Reading Time: 3 minutesStory time… When I worked as a geologist in Australia in the 2010s, I frequently traveled across the country. On one occasion, while driving through the mountainous agricultural area of New South Wales, we unexpectedly encountered a person wearing a hazmat suit on the side of the road. At first, I thought that the whole […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesYou’ll probably hate me for saying this, but I think it’s true… “Stuff you do in the garden” is only 20% of a rich harvest. The other 80% is fixing your soil.. Because even the most inexperienced gardens can grow an abundance of healthy veggies with almost no effort – when they have super-quality soil. […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutesIf there is one thing I can’t get enough of, it’s compost for my garden. I could use tons and tons of it if I had an endless supply. As you already know, compost is almost always the answer to any soil-related problem in permaculture and regenerative agriculture. Soil is not fertile enough → add […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I want to show you how to ‘produce’ free mulch to improve the fertility of your garden or food forest, from the stuff already on your site, as a byproduct of things that you would be doing anyway. WITHOUT having to deal with dishonest landscape material suppliers or conventional farmers wanting to sell you […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesAlmost daily, I get panicky questions from people starting their food forest from scratch and having a blank slate. It’s the analysis paralysis from the information overload that makes people do nothing instead of taking this simple but essential step in the food forest’s establishment. If you do this step, and do it correctly, your […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesSuppose you want to plant a permaculture fruit orchard here: Let’s do the math and see how much this would cost… Area = 4 acres (1.5 hectares) Plant the trees an average of 6 meters (20 ft) apart and space the rows generously 10 m (30 ft) apart. When you run the numbers, it comes […]