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Food Forest for Vincent!

By Tanvier Fowler
It seems that Food Forests are difficult to establish in Perth. I was very happy when Transition Town Vincent (TTV) contacted me in March about finding PDC graduates to help them with their new community food forest…

West Toodyay Community Tree Planting

By Nicole Coleman
Last year, the Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management Inc offered small grants to landholders to improve ground cover and on-land fodder options for livestock. A neighbour (Anita) and I decided to submit a joint application…

Kwoorabup Commons Cooperative

by Charlie Mgee
Some of you more seasoned permies may remember Living Waters Permaculture in Kwoorabup/Denmark, which was an important part of WA permaculture in the Great Southern for over 20 years…

Pickled Beetroot Recipe

By Stephanie Cutmore
I love this recipe that a friend of the family shared with us and it’s an easy one to follow. I have found if you do decide to grow a vegetable garden, you allways have an abundance at one time and learning new ways to store it is very helpful…

Australian Permaculture Convergence 2023 Report

by Anne Warman
The Australian Permaculture Convergence (APC) had not been held in South Australia for around 30 years. In recent times the community there has flourished, and…

Companion Planting in Australia

Reviewed by Jenny Hanna
Most plants are the happiest when grown in the company of others or sad when in the company of bad neighbours. This little book is about that…

Permaculture for food security and sovereignty

The permaculture vision of food security and sovereignty is one of communities full of food gardens, larders full of preserves and seed ready to go into garden beds irrigated by harvested rain and storm water and fertilised by the recycled wastes of the dysfunctional industrial food system…