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Organic gardening

Soil fertility
14 Jun 2022

Soil fertility

by Treebeard | posted in: Composting, Organic gardening, Permaculture | 0

Peter Ash’s soil fertility course This online course will tell you all you need to know about creating and maintaining fertile soil. This workshop unlocks the secrets of natural soil fertility as well as focuses on how to make the … Continued

Huxhams Cross Farm
3 Jun 2022

Huxhams Cross Farm

by Treebeard | posted in: biodynamics, Conserving water and energy, food, Organic gardening, Permaculture, plants | 0

This is a biodynamic and permaculture-based farm at Dartington. See this Guardian article.

Agroforestry – REVISED!
2 Jun 2022

Agroforestry – REVISED!

by Treebeard | posted in: food, Gardening, Organic gardening, Planting trees | 0

Agroforestry, or forest gardening, as practised in Dartington by Martin Crawford. For a longer explanation see:– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFbcn06h8w4 NEW See:– International Forest Garden / Food Forest Symposium, Online 31 May-4 June 2021 and on-demand

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Puerto Rico agroecology
23 Dec 2021

Puerto Rico agroecology

by Treebeard | posted in: Gardening, Growing vegetables, Nature, Organic gardening, Permaculture, plants | 0

‘We have to do things differently’ — After Hurricane Maria, These small farms in Puerto Rico are making food more sustainable and resilient in the face of the climate crisis. Back to back hurricanes in 2017 exposed the instability of Puerto … Continued

Pfumvudza – Transforming Zimbabwe
18 Aug 2021

Pfumvudza – Transforming Zimbabwe

by Treebeard | posted in: Growing vegetables, Organic gardening, plants, Water, Water | 0

Practical Action have prepared a field report on a small scale solution delivering big results in areas where low rainfall, drought and cyclones have led to severe hardship. Pfumvudza (“New Season”) is a special method of agriculture that enables a … Continued

Sekem: the Economics of Love
11 Aug 2021

Sekem: the Economics of Love

by Treebeard | posted in: Composting, Growing vegetables, Nature, Organic gardening | 0

Sekem means Vitality in the Egyptian language. It is also the name of a community practising regenerative biodynamic agriculture in various parts of Egypt, started by Dr.Ibrahim Abouleish. The community has restored whole tracts of desert to profitable use using … Continued

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Growing Your Own Food – Act Now – Vertical Garden in Progress
26 May 2017

Growing Your Own Food – Act Now – Vertical Garden in Progress

by ianmacw | posted in: Community gardening, Growing vegetables, Nature, Organic gardening | 0

Have you ever thought about growing your own food, but did not quite know how to go about it? Well, it’s easy and accessible to everyone. Even if you have no land, no garden and no balcony – as long as … Continued

Volunteering opportunities on biodynamic farms
24 Oct 2016

Volunteering opportunities on biodynamic farms

by Treebeard | posted in: biodynamics, Growing vegetables, Organic gardening | 0

Huxhams Cross Farm, near Dartington, and Oakbrook Farm, near Stroud, are both biodynamic farms leased to the Biodynamic Land Trust and in the course of being prepared for production.

Organic growing at Amritapuri
9 Aug 2016

Organic growing at Amritapuri

by Treebeard | posted in: Organic gardening | 0

Amritapuri Ashram has gone organic and so has

GetGrowing Gets Going in the UK
16 Jun 2016

GetGrowing Gets Going in the UK

by greenman | posted in: Community gardening, Composting, Garden Organic, Gardening, Growing vegetables, Nature, Organic gardening, Permaculture, plants, Seeds | 0

This May the very first GetGrowing course was run in the UK. For those not aware this is a hugely successful short course to teach complete novices how to start growing some of their own food, something that Amma’s is … Continued

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