Greening the Desert II Video – Greening the Middle East

We in the North often have a highly skewed understanding of the word ‘poverty’. Mention it, and the mind is immediately filled with images of emaciated children, queues at aid stations, and the like. Somehow our own acute poverty – in community, social cohesion and ethical purpose – usually goes unrecognised. We live in a [...]

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Planting Trees As Living Firebreaks

 
 
 
Fire Retardants and How They Work
Information about which trees are fire retardant and which are accelerants, about how retardants and accelerants work, and some design and management “do’s and don’ts” which could make a difference to the safety of live and property.
more information
[smalltreefarm.com.au]

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How-to-Guides & Manuals – Mushrooms

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Kiva – What is Kiva? (Team Permaculture)

 
Team Permaculture We Let You Loan to Low Income Entrepreneurs
Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.
The people you see on Kiva’s site are real individuals. When you browse entrepreneurs’ profiles on [...]

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eHow – How to Create a Permaculture Garden

The term permaculture–a combination the words “permanent” and “agriculture”–was coined in 1978 by Australian ecologists Bill Mollison and David Holmgren to describe an “integrated, evolving system of perennial or self-perpetuating plant and animal species useful to man.” According to the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, “It is a land use and community building movement which [...]

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USDA Zones…Gardener Powered!

Our zone map is created by thousands of gardeners from all around the world. Sign up and add your zone!
Search by address on this map to find your local USDA Zone! (anywhere in the world)
map
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Growing a forest garden

Growing a forest garden
I’ve always been interested in sustainable ways of growing food. Ever since I read Forest Gardening by Robert Hart I’ve had idle thoughts about planting a small orchard in my back garden. I’ve dabbled here and there but when I moved into my new house in 2008 I decided to start planning. [...]

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How to Compost: Composting Instructions

Don’t be intimidated by composting! Composting is easy to do, and this guide is full of tips on how to get the best results.
If you don’t have time to read this whole site right now, no problem!
Just remember that all organic material breaks down. Even if you just toss your yard debris into a hole [...]

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Vegetable Gardening Ideas

Planning Your Vegetable Garden
So, where to begin?
First of all, think small. Get the hang of growing a vegetable garden first and then expand. I grow more vegetables in a small, well-cared for garden that in a large garden I can’t control.
There are a number of choices that need to be made prior to planting your [...]

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Cam’s Top Five Not-so-Common-Tips for Edible Gardening

The basics are covered in a thousand books, so here are a few tips you don’t come across quite so often.

Design. A few extra hours spent thinking about your garden layout can save you many heart-aches, head-aches and back-aches down the track. Permaculture and Organic gardening books are a good place to start, a PDC [...]

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