A primer on swales
An article on swales has just been published elsewhere on this site.
A Banana Circle
The inappropriately named Banana Circle is a good way to manage waste, make compost and grow food
Visitors from Sadhana Forest
It was an honour and a pleasure to welcome Aviram and Yorit of Sadhana Forest, Auroville along with 27 students of a Permaculture Design Course.
A Pongamia trove
One doesn’t look at the backyard until after having gazed afar.
Vegetables and seasons
Information for nursery practice.
Water woes, Oct. 09
Some months ago, I Twittered “july, 09 is hottest in 40 years. rainfall is 10% of the average; just 20mm. pointReturn is reeling under the drought”. That was about the SW monsoon. Now the NE monsoon appears to be poor as well.
The gentle bikie Ringo, aka Paul Kean
This itinerant permaculturist arrived from nowhere and has since contributed greatly
Consecration
On Sep 27, 2009 the new pavilion was consecrated. A homam was performed by the local priest between 4.30 and 5.30am.
Yanmar VIO20 , a mini excavator
The logic and compulsions of buying an expensive machine like a mini excavator.
Google Earth image of pointReturn in 2009
For the record, here is the picture of pointReturn as Google Earth sees it in Sep,2009