Diversity
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,...
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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...
Where to grow
Column 4 in Homegrown, Weekend Magazine, Sunshine Coast Daily, by Zaia Kendall My husband Tom always says that if you want to confuse him, give him a tree for a present. He will take...
Making soil
Column 3 in Home Grown, Weekend Magazine, Sunshine Coast Daily, by Zaia Kendall Making soil We have always had to work with a tight budget. Because of this we always try to make things...
Focus on access in your space
Column 2 in Home Grown, Weekend Magazine, Sunshine Coast Daily, by Zaia Kendall We are on a farm in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. It is not a large farm, but we still walk a...
Designing Resilience
Column 1 in Home Grown, weekend magazine, Sunshine Coast Daily, by Zaia Kendall. Design for resilience We have lived on our farm for 15 years now. In that time we have worked with a...
First Syntropic harvest!
This morning, 3 weeks after planting out our first Syntropic section, we harvested the first of the produce from that section. 1.9kg of radish was harvested, and that was probably only half of what...
Permaculture: a holistic approach to life
When we tell people we practise permaculture, we usually get some questions. The interesting thing is the type of questions we are asked. Usually the person asking us has a plant or tree that has some sort of disease and we are asked what they can do about it. It is interesting how we are all so indoctrinated into thinking that someone who works with nature, plants and animals should just know how to treat something that is diseased without doing any further research or knowing the circumstances…
Stop debating and start planting!
My opinion on Facebook permaculture debates…
2 week grade 9 Steiner Waldorf school camp at Maungaraeeda
The grade 9 class from the Noosa Pengari Steiner Waldorf school had a 2 week permaculture school camp at Maungaraeeda. They had a electronic free 2 weeks on the land, a wonderful group of students and teachers!
WANTED: Dedicated Permaculture trainees
The Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast Inc. is looking for two dedicated, hard working Permaculture trainees, possibly for a longer term. We are offering a hands on Permaculture training experience at the Permaculture Demonstration and Education site Maungaraeeda, taught by PRI accredited teacher Tom Kendall.
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...
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