Category: Permaculture techniques
Posts regarding permaculture design tools and techniques

Biochar on a bonfire
Posted on by Steve
Treflach farm laid some of their hedges last winter. This created piles of brash, narrow diameter sticks and twigs that are hard to use usefully ...
Posted in Academy, Permaculture techniquesTagged biochar,Treflach farm

Making fuel from plastic waste
Posted on by Steve
Reclaiming energy from plastic is a huge untapped potential and can help eliminate the plastic waste slowly choking the envirnoment.
Posted in Academy, Permaculture techniquesTagged plastic waste,principle 6

PDC Treflach Farm
Posted on by Steve
It is a an on-line PDC with a 4-day camp in the middle, and an option to return to the farm for the final weekend. ...
Posted in Academy, courses, Permaculture techniquesTagged Permaculture,shropshire,Treflach farm,wales

Farm scale permaculture, the next step
Posted on by Steve
Above: Professor Martin Wolfe at Wakelyns Farm, Suffolk a few years ago. He is explaining how resilience, disease resistance and long term soil fertility is ...
Posted in Academy, Permaculture techniquesTagged agro forestry,Treflach farm,wakelyns

Compost champions!
Posted on by Steve
I take my hat off for the Save School project team, led by Rose Nibagwire, making what to me looks like the biggest compost heap ...
Posted in Academy, Permaculture techniques, RwandaTagged Rose Nibagwire,Save School

Angie Polkey on seeds
Posted on by Steve
There is an amazing bio-regional and ethical seed company near us, here in Wales. They sell only open pollinated seeds – they encourage seed saving, ...
Posted in Academy, Permaculture techniquesTagged angie polkey,purposefulpermaculture,seed saving,seeds

Thoughts on gully erosion
Posted on by Steve
Water, to be useful and to become available to plants needs to soak into the ground. Problems always can occur when there is surface flow, ...
Posted in Academy, Permaculture techniques, RwandaTagged Butare,Erosion,Nibagwire,Save School,Swales