Tip of the Day – Page 2 – School of Permaculture

Did a Permaculture Design Course – WHAT NEXT!?

By nicholas
July 3, 2018
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This question, and mostly in a derogatory sense, has been asked for decades. Maybe the question should be, are you applying yourself? But maybe not. There are 5 things you can do after a permaculture design course. In this video I let you know what they are…

Nutrients from Plants for Composting

By nicholas
April 13, 2018
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Nutrients from Plants for Composting Add minerals to your soil by adding these plants to your compost pile Name Binomial Nomenclature Na I Fl B Si S N Mg Ca K P Mn Fe Cu Co Alfalfa Medicago sativa x x Arrowroot x Bladder wrack x x x Borage Borago officinalis x x Bracken, […]

New Metal Roof…

By nicholas
March 21, 2018
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For the last few years we have been getting very bad hail storms during the spring. We ended up totaling out the roof on our suburban site and replacing it with a metal roof. Super excited. Since we have decided to keep the suburban site as well as the farm site, we upgraded to metal […]

Is your egg stanky?

By nicholas
January 21, 2018
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There is nothing worse then barely being awake and starting to cook your eggs when you suddenly get the whiff of the sulphur river overflowing into your kitchen. Let us/Nicole help you tell if your eggs are good before you crack them open. Yes there really is a way. Watch below. Hi, this is Nicole […]

Tons of sweet potatoes, Not a lot of work…

By nicholas
October 11, 2017
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I love to garden. But I don’t want it to feel like a job! Sweet potatoes are a crop that if not careful will end up taking you many steps to grow. Dig my video on how to grow these in two steps. Fast, easy, yields great, and gives you two harvests (the root and […]

What in the world is a HULA HOE?

By nicholas
September 13, 2017
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The only thing better than a thick Texas draw is speaking Australian while Texan. Find out what in the world a hula hoe is, and it’s insanely fast use getting rid of undesirables in the garden.

My Current Version of Irrigating My Keyhole Gardens

By nicholas
August 31, 2017
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We have tried all sorts of ways to irrigate these gardens here at our suburban permaculture demonstration site. Actually I am still fiddling with it. But as of right now, we have found a decent, scratch that, very good method for irrigating keyhole and mandala gardens. Let me know more if you want me to […]

KEYHOLES KNIVES WORM EATING AND THE HOMELESS

By nicholas
July 7, 2017
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Keyhole gardens are vastly underestimated of how distracting they are. Robin Jones brings it, like really. You want working knives? Help the poor. Take a peek inside what it really takes to run, not one, but two demonstration sites, operate a school of permaculture, manage an amazing team of instructors and consultants, while being a […]

Worm Farm For Your Backyard!

By nicholas
June 14, 2017
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Who doesn’t want the best fertilizer on earth for their growing systems? Worm farming aka vermiculture produces a black gold for your garden/farm that is superior to all other fertilizers. And it should be, it is how God made it. Similar to eating whole food vs. processed foods, the nutrients that come out of the […]

Growing Your Own Pesticides…

By nicholas
May 17, 2017
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Ron Finley said, “Growing your own food is like printing your own money”. I could not agree more. And you wouldn’t just set fire to the bank that holds your money would you? That is pretty much what we do when we spracy chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides. In this video I show you […]

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