Posts tagged permaculture

theresaplantinmyboot:

le Jardin médiévale de Bois Richeux

A fantastic Chateau garden in the Loire valley. The caretakers keep the garden in the style of a medieval garden, with woven raised planters made of sticks and wood.

NicoleFaires.com: I Have Bacteria All Over My House

nicolefaires:

I knew how important it is, but I didn’t truly realize HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. I have really gotten into cultivating bacteria and it’s so much fun. It’s also made me realize how crucial bacteria is for the existence of all life. Without it, everything would die.

The picture above is today’s…

I love this woman.

knowurbanis: COMMUNITY GARDENS // THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT 

knowurbanis:

COMMUNITY GARDENS // THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT 

knowurbanis: URBAN AGRICULTURE // IN THE SHADOW OF CHICAGO 

knowurbanis:

URBAN AGRICULTURE // IN THE SHADOW OF CHICAGO 

knowurbanis: COMMUNITY GARDEN // THE RE-BIRTH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD 

knowurbanis:

COMMUNITY GARDEN // THE RE-BIRTH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD 

nicolefaires: Greenhouse #2 is almost done except the door. The raised beds are done, the paths mulched. How do we use permaculture principles on a production farm? The raised beds will never be turned or tilled, we use natural mulches like leaves that come from our region only. We grow a diversity of crops, as many of them companion planted as possible. We build the soil, and conseve and reuse water. We grow year-round through the use of plastic in order to decrease our dependence on foreign production and petroleum, and we use no petroleum for producing the food, just delivering it. The real challenge is that as a SPIN farm, we have to travel to our farm plots. This is technically a Zone 3 area that we have to farm like a Zone 1 area in order to keep production high. To allleviate this we try to farm smart - using worms to help us compost faster and reduce turning, mulching, keeping on top of weeds before they seed, building the soil to make our plants more resistant, and putting in some timed irrigation. This is the future of food production. For the curious, this greenhouse cost about $450 for 20 x 40. The basic materials are PVC, 2x4’s, and 6 mil plastic. It would not last well in a place that gets heavy snow, but it wouldn’t cost much more to invest in metal electrical conduit instead of PVC.

nicolefaires:

Greenhouse #2 is almost done except the door. The raised beds are done, the paths mulched.

How do we use permaculture principles on a production farm? The raised beds will never be turned or tilled, we use natural mulches like leaves that come from our region only. We grow a diversity of crops, as many of them companion planted as possible. We build the soil, and conseve and reuse water. We grow year-round through the use of plastic in order to decrease our dependence on foreign production and petroleum, and we use no petroleum for producing the food, just delivering it. The real challenge is that as a SPIN farm, we have to travel to our farm plots. This is technically a Zone 3 area that we have to farm like a Zone 1 area in order to keep production high. To allleviate this we try to farm smart - using worms to help us compost faster and reduce turning, mulching, keeping on top of weeds before they seed, building the soil to make our plants more resistant, and putting in some timed irrigation. This is the future of food production.

For the curious, this greenhouse cost about $450 for 20 x 40. The basic materials are PVC, 2x4’s, and 6 mil plastic. It would not last well in a place that gets heavy snow, but it wouldn’t cost much more to invest in metal electrical conduit instead of PVC.

plutofarms:

Some of our cherry tomato plants =]

permascot:

Also made some cold/grow frames out of an old divan bed frame that was left here when we moved in.

permascot: This bale gave us enough straw for our hen house and for really thick layer of mulch on the veg beds for just over a year. Was very funny watching the tractor deliver the bale, slowly cruising through our built up neighbourhood past ‘gardens’ of gravel and lawn before depositing it over our garden wall.

permascot:

This bale gave us enough straw for our hen house and for really thick layer of mulch on the veg beds for just over a year.

Was very funny watching the tractor deliver the bale, slowly cruising through our built up neighbourhood past ‘gardens’ of gravel and lawn before depositing it over our garden wall.

notquitehippie: A well written primer on growing potatoes via the Milkwood Permaculture blog. 

notquitehippie:

A well written primer on growing potatoes via the Milkwood Permaculture blog. 

permascot:

Sheet mulching.

(c)jreid

afarmjournal: Soooooo cool!!!! /geek out Click the Picasa link for zoom-able photos or visit their website at http://www.veryediblegardens.com/ 

afarmjournal:

Soooooo cool!!!!

/geek out

Click the Picasa link for zoom-able photos or visit their website at http://www.veryediblegardens.com/ 

permascot: Taken with a Holga. (c)JReid Two of my favorite things combined: medium format and gardening!

permascot:

Taken with a Holga.

(c)JReid

Two of my favorite things combined: medium format and gardening!

permascot: A veg garden we were building in Portugal, 2004. We used old roof tiles to edge the beds. Water channels surround the bed for irrigation from a water tank. (c)JReid

permascot:

A veg garden we were building in Portugal, 2004. We used old roof tiles to edge the beds. Water channels surround the bed for irrigation from a water tank.

(c)JReid

theharvestgypsies: Just another day on Mohala Farms harvesting kale, collards, arugula, and rainbows. I have been on the farm for a week now and I already feel at home. Everyday we wake up at 6am for tea in the early moonlight. We are already out in the fields hard at work by the time the sun rises at around 6:45am. Usually we stop for breakfast at 9am and eat quickly so we can be back to work before the sun gets too hot. Lately, we have had lunch from 1pm to 2pm. Then a quick two hours of afternoon work and I am off to surf at Ali’i by 4pm. After a good dinner I am fast asleep by 8pm or 9pm. These are the most beautiful days.

theharvestgypsies:

Just another day on Mohala Farms harvesting kale, collards, arugula, and rainbows. I have been on the farm for a week now and I already feel at home. Everyday we wake up at 6am for tea in the early moonlight. We are already out in the fields hard at work by the time the sun rises at around 6:45am. Usually we stop for breakfast at 9am and eat quickly so we can be back to work before the sun gets too hot. Lately, we have had lunch from 1pm to 2pm. Then a quick two hours of afternoon work and I am off to surf at Ali’i by 4pm. After a good dinner I am fast asleep by 8pm or 9pm. These are the most beautiful days.