Cream Separating
Tom Kendall cream separating task on the permaculture farm.
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Moving to eating only homegrown
Today we ate almost completely from our garden! Organic, homegrown produce is the best for us all! Busy day preserving, culturing and cooking, harvesting and planting.
Wall Footings
The house is an extended operation in progress. We have been living in a “queenslander” that is often too hot and can get too cold. I talk about passive solar housing often especially during...
Foraging, Friday 19 February
Forage for the chickens by tidying up an area and making ghee at Maungaraeeda!
Thursday 18 February 2016, making potting mix and more
A hot Thursday, with making potting mix, moving and eating chinese greens and mr. Python, our garden’s resident at Maungaraeeda.
Earthen floor
After quite a break I am back onto getting the earthen floor completed. We needed to stop to facilitate a PDC, the two week Permaculture Design Certificate course and then because it had rained...
Butter making and our next PDC
Zaia Kendall talks about the decision to keep running PDCs at Maungaraeeda, home of the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast, and making butter today.
Sheetmulching for ginger
Last October we decided to plant ginger as a cash crop experiment. I never gave ourselves much of a lead up time to do this so consequently the job became a bit overbearing. There...
The art of placement, Tuesday
Zaia’s insight on the art of placement and the efficiency that correct placement and routines bring to a system.
15 Feb 2016 Mon
Bill Mollinsons principal of “every element has more than one function” is very relevant for sustainability. And then I have another saying that I use probably daily and that is “every job has more...
Monday, 15 February 2016
Simple tasks eleviate the pressures of modern life! Even though it is a Manic Monday, at the end of the day I feel tired but extremely content!
14 Feb 2016 Sun
Tending bananas for more production and easier management.
