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Column 9 of the HomeGrown Series The first thing my husband Tom did when we bought our farm was create the garden. We did some basic things to the house to make it habitable,...
Category: Gardening
Garden beds, seedlings, seed planting, mulching, composting and soils.
Containers or beds?
Column 5 in Homegrown, Weekend Magazine, Sunshine Coast Daily, by Zaia Kendall Tom and I are lucky to live in paradise and be land custodians. We have been able to plant our vegetables and...
The Future of Food Production – short documentary by Bayley Pilling featuring Tom Kendall
Tom was asked to participate in a documentary by 15 year old Bayley Pilling. The short film is in the finals of the Noosa International Film Festival and will be officially screened as part...
Life in the kitchen garden
Today was another beautiful sub-tropical winter’s day, clear blue sky and temperatures in the low to mid 20s (Celsius). The garden is full of life at the moment, the bees are busy at work...
Transplanting lettuces
Transplanting self sown lettuces into a more convenient location, using compost made by the biodigester and the chickens from cow and chicken manure, and mulch cut on the property.
Video: Practical Permaculture Training with Tom Kendall
Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast shows how to consolidate your Permaculture knowledge with practical training at Maungaraeeda.
Food Forestry with Tom Kendall
Tom Kendall talks about the Food Forest he is creating at Maungaraeeda, home of the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast. He also answers the question what Permaculture means to people and nature.
Tom’s Journey into Permaculture
An Interview with Tom Kendall of the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast, about how he got to where he is now and some of the learnings on the way. His journey from a Biodynamic property of 2500 hectares in Western Australia to a 12 hectare Permaculture property in Queensland. He also discusses what Permaculture and self reliance mean to him.
Animal confusion: spring behaviour in autumn…
Some animals are behaving as if it is spring instead of autumn. What causes this behaviour? A call for more information and observations about this phenomenon.
Maungaraeeda Permaculture Demonstration site: property update
An update about what has been happening at Maungaraeeda, our Permaculture Demonstration Site. Wwoofers and volunteers are cheerfully keeping the place running whilst Tom is in Vanuatu teaching a PDC.
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.
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