Karpagam and Sriram
To have people join you, who share your passion, is a game changing experience.
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Hosted cows
If you can’t own and care for cows, let someone who is looking for a pasture bring his, and leave some dung behind.
Falling in love with swales
“A swale is a water harvesting trench, dug usually on a contour line.” That’s the technical definition- it tells you as much as a definition of the horse as a four legged animal does about that splendid beast. Between the time I read of swales in Bill Mollison’s Permaculture Designer’s Manual in 2006 and actually … Continue reading Falling in love with swales
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