Warm season vegetables and fruit trees are often grown close to brick, stone and concrete walls facing the midday or afternoon sun. This is because these surfaces act as...
Permaculture Journal
One common gardening myth is that watering plants on a hot, sunny day will scorch their leaves. Is this a fact or a fallacy? There appears to be no information published...
Growing vegetables and fruits with his mom in an urban setting at a young age inspired a farm dream for Rolando Boye. While still in his 20s, Rolando had a growing...
Kirsten Bradley, November 8, 2021Milkwood book Permaculture We’re pretty chuffed to be celebrating a big milestone! There are 20,000+ copies of Milkwood – Real Skills...
Abi Byrne and her Ocean Grove Farm in Sydney’s Northern Beaches are living proof that you don’t need to own a piece of land to practice permaculture to produce healthy...
Snails and slugs are one of the most destructive garden pests, causing extensive damage to seeds, seedlings, leaves, fruit and tubers. They go about unseen because they...
For adequate plant nutrition, gardens should be fed with fertilizer twice a year at the very minimum. Once at the start of spring (September in the southern...
Kirsten Bradley, September 22, 2021Gardening Permaculture Learning about your garden’s soil – what it actually is, and how to improve it to create a nourishing...
Keitha Thuy Young, September 20, 2021Community Resilience Food Foraging Preserving This week we’ve called in the wisdom of Keitha Thuy Young – a South Australian farmer...
When feeding the garden it’s best to use natural fertilisers, such as manures, blood & bone, fish emulsion or blended organic fertilisers. No matter what kind of...