Its a strange thing, how simple tools like compost, forking techniques and biointensive plant spacings might just shape our futures. And also, not so strange at all. The killer thing that we love about biointensive growing is it’s attention to ensuring immediate productivity, while ensuring long-term soil health. In permaculture design, this is embodied in the…
In less than a months time we’re hosting a Permaculture Teacher Training course with Hannah Moloney, Rosemary Morrow, Nick Ritar + Brendan Morse. It’s not just for teaching Permaculture, though. It’s for top shelf communication skills, of all kinds, for all situations. Effective communication, as we all know, is key to passing on skills of all kinds. The…
If you listen to just one podcast on permaculture, regenerative agriculture + Australia this year, let it be this one. Last week, Bruce Pascoe, author of Dark Emu, joined David Holmgren at the Dayelsford Town Hall in Victoria for an evening of discussion. The topic was Australian regenerative agriculture, and it’s long pre-white history. Something…
We have some exciting news to share, both for us and for you. From mid-Winter this year, Nick, Kirsten + Ashar will be de-camping to Melliodora in Victoria, an amazing permaculture homestead and the home of Permaculture co-originator David Holmgren + his powerhouse partner, Su Dennett. We’ve been invited to do a 12 month residency at…
This small project is a study in macrocosms and microcosms – the large world and the small, the now and the forever. And all on your kitchen bench. Not bad for a grub in a jam jar. I’ve always wanted to raise a butterfly from a caterpillar, but i thought it might be technical or tricky…
‘Can I have two big packets of grass seed, please – I’ve got a lawn to grow’ are words I never thought I’d say. But here we are, de-gardening, trying to leave no trace of our home-grown food bowl. Such is the nature of permaculture renting. We’re out of this place in a month. I…
The Fair Food edition of PiP Magazine is out, and it’s a corker. Do you subscribe? We do. There’s articles by Bruce Pascoe, the author of Dark Emu, on Australian indigenous agriculture. There’s a biointensive vege bed prep how-to by us (yay!). There’s an article on sharing the harvest and creating community from a rented…
If you’re looking to grow some good quality storage crops for winter soups and stews, beans are a great choice. But which ones, and why? We talked to Jodi Roebuck about his top 3 beans to grow in a biointensive system. Jodi is a biointensive homesteader + grazier near Taranaki in New Zealand, and he knows his beans. His…
What do you do when you’re short on time and the many boxes of home grown nectarines you’ve been gifted are all about to go mushy? DIY fruit leather roll ups to the rescue, that’s what. We made these with nectarines that came (in quantity) from Nick’s parents trees (thanks Mum) but you could use…
Best Passata Day ever! Great tomatoes, even better company and a bonus electrical storm in the middle. What more could you ask for when spending a day storing the season of Summer? This was our second Passata Day held up in the 107 rooftop garden – and it was a hot one. But we’d moved…
Though we may not realise it, common ground is still to be found in our towns. It’s just not called that anymore. And utilizing common land as the community resource it is makes good sense. Especially when you can turn brambles into cheese. Down the side and out the back – the gully behind the hill,…
And here’s part 2 of our Urban Farming Masterclass pre-course resources, these ones focussed on the Jean-Martin Fortier Masterclass. Also highly suitable for those folks who can’t come along next weekend, but want the goodness. As author of the acclaimed book The Market Gardener, Jean-Martin Fortier is well known in small farm circles for his family’s market…
Are you coming to our Urban Farming Masterclasses next week? We darn well hope so. Here’s some pre-course resources to think about and take in. Also highly suitable for those folks who can’t come – knowledge is growing power. First up, here’s and overview of where Curtis Stone aka The Urban Farmer is coming from,…
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