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Category Archives: Permaculture
One School, One Planet – design challenge
The permaculture organisation Sector 39 in conjunction with Llanfyllin High School are rising to the huge challenge of climate change in a very pro-active and committed way. There is this design challenge that they have recently issued and much more … Continue reading
Posted in Children and Young People, Permaculture
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The ‘Garden Room’ border
In permaculture edges are regarded as valuable spaces, having the properties of the two areas they border. Most of my growing spaces could be regarded as edges, but in particular those round the house. All the way round the sides … Continue reading
Introducing Carole’s Garden
Carole and I have been corresponding for some time now and I love to hear about and see the pictures of how her lovely garden is progressing. I asked if she would like to write about it for a blog … Continue reading
Posted in Edible Perennial Gardening, Guest posts, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Relationship with nature
Tagged Asturian tree kale, garlic chives, herbs, kale, miners lettuce, parsley, red chicory, red orache, red sorrel, sweet cicely, Welsh onion, wild rocket, wild strawberries
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Time to prune the tiny fruit trees
On or after the solstice is the time to prune fruit trees according the method I am following from Ann Ralph’s ‘Grow a Little Fruit Tree’ book. So now time like the present – I have been in the garden … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, forest garden development, Forest Gardening, Fruit, Fruit trees, Permaculture, Polycultures
Tagged apple, mirabelle, plum
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Gold Medal for Permaculture Working with Nature Garden
I have just had the most amazing week! After months of planning, preparation, growing, nurturing, fretting and yet more planning a group of permaculture gardeners from Shropshire (UK) presented a permaculture show garden at the prestigious Shrewsbury Flower Show. The … Continue reading
Within the problem lies the solution
One of the principles of permaculture is “the problem is the solution”. One problem The raw material of my garden is clay with a lot of stones and small rocks. If I want to plant even the smallest thing … Continue reading
St David’s Day and making a start on the new plans for the garden
The Borderland Garden is exactly that – a garden on the borders between Wales and England. It is a very wobbly, wavy border, hard to spot on the map and even harder to interpret on the ground sometimes as only … Continue reading
The year’s work and produce in the Borderland Garden 2014
I am pleased with the results from the Borderland Garden for last year. Before I began to add up my figures I anticipated more time spent and less produce than there was. In a perennial vegetable garden the harvests tend … Continue reading
Moving on
It has been a lovely autumn day to spend out in the garden. A bit windy perhaps but sunny and much warmer that I might have expected. I spent the time tidying up mainly – cutting back lots of growth from some … Continue reading
Of edges and hedges
Edges are recognised as important habitats within permaculture. This is because they represent a zone of change between two different habitats or environments and encapsulate some of the identity of each. They therefore have the potential to provide for a … Continue reading
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