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The World’s Easiest Wormbin
Here we have the worlds easiest worm bin. It’s a galvanised bit with an open bottom, sunk into gravel for drainage and it has a…
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Soak in the Sun: Hot Options for Solar Water Heaters
Going green with solar energy to heat water is a wise, eco-friendly, and cost-effective decision. With a plethora of solar water heaters out there, here’s…
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Exploring the Potential of Biodynamic Farming
Biodynamic farming is a revolutionary approach to agriculture that prioritizes the comprehensive health of the environment, from soil and plants to animals. This method incorporates…
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The Great Gravity Water Filter Showdown – Berkey VS Stefani
Hello water enthusiasts, we’re here today to discuss an exciting match-up that’s been gathering steam in the world of gravity water filters. We’re talking about…
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What does ChatGPT know about permaculture anyway?
Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ll know that ChatGPT is supposedly the hottest thing since the summer of 2023 – so we…
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Making the thickest and most delicious home made yogurt using an instant pot
What you need Step 1 Pour milk into instant pot and using Sous Vida function set it to 93 degrees Celsius and timer to 30…
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Kitchen Fat Traps
Where do the fats & oils go from your frying pan, pots, and plates? In many households, it goes straight into the sewer, morphing into…
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Greywater 101
Greywater refers to used water from showers, baths, basins and washing machines. It’s free of faecal contamination but may contain traces of dirt, food, or…
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What is a local e-commerce collective?
What is a local e-commerce collective? You already trust your neighbours and the businesses in your community – a local e-commerce collective makes it easier…
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Edible and useful plants that are REALLY easy to make and grow from cuttings
The advantages of growing plants from cuttings are numerous,it starts producing sooner and you know exactly what you are going to get as it is…
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Spekboom – Climate Change Super hero
“With an incredible ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, Portacularia, also known as Spekboom or Porkbush has the ability to grow in nearly any…
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Incubating chickens 101…the “continuous method” done wrong
Incubating chickens at home is easy, in 3 weeks you’ll have your own brood of cheeping, fluffy chicks. Do a bit of reading up before…
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Black Soldier Fly – Protein from Waste
“In 18 days, 1 gram of Black Soldier Fly eggs convert into 2.4 kg of protein. These insects have the potential to be right up…
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Cut your food bill in half in just 9 months
How long does it take to gow a food garden that can seriously reduce your grocery bills and provide a constant supply of organic vegetables…
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Reduce, Re-Use, Re-cycle…Compost, Eco-Brick
Eco-conscious people are familiar with the “three R’s” – reduce, reuse, recycle. But after you have reduced, reused & recycled all you can – you…
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Are you eating #FAKEfreerange eggs?
Eggs…fry them, boil them or scramble them. Perhaps you poach them, coddle them or make omelettes out of them. Many people eat hen eggs on…
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Using Hugelkultuur to grow trees
Hugelkultur pronounced hoo-gul-culture is quite simply a mound of logs, branches, leaves & soil that is used as a raised bed to grow trees, shrubs…
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Windbreak planning & design
Windbreaks have a huge number of benefits for all kind of farming and landscape rehabilitation activities. Strong winds are incredibly drying and literally suck moisture…
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Introduction to Regenerative Agriculture
“The world’s deserts are increasing in size at about 120,000 square kilometers annually, predominantly through destructive farming methods. That is an area the size of…
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Eco-hacks for your home
Climate change, plastic in the ocean, the loss of old growth & tropical forests – many of the environmental challenges we face are so big…
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Planting a food forest
Forests are the most productive eco-systems on land. When plants are layered on all levels from root to leaf canopy, the greatest diversity and biomass…
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How to choose the best breed of chicken for your needs
Chickens have been domesticated by man for around 8,000 years and come in every conceivable shape & size in over 500 recognized breeds – even…
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Using drip irrigation to save water growing trees and crops
Drip irrigation is a form of micro-irrigation and is undoubtedly one of the most significant innovations for growing more food and plant bio-mass with less…
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The Benefits of Perennial species in dryland farming
Perennial – “lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.” Annual – “occurring once every year.” Much of the…
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Using Swales to Grow Trees
A swale is quite simply a ditch & downhill mound (also known as a berm) dug on a contour. It can be anything from 5…
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Saving money on chicken feed
The number one cost of most backyard chicken keeper is feed. In many places, household scale chicken owners might only just be able to produce…
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How to make heirloom yogurt at home
Real yogurt (or yoghurt if you are British) has only 2 ingredients, milk and cultures. Yogurt making at home has become more popular as more…
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Book Review: The Humanure Handbook
In a world that is increasingly facing shortages of clean water, the Humanure Handbook promotes an alternative method for processing human bodily waste. Instead of…
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Product Review: Tree Trays
There have been quite a few new products available over the past few years that help young trees grow faster and protect soil from drying…
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