by Helen Harvey
When we began our Julimar gardening journey in 2008, we had a bucket, a shovel and, very luckily, a dam full of water. That was July and by September we had upped our game as we realised this was crowbar country as the clay dried out and turned to something like concrete…
by David Brown
No topic is more central to permaculture than this one, especially when we consider the two aspects of system and diet. After discussing Earth Health, Permaculture as a Hunter-Gatherer System, and Human Health, David presents his Conclusions.…
By Tanvier Fowler
For our Elders is this year’s NAIDOC theme and it got me thinking; is there a permaculture principle that looks at the place of elders?
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…
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…
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…
by Araluen Hagan
When we eat fermented foods, we eat the beneficial bacteria – the probiotics – that the food contains. This is important because we need a diverse population of bacteria in our digestive system for optimal health…
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…
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…
by Ross Mars
While Bill Mollison and David Holmgren are both recognised as co-originators of permaculture, their seminal text Permaculture 1 did not discuss any overarching principles on which permaculture was based…