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Category Archives: permaculture
Bean wigwam
Lousy weather notwithstanding, I am soldiering onwards with planting in the back garden. (And, indeed, some things are even growing.) This week, it was time to establish the new bean wigwam. First job was to prise up some more paving … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, planting, raised beds, the garden project
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Balcony planning
For some reason I found it really hard to get to grips with a plan for the balcony. Perhaps because it’s a space that at the moment we really don’t use (since it overlooks the road, although it also overlooks … Continue reading
Back garden fruit
Having rearranged the herb garden, I looked at the vast expanse of 6+ foot high, south-west facing fence behind it, and thought “Something should be growing across that. Specifically, a productive climber that produces something tasty…”. So last week I … Continue reading
The Balcony Project: sector & zone analysis
I’m planning planting for our balcony, and in my last post on this wrote up the surveying. The next step is to do the analysis: some possible approaches are to consider zones, sectors, and input/output. For this project zones aren’t … Continue reading
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Tagged permaculture, planning, the balcony project
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From pallets to shed
I spent much of February slowly constructing a shed (more of a tool cupboard, really; our garden is very small) from deconstructed pallets. The first step was to measure up (my shed was 80cm x 60cm in footprint, and spade-height-plus-a-bit … Continue reading
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Tagged building things, diy, garden, low-budget, making things, permaculture, the garden project
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One change at a time: easy shower greywater reuse
After a very full-on fortnight learning about permaculture and activism at the Earth Activist Training 2011 course in August, I came away all fired up to make some changes at home. I would absolutely love to set up some kind … Continue reading
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Tagged easy changes, environment, greywater, permaculture, water
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Keeping track
This year, for the first time, I actually bothered to harden off my tomatoes before migrating them full-time from the windowsill into their final home on the balcony[0]. In theory, this should mean that they don’t get a nasty shock … Continue reading
Posted in allotment, balcony, fixing my brain, permaculture, structures
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Permaculture principles: working with what’s there
I’ve been thinking recently about the design of a potential new permaculture garden project. It suddenly occurred to me that one of the underlying principles of permaculture, awareness of the limits and resources of your site and what you have … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, herbs, permaculture, planning
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