For a long time we have wanted a wormery. They are fantastic systems for turning vegetable waste into beautiful nutritious soil. They are small and you can locate them near the house. But I've never owned one, so didn't have experience of them. But I thought - we have...
Here are my 10 key things to include when designing with Permaculture ‘Begin with the end in mind’ Steven R. Covey. Stating clearly ‘what we want’ Is the same as having a clear goal or objective. This helps all designing, designing using permaculture is no exception. ...
I have used lots of planning tools over my career. Two key things I've noticed is that there is neither a 'one-tool-fits-all' from the tool perspective and from the time perspective, different tools are useful at different times. Here is a strategy I've found useful...
Waste. WasTrulyEssential The challenge of our 'waste' and how we deal with it is growing steadily. And then there's how and why we generate it too. For a long time, I've struggled with the output of my creativity being, effectively, waste.I make something(s)....
What is it? It is about efficient energy planning, by grouping things according to how often they are used how often they need to be serviced. The zones are usually numbered from 00 to 5 with zone 00 being our bodies and zone 5 being the wilderness area eg the area we...
Here are 5 of my top permaculture learnings: permaculture brings a conscious grounding to decision making the process of designing is actually really simple but really effective using a few tools with skill is more effective than having every tool in the toolkit often...
This is some notes on building swales and berms on our south facing sloping allotment. We got the plot in December 2019 when it was overgrown with couch grass and bindweed and have been gradually cultivating it and observing it. In 2020 we decided to create swales and...