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Through a glass darkly...April Fool in the garden, reflection from a mirror.
Today is the first of April and the radio is talking about economic growth, again, and will continue to do ad infinat... (From the archives: No Money, just Abundance!
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Bealtaine Cottage seen through the camera in 2012 Jack, January 2012 Beech and Bamboo January 2012 The girls on the veranda January 2012 The Mighty Ash tree against the stormy January sky of 2012 The full moon ... Delete the scoop?
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Mother Nature Network Why you should be more worried about pollination than a bee sting Mother Nature Network Avoid deep tillage to control weeds in your backyard vegetable garden (pollinator-friendly alternatives to tilling include planting cover... Delete the scoop?
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Permaculture Garden at UMass Documented on Video Sustainablog (blog) The University of Massachusetts at Amherst went a step further, though, and not only converted a 12,000 square foot plot of land into a permaculture garden, but also documented... Delete the scoop?
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One way in which permaculture differs from other methods of gardening is that it is not just a set of practical techniques; it is a way of thinking and of adapting to a particular ecology. Each garden, each family, and. Delete the scoop?
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With a taste unique as the name, Kombucha challenges ordinary perceptions on how drinks can be made healthy. Via Alisha Delete the scoop?
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Thinking of adding natural probiotic kefir to yoru diet? Extensive information about the fermented food called kefir: history, composition, microbiology, production, extended use etc... and YES, it is easy to make vegan kefir using natural coconut water. Via Marike van Breugel Delete the scoop?
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What is bovine TB? Why are we set to cull huge numbers of badgers to deal with it? Why can't we use a bovine tb vaccine? Via WildlifeStuff Delete the scoop?
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Puducherry-based Kaveish Bioenergy claims that for half kg to five kg of waste fed into the system a day, biogas is available for minimum two-and-a-half hours. Via Alistair Lockhart Delete the scoop?
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The UK's first commercial scale food waste to biogas anaerobic digestion facility to inject renewable gas directly into the grid has been opened by the Prince of Wales in Dorset. Via Alistair Lockhart Delete the scoop?
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Field Notes from the Future: Tracking the Movement to Connect People and Nature... Via Ludwig Appeltans Delete the scoop?
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Smallholder training and smallholding courses for new and existing smallholders - Directory smallholding courses in the UK and beyond. Via Tess Giles Marshall Delete the scoop?
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Through a glass darkly...April Fool in the garden, reflection from a mirror. Via Flora Moon, Christoph Hensch
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Even on a small 1-acre farm, you can create a self-sufficient homestead by following these guidelines. Via ma8u Delete the scoop?
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Resilience is very handy in times of sudden change. It keeps us adaptable and optimistic. resilience comes from patience, observation and a willingness to learn. This entry was posted on March 19, 2013, in Uncategorized. Delete the scoop?
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With urban populations rising, how can permaculturists take an active part in re-designing our cities? Sven Eberlein talks to Richard Register, founder of the Ecocity Builders (What if Permaculturists Designed our Cities? Via Susan Davis Cushing Delete the scoop?
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It's been almost nine years since I began planting this smallholding in the west of Ireland. Before permaculture. Bealtaine Cottage Many of you are familiar with the landscape as it looked then. The picture above shows ...
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How can we live a permaculture way of life asks our final post in the occupy permaculture series. Delete the scoop?
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It wasn’t that long ago that goat-milk cheese was an exotic ingredient like truffles or caviar imported from far away, but now it’s almost become a cliché of California cooking. That’s not so bad, for goat cheese — or chèvre — is tasty and perhaps even a little healthier than cow-milk products.
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A handful of farms in the UK have been using permaculture for many years as a systematic way of designing, developing and maintaining their various enterprises. These early adopters, with the help of the UK's permaculture charity, the Permaculture Association, began designing and experimenting long before peak oil and climate change were widely recognised. Via Michael G. Burns Delete the scoop?
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Richard Gueterbock, director of Clearfleau, asks if development of AD technology is being constrained by a perception that it is only viable on large centralised treatment plants Via Alistair Lockhart Delete the scoop?
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The government had suggested looking at excluding new small scale solar, anaerobic digestion, and onshore wind installations of 5MW to 50kW from 1 April 2013 as part of its review of support for renewable electricity. Via Alistair Lockhart Delete the scoop?
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This article is a guide to using the principals of permaculture in your garden. The principals of permaculture aim to create systems in gardening and farming that mimic nature and are as self-sufficient as possible. Delete the scoop?
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You don't need a smallholding and a meadow to be a budding apiarist - a few sensible precautions will let you fight honeybee decline with a hive in your own backyard... Via Ivalotosay Delete the scoop?
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Bealtaine Cottage smallholding at the beginning, seven years ago. Where the orchards, tunnel and veggie gardens are now. An unpromising start...but permaculture can take root anywhere! Via Tess Giles Marshall Delete the scoop?
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