The compost toilet outhouse
Building an outhouse with a compost toilet and bench seat on our Permaculture property, with a view over the Permaculture kitchen garden.
Tagged: self sufficiency
Permaculture Design Certificate at PRI Sunshine Coast
Link to an article written by a recent student about the Permaculture Design Certificate course he did with us from 23 June to 5 July.
Biogas project Update
Biogas project: Concreting the dome roof of the biodigester.
Increased Water Management by adding a Permaculture Swale
May’s Earthworks course at the Permaculture Research Institute Maungaraeeda Sunshine Coast created a Permaculture Swale to improve water management on the property.
Permaculture Urban: a simple worm farm
A step by step guide how to make your own small scale worm farm for our Permaculture Urban project.
Biogas Project update
On the 18th of March we started our Biogas project. This project involves making a bio-digester which will turn manure into methane gas for cooking and other energy needs. Tom had to re-do some...
Separating cream
We currently have 2 Jersey cows in milk, having had their beautiful babies not so long ago. As breastfeeding mums can attest, the more the babies feed the more the mums produce, which is...
Picking from the outside in
Conventional growing and grocery shopping dictates that we buy a whole lettuce. A nice looking big round thing with all its leaves on. When shopping in your garden, it is quite different…
Biogas project at PRI Sunshine Coast
For some years now we have been looking at minimising our energy consumption, and at alternative forms of energy creation in order to produce the energy we need. As we have animal systems in...
Sustainable Soil Management
Paul Taylor was raised on an organic farm and has been working with sustainable soil management for more than 30 years. Paul demystifies the complex sciences of soil microbiology and plant nutrition to bring you a cutting...
