With just over 1.33 Billion people in 2010, China is fast growing into a world super-power. Although traditional Chinese farmers practiced various forms of Permaculture  for thousands of years, a lot of that culture is fast disappearing as China modernizes its Economy. When it comes to...

The Urban Permaculture DVD is finally shipping directly from Geoff Lawton’s website www.permaculture.org.au One of the interesting segments on the DVD deals with a home swimming pool system that was converted to grow over 100 silver perch fingerlings. The owners insisted that they do...

Here’s something you might not have considered. Duckponics. It may not be for everyone, but if you keep ducks and you want to do aquaponics without fish then perhaps you might consider this interesting alternative. Aleece Landis better know as TCLynx on various aquaponics forums apart...

If you’re a student of Permaculture and want to know how to implement Permaculure Design into your small Urban Garden then you should check out this DVD when it gets released in October. World Premiere in IPC10 Jordan Its been finished for some time now but we have held off publishing it...

A couple of years ago whilst shooting the Food Forest DVD with Geoff Lawton he remarked how “only on edges do we get fertility” or words to that effect. At the time that phrase didn’t really make much sense to me but when you stop and think for a moment how nature creates...

It looks like a white camel with a fat hump on a pillar but in actual fact its a hot water system. Rocket Stove technology has been around for many years, dating back to ancient China as a method of central heating, but this rendered mud brick construction is used out in the field near the...

A while back we posted a story about Penny Pyett’s straw-bale chicken house that was specifically designed to muffle the sounds of roosters crowing. Raising roosters in the city is always was a problem with the noise. How do you keep the peace with the neighbors from all that early...

Its been a whirlwind trip over the last six months putting the pieces together for what is to become The Urban Permaculture DVD with Geoff Lawton. Nothing goes quite according to script and yet making a video like this is a bit like herding cats. Its chaotic. Like walking into a jungle of...

Sometimes you see something and you think “Wow! Thats a great idea.” We came across this very simple and easy to build greenhouse at Rosina Buckman’s backyard. Rosina has some terrific tips mentioned previously here and here. Most greenhouse designs are overly complicated...

They say nine out of ten people that ultimately get ducks into their gardens first started off with chickens. So what are the advantages of keeping ducks? The popular perception or myth is that ducks need a large expanse of water; they make a lot of mess; destroy your garden and their eggs are...

Recently when filming with Permaculture gardener Rosina Buckman, we asked her how she managed to grow her amazing vegetables in her raised bed gardens without importing a lot of expensive soil. These tanks were raised off the ground and faced a sunny spot right out at the front of her house....

Rosina Buckman’s front garden is right out on the suburban street. A number of corrugated colour-bond Zincalume planter beds dot her front garden. Rosina is keen on growing food in her raised beds. Lettuce and herbs spill out of her tanks as she exuberantly explains how she keeps the...