Weeds are one of the most despised plants on the planet. People go to many lengths to eradicate weeds from the garden. Judging by the number of herbicides you can buy – its obviously a great money spinner for the chemical companies. But if you speak with Geoff Lawton a Permaculture...
Planning an Edible S...
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School Gardens are taking off in a big way and there’s no better designer in our view than Leonie Shanahan. Yesterday we had the pleasure to start filming with Leonie a new DVD that we are producing next year on planning an effective school garden that really works. The DVD on Edible...
Six Things you’ll fi...
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In the Food Forest DVD, Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton takes you through his Kitchen garden where he introduces students to the concept of companion planting. Here the kitchen garden is deliberately designed with a riot of flowers and vegetables deliberately designed to confuse pests from...
New Study proves Fre...
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Permaculture people have long advocated it. Free range farmers have recommended it. Now a new study seems to have proven it. According to recent research from the US Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences that has compared caged bird eggs against their free range cousins – has...
Solar Cookers
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While we were shooting the Permaculture Soils video with Geoff Lawton, we noticed an array of shiny solar cookers being assembled on the jetty at Zaytuna Farm. Barb Ford from Brisbane was cooking the afternoon lunch for the woofers and students on the farm. Taking a break from our filming, we...
Compost Wheelie Bin ...
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Here’s a great tip given by a member of the Aquaponics Made Easy Forum on cheap easy to build hot water system using compost. The original question posted to the forum was how to heat a fish tank over winter without any extra energy costs. A hard thing to do. Thermal Mass heating was...
The Permaculture Goa...
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What started off as an introduction to building a basic shed for housing goats turns into a lesson in cycling nutrients and understanding Permaculture.
When Ecofilms asked Elisabeth Fekonia to show us her goat milking shed we wondered what those two covered bathtubs in the corner of the shed were doing there? What we got was a lesson in Permaculture nutrient cycling and simple effective design that just works without costing you a lot of money.
Raising Healthy Goat...
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Getting goats to nibble on Mugwort is not easy. Elisabeth says it took her cattle and goats about a year of grazing before they attempted to nibble on this plant. Now they readily nibble on this plant only when they feel the urge to expel parasites from their system.
Where The Best Eggs ...
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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.
Elisabeth Fekonia’s ...
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Even if you’ve never milked a cow before, she’ll show you how to do that successfully.
The Man of a Thousan...
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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.
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