A while back when we made our first DVD on harvesting rainwater to drought proof your property we first came across this term “Swale.” What does it mean exactly and why do Permaculture people advocate its usage? If you asked Geoff Lawton from the Permaculture Research Institute...

For many years they’ve been seen as a symbol of pride in Australia. Expatriate writers in the 50′s and 60′s would  write about returning to Sydney by ship and about being greeted by the  smell of  wafting gum tree leaves as they waxed lyrical about the nostalgia they felt...

Its not often that you get to meet a living legend everyday and lets face it, the term is bandied around for all sorts of people, sportsmen and even celebrities – all the time. But Peter Andrews is different. Here is a guy not afraid to speak his mind and more importantly – back...

Tony Coote believes his chickens lay the best eggs on the planet and he's got the proof to prove it. The eggs from his 12,000 chicken farm located at Mulloon Creek Natural Farms near Canberra were independently analysed by the Government CSIRO laboratories and found to contain twice the amount of Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids that are found in conventional chicken farm eggs.

Planting trees in heavily compacted soil is not easy as Matt will tell you, but it can be done if you follow some basic tips.

Here's the first 10 minutes under the working title of "Rehydrating the Landscape" it will look at the work of Peter Andrews and Geoff Lawton.