Tagged: self reliance

Tom Kendall waxes his earthen floor at Maungaraeeda

Permaculture / Tom's Blog

16/03/2016

Earthen Floor Wax

Tom Kendall applies a bees wax paste to his Earthen Floor.

Tom Kendall covers his bio-digester with concrete at Maungaraeeda.

Permaculture / Tom's Blog

14/03/2016

Bi-digester Finishing Touches

Tom Kendall concretes a cover over his Bio-digester.

Garden harvest on our permaculture property on the Sunshine Coast

14/03/2016

Poop scoopin’, harvesting and hatching

Harvesting, eggs hatching and poop scooping at Maungaraeeda, permaculture home of Tom and Zaia Kendall.

Morning glory: the pond at Maungaraeeda

11/03/2016

One of those days….

Zaia is having a grumpy day…

The rosemary bush was liberated from the suffocating hold of the Madagascar bean vine

10/03/2016

Weeding and my fight with the Madagascar bean

Zaia writes about her weeding day and her struggle with the Madagascar bean vine which was strangling a rosemary bush at her and Tom’s permaculture farm.

Tom Kendalls hand tools for "chop and drop at Maungareeda.

Permaculture / Tom's Blog

08/03/2016

Chop and Drop hand tools.

Tom talks about his hand tools.

Corn was harvested at our permaculture farm

08/03/2016

Harvest day!

Harvesting and the processing of harvest today at Maungaraeeda, macadamias, corn, feijoas and more…

Tom Kendall concretes around his Bio-digester inlet chamber.

Permaculture / Tom's Blog

07/03/2016

Bio-Digester gets overdue attention

The Bio-digester gets overdue attention.

Madagascar bean bush at Maungaraeeda

07/03/2016

Note to self…

Zaia’s note to self to do the planting whilst it is dry outside!

Anna our milking cow smiles for the camera, permaculture Sunshine Coast

04/03/2016

Day 2 of my milking efforts…

Zaia and her so far failed efforts to milk Anna, one of the dairy cows at Maungaraeeda, our permaculture farm on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia

Olive picking at Maungaraeeda, Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast

03/03/2016

Macadamia sorting and olive harvest

Sorting out yesterday’s macadamia harvest and harvesting olives at Maungaraeeda, our permaculture farm in Queensland, Australia.

Shoveling cow manure from the biodigester at Maungaraeeda, permaculture on the Sunshine Coast

02/03/2016

Marital bonding whilst shoveling shit…

Shoveling shit with hubby: a marital bonding experience, and harvesting macadamias.

Course feedback

“I would recommend Tom Kendall’s PDC to anyone looking to learn or become part of the Permaculture Community. I really enjoyed the course. It was also an excellent opportunity to learn from someone who has always worked with the land and who has spent a long time developing that relationship into what it is now. I learned a great deal about the agricultural systems from a practical and solutions based perspective. And yes, they are lovely people too.
It means a lot to me that they offered the course as pay-as-you-can and as self catered. I am in the position where I can only find sporadic work and rather than waste my time feeling stuck I was able to learn and find new opportunities with this course. The sense of community it gives was also really important to me and I am great full to them for being generous with their time. It is something that will give more value as time goes on and I hope to return this fully when I’m able. ”
Marni, PDC 02/2020

“ Unlike all the other students I had no previous knowledge in permaculture and it far exceeded my expectations. I was happy to see the ethics related to this topic were one of your criteria. I would highly recommend this course and have done so already multiple times and will continue to refer people to you in all my travels
To be able to do the course by donation has meant to me that I’ve been able to upskill myself for an affordable amount in a time of current unemployment.
It also meant I could please my curiosity on this topic and dip my toes in the water with the little knowledge I had in this field where as a full price course would have not lead me down this path. I thank you both so kindly for your contribution in getting this knowledge out there in our current global situation.”
Todd Dent, PDC 02/2020

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