Soil Fertility Factors
The fertility of soil is not just down to the presence of certain mineral nutrients; the soils ability to support the abundant and healthy growth …
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Permaculture Design – Thinking Like an Ecosystem
Permaculture is often difficult to define as it is not so much A Thing, as a way of thinking. It is in essence an ecological …
Permaculture Gardening – Edible Ecosytems
Most people interested in practicing permaculture are doing so in a domestic situation – a house or apartment with a garden or in a community …
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The Minimalist Gardener
Patrick Whitefield spent many years tending his vegetable garden and feeding himself and his wife Cathy with it’s produce. There is a popular misconception that …
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Fruit Cages and Netting
Soft fruits are one of the most pleasing crops to get from your garden, but also one of the most vulnerable. Blackbirds, squirrels, mice and …
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A Matter of Scale
Earlier this week I attended an event at Monkton Wylde Court entitled ‘A Matter of Scale’, where Rebecca Laughton revealed the results of her …
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The Permaculture Design Course at High Heathercombe
Each April I co-teach a PDC with a brilliant teacher called Aranya at the High Heathercombe centre on Dartmoor. This course was created by Aranya …