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Kiama Primary School Permaculture Garden Tour

November 17, 2011 by Darren

A tour around the Kiama Primary School permaculture garden, with lots of photos.

Posted in: Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Permaculture Tagged: comfrey, compost, composting, construction, fruit trees, kale, Kiama, Kiama Council, mulch, Permaculture, permaculture design, seedlings, swales

Kiama Primary School Garden Opening

November 13, 2011 by Darren

Kiama Primary School had the official opening of their permaculture garden on Friday, and I was fortunate enough to be able to attend. What an awesome garden they’ve built!

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Permaculture Tagged: Costa's Garden Odyssey, illawarra, jamberoo, Kiama, PDC, Permaculture, permaculture design, swales

Swales For Water Harvesting

September 5, 2011 by Darren

The notes from my recent presentation to Jamberoo Community Growers on swales.

Posted in: Growing Food, Permaculture, Water Tagged: dam, flood, greywater, Jamberoo Community Growers, mulch, ponds, swales, trees

Mulch Delivery

June 17, 2011 by Darren

We had 9 cubic metres (4.6 tons) of mulch delivered – and I have to move it all by wheelbarrow!

Posted in: Frugality, Growing Food, Permaculture, Waste, Water Tagged: compost, garden beds, gardening, mulch, swales

Videos of Jamberoo Floods

March 23, 2011 by Darren

Photos and videos of Monday’s flooding around Jamberoo.

Posted in: Media Coverage, Water Tagged: dam, flood, illawarra mercury, jamberoo, swales

Weekly Roundup – Fruit Tree Swales and Chicken Tunnels

March 14, 2011 by Darren

Info on fruit tree swales, another Illawarra blogger, a cool tinyhouse, young people getting into farming in the US, wind knitting, and chicken tunnels.

Posted in: Weekly Roundup Tagged: backyard chickens, bloggers, chicken tractor, farmers, swales

Swale And Banana Circle

February 22, 2011 by Darren

It took a long time, but I finally finished digging the swale across the back of my shed. With mango, banana, coffee, loquats, sweet potato, taro and more it should be a productive little area soon!

Posted in: Growing Food, Permaculture, Water Tagged: chicken manure, chickens, comfrey, compost, fruit trees, mulch, pigs, swales, weeds

Weekly Roundup – Wood Pallets and Swales

January 16, 2011 by Darren

How to dismantle wooden shipping pallets and use them to build sheds, chicken coops, animal shelters and other useful structures. Also how to dig swales, and an indoor farm in Tokyo.

Posted in: Weekly Roundup Tagged: chicken coops, swales, wooden pallets

Video: The Permaculture Concept – Bill Mollison

October 18, 2009 by Darren

This is a post I wrote a while ago on my personal blog, but I think it’s really appropriate here. Plus I still don’t have much time to post anything new yet. Don’t you hate it when you know you’ve seen something in a video (say, Bill Mollison talking about planting in guilds), but you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Permaculture, Video Tagged: Australia, Bill Mollison, chickens, David Holmgren, food forest, guilds, PDC, Permaculture, permaculture design, permaculture ethics, permaculture principles, potatoes, swales

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