Cycling the Humanure
Compost toilet material composted and cycled.
Tagged: Zaia Kendall
From Yacon to Pumpkin
An attempt to accelerate the soil building process for growing pumpkins.
Life in the kitchen garden
Today was another beautiful sub-tropical winter’s day, clear blue sky and temperatures in the low to mid 20s (Celsius). The garden is full of life at the moment, the bees are busy at work...
Processing Yacon
Harvesting and processing Yacon to make a delicious and sweet Yacon syrup!
Benefits of an early morning walk
Hormonal benefits to going for an early morning walk, journey to sustainable health.
Looking for the next thrill: adrenaline seeking behaviour and the demise of farming
Zaia discusses a link between our adrenaline fueled society and the demise of small farming.
Why we do things the “hard way”
Why do we live the hard way, shovelling shit day in day out, putting up with animals dying despite looking after them well, losing crops due to erratic weather, living in an unfinished house and a multitude of other issues? We do it because we believe.
Obtain a Yield
Harvesting of home grown produce is very gratifying.
Dish detergent alternative
A natural easy non foaming dishwash detergent at Maungaraeeda, Permaculture Sunshine Coast.
Cattle and water use
Zaia supports pasture fed beef growing as a more humane and environmentally friendly method than other “industrial” methods, and refutes the notion that beef production needs to use an excess of water.
Citrus for winter!
Mandarins and choko chips.
Life lessons learned from Permaculture
Zaia talks about the life lessons she is learning from permaculture, especially about letting go.
