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By Chrissy-Tiina Laurikainen

“The Three Sisters” (Corn, Bean & Pumpkin) – Companion Planting Guild.

Over thousands of years, peoples of South America traded & shared this guild along river valleys, until it merged with peoples in North America.  Producing large amounts of surplus, populations were not only sustained – but thrived & grew to what they are today (5). Corn. Climbing beans. Squash or pumpkin. Steps: Plant 5 CORN […]

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By Chrissy-Tiina Laurikainen

DIY Worm Tower / Hotel = Perpetual Organic Garden

This DIY Worm Tower / Hotel instantly delivers high-value worm juice directly to the root zone creating high-quality organic garden soil.  Here’s how… STARTING MATERIALS… Soil which easily allows burial of Worm Tower / Hotel: Raised garden bed. Loose soil in deep garden bed. Large pot. Stack of three car tyres (rims removed). Note:  Car […]

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By Trent chaffey

10 Windbreak trees for the Sunshine Coast

10 Wind Break Trees For The Sunshine Coast 1- Hibiscus Tiliaceus ( Cotton Tree) used for rope making and the bark for infusion for antiseptic 2- Pandanus ( Bush tucker fruit growing to 40cm wide) 3- Syzygium luehmannii (Bright Red Edible Fruit) 4- Bottle brushes (Good for bees and Birds) 5- Olive Trees ( Great […]

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By Chrissy-Tiina Laurikainen

Using Soil Tinctures to = “Feed The Soil, Not The Plant”.

Healthy plants look great, produce high quality produce, repel pests (via volatile organic compounds) & more.  To sustain health, they require a wide range of nutrients, much more than NPK – nitrogen, phosphorus & potassium.  The basic nutrients (biochemical sequence) are used in the order… Boron, which activates: Silicon, which carries all other nutrients, starting […]

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By Chrissy-Tiina Laurikainen

DIY Worm Farm – Vermicast, Worm-Juice, Soil Life & More!

Picture diary – building a worm-farm to collect vermicast & worm-juice.

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By renata McStay

My journey, renting and feeding my family

Southland NZ. After being forced to move house and area twice in the last year and a bit, my family and I are grateful to have found a rental house with a few fruit trees, a long term agreement and great landlords that let me have some freedom in developing the area that once was […]

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By Katrina Swan

Mandala Garden

We moved onto our property about 3 years ago, given there was nothing but 4 deteriorated mudbrick walls on a concrete slab, a 40 ft container housing an old tractor, a sauna (priorities right?) and heaps of trees, we had and still have lots of work to do. After organizing a roof over our heads, a […]

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By Konrad

From Grassland To Food Forest

So how to we actually start from ground up? In this short video Ian Trew walks through various stages in establishing a food forest and explains the process of how we actually help to speed up changing grassland into food forest.   More FREE Videos Watch our free permaculture course introduction here: WATCH HERE  

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By Konrad

Planting in Guilds – An Example

In this video Ian Trew explains why we should be planting in guilds to accelerate growth of the main plant we want to grow fast – a citrus tree in this case. The little fruit tree is getting shade by the popcorn acacias around, who protect the little fella until he can rise and produce […]

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By Konrad

How To Start Your Food Forest: Ground Cover

How to start a Food Forest In this video Ian Trew walks us through the steps on how to start a food forest in sub-tropics or tropics. In this example we’re using bananas to start our food forest. Bananas grow very quick and provide a lot of shade within the first 12 months of growth […]

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