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.
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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.
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.
Sunshine Coast Permaculture Urban: the beginning
The beginning of an Urban Permaculture journey at the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast. A 500m2 block will be transformed into an Urban Permaculture Demonstration Site, step by step, using mainly recycled and second hand materials.
Tom to teach a Permaculture Design Certificate course in Vanuatu!
Tom Kendall will teach a Permaculture Design Certificate course in Vanuatu in April/May 2013.
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...
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…
Biogas project at PRI Sunshine Coast
For some years now we have been looking at minimising our energy consumption, and at alternative forms of energy creation in order to produce the energy we need. As we have animal systems in...
