The before and after photographs in this article were taken at the very beginning when I first finished planting up my urban backyard food forest, and then approximately three to four years later. Each pair of photographs was taken from roughly the same view point, so the same garden beds are visible, to shown theContinue reading “The Birth of a Permaculture Food Forest – Before & After Photos”
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Mindmaps for Permaculture Ethics and Design Principles 21 Card Set by Brett Pritchard (free to download)
Brett Pritchard, a recognized pioneering permaculturalist and recipient of the Permaculture Services Award (1992) has released a set of mindmaps to accompany his free to download Permaculture Ethics and Principles 21 Card Set which is available on his website http://www.permaculturefundamentals.com . There are 21 mindmaps available in MS Word format, one for each Permaculture EthicsContinue reading “Mindmaps for Permaculture Ethics and Design Principles 21 Card Set by Brett Pritchard (free to download)”
Permaculture Ethics and Design Principles 21 Card Set by Brett Pritchard (free to download)
Brett Pritchard, a recognized pioneering permaculturalist and recipient of the Permaculture Services Award (1992) has released a free to download Permaculture Ethics and Principles 21 Card Set which is available on his website http://www.permaculturefundamentals.com . In my opinion the Permaculture Ethics and Principles 21 Card Set is an excellent tools for understanding the Permaculture ethicsContinue reading “Permaculture Ethics and Design Principles 21 Card Set by Brett Pritchard (free to download)”
Permaculture Edible Hedges
If you thought that hedges and hedging were restricted to ornamental gardening only, you’d be seriously mistaken! Hedges are quite useful in a garden, and can serve many functions, such as: barriers for security, privacy and screening purposes shade for people or gardens – especially protection from from the hot afternoon sun windbreaks aesthetic elementsContinue reading “Permaculture Edible Hedges”
Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Four Years In
Here are the annual figures for the garden yields for the period of Oct 2011 – Oct 2012, the garden’s fourth year. The annual production for this garden was: first year: 133 kg second year: 204 kg third year: 196 kg (as a consequence of a minor disaster!) fourth year: 234 kg The total gardenContinue reading “Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Four Years In”
Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Three Years In
Here are the annual figures for the garden yields for the period of Oct 2010 – Oct 2011, the garden’s third year. The annual production for this garden was 131kg in the first year, 202kg in the second year and 194kg in the third year (as a consequence of a minor disaster!). The total gardenContinue reading “Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Three Years In”
Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Two Years In
Here are the final figures for the garden yields for the period of Oct 2009 – Oct 2010, the garden’s second year. The annual production for this first year was 202kg, up 71kg from last years 131kg. The total garden bed area is 686 sq. feet (64 sq. metres). The average monthly amount of produceContinue reading “Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Two Years In”
How to Start Your Permaculture Garden
Most people passionate about living sustainably and harmoniously with nature will eventually stumble upon the system of Permaculture, it’s hard not to, it’s a world-wide phenomenon and it’s growing! If you’re reading this, then you’re one of these people! Some of you will eventually study Permaculture, and then, on graduating, go through what we termContinue reading “How to Start Your Permaculture Garden”
Backyard Orchard Culture, a New Approach to Growing Fruit Trees in Limited Spaces
This article is an introduction to the gardening technique of Backyard Orchard Culture – a system of high density planting of fruit trees which allows for a wide variety of fruit to be grown in a limited space, and harvested over a prolonged period of time. Typically, most people grow fruit trees the same wayContinue reading “Backyard Orchard Culture, a New Approach to Growing Fruit Trees in Limited Spaces”
Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, One Year In
Here are the annual figures for the garden yields for the period of Oct 2008 – Oct 2009, the garden’s first year. The annual production for this garden was: first year: 133 kg The total garden bed area is 686 sq. feet (64 sq. metres). The average monthly amount of produce was just over 10Continue reading “Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, One Year In”