Grey water grease trap
This article describes the process of making a grey water compost worm grease trap at the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast.
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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.
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 course in Vanuatu
As part of teaching a Permaculture course for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Tom went to a small village on the island of Malakula in Vanuatu, and found greywater systems and under- and overstory growing methods for cacao and coconut.
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...
A place of food…
A number of years ago, when we first came onto this property, we named the property “SOULS”. It was short for Sustainable Organic Utopian Living Space. Unfortunately we found that a lot of people...
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…
