed in this part of NSW, there are a few big, old trees in the valley ... cattle love them, they're eaten as high as the cows can...
living the dream I did it the easy way, sold my city house and bought a small farm in the country and an investment property in the nearest...
'Flowering plants such as elderberry and borage attract beneficial insects like hoverflies and lacewings, whose larvae are voracious feeders of...
Separate names with a comma.