Book Review – Safer Gardens: Plant Flammability & Planning For Fire by Lesley Corbett

Safer Gardens: Plant Flammability & Planning For Fire by Lesley Corbett is one of the most reliable, comprehensive, and well-researched books published to date on the subject of fire-resistant plant and tree selection. This phenomenal text is a massive compilation of scientific research from around the world, covering more than 500 plants, detailing their flammability,Continue reading “Book Review – Safer Gardens: Plant Flammability & Planning For Fire by Lesley Corbett”

Book Review – How Can I Use Herbs in My Daily Life? by Isabell Shipard

How Can I Use Herbs in My Daily Life?: Over 500 Herbs, Spices and Edible Plants: an Australian Practical Guide to Growing Culinary and Medicinal Herbs (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this book from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) This book is also available fromContinue reading “Book Review – How Can I Use Herbs in My Daily Life? by Isabell Shipard”

Book Review – Growing Good Food, A Citizen’s Guide to Backyard Carbon Farming by Acadia Tucker

Growing Good Food: A Citizen’s Guide to Backyard Carbon Farming (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this book from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) For readers outside of the US interested in purchasing this book, the publisher Stone Pier Press has been kind enough to shareContinue reading “Book Review – Growing Good Food, A Citizen’s Guide to Backyard Carbon Farming by Acadia Tucker”

Book Review – My Garden by Sandra Verhoven & Joyeeta Neogi

My Garden (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this book from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) My Garden by Sandra Verhoven & Joyeeta Neogi is a beautiful children’s book, and a sheer delight to read! The product description on Amazon describes the story as follows: “NonaContinue reading “Book Review – My Garden by Sandra Verhoven & Joyeeta Neogi”

Book Review – The Simple Life Guide To RV Living: The Road to Freedom and the Mobile Lifestyle Revolution by Gary Collins

The Simple Life Guide To RV Living: The Road to Freedom and the Mobile Lifestyle Revolution (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this book from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) The Simple Life Guide To RV Living: The Road to Freedom and the Mobile Lifestyle RevolutionContinue reading “Book Review – The Simple Life Guide To RV Living: The Road to Freedom and the Mobile Lifestyle Revolution by Gary Collins”

Bringing Permaculture To the Gardening Community

Permaculture is definitely reaching the mainstream gardening world, and that’s great news! I’m now the permaculture writer for Good Organic Gardening Australia magazine, where I started mid last year with my first article ‘Permaculture Explained’ appearing in the May/June 2018 edition pictured above. It’s a real pleasure to be able to bring the permaculture perspectiveContinue reading “Bringing Permaculture To the Gardening Community”

Book Review – How to Start a Worm Bin: Your Guide to Getting Started with Worm Composting by Henry Owen

How To Start A Worm Bin (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this book from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) How to Start a Worm Bin: Your Guide to Getting Started with Worm Composting by Henry Owen is a very accessible and easy to read how-toContinue reading “Book Review – How to Start a Worm Bin: Your Guide to Getting Started with Worm Composting by Henry Owen”

Free eBook Download – Bee Friendly: A planting guide for European honeybees and Australian native pollinators

Here’s a great free e-book produced by the Australian Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation – “Bee Friendly: A planting guide for European Honey Bees and Australian native pollinators” by Mark Leech. This comprehensive planting guide lists both Australian native plants and exotic plants which can be used as bee forage for European honeybees andContinue reading “Free eBook Download – Bee Friendly: A planting guide for European honeybees and Australian native pollinators”

Book Review – Pruning for Flowers and Fruit (CSIRO PUBLISHING Gardening Guides) by Jane Varkulevicius

Pruning for Flowers and Fruit (CSIRO PUBLISHING Gardening Guides) (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this book from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) Pruning for Flowers and Fruit (CSIRO PUBLISHING Gardening Guides) by Jane Varkulevicius is a very comprehensive book that every fruit grower should own,Continue reading “Book Review – Pruning for Flowers and Fruit (CSIRO PUBLISHING Gardening Guides) by Jane Varkulevicius”

Book Review – All New Square Foot Gardening II: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More in Less Space by Mel Bartholomew

All New Square Foot Gardening II: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More in Less Space (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this book from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) All New Square Foot Gardening II: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More in Less Space by MelContinue reading “Book Review – All New Square Foot Gardening II: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More in Less Space by Mel Bartholomew”

Book Review – Jackie French’s Guide to Companion Planting

Jackie French’s Guide to Companion Planting (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this book from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) Jackie French’s Guide to Companion Planting is one of my favourite books on the subject of companion planting. What’s companion planting? It’s a system of plantingContinue reading “Book Review – Jackie French’s Guide to Companion Planting”

Book Review – Bokashi Composting: Scraps to Soil in Weeks by Adam Footer

Bokashi Composting: Scraps to Soil in Weeks (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this book from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) Bokashi Composting: Scraps to Soil in Weeks by Adam Footer is a very comprehensive book on the topic of Bokashi composting. If you want toContinue reading “Book Review – Bokashi Composting: Scraps to Soil in Weeks by Adam Footer”