The Green Directory Journal

Regenerative Growing

Permaculture, regenerative agriculture, food forests, swales, dryland farming and living soil techniques.

Exploring the Potential of Biodynamic Farming

If you have ever picked up a bottle of wine with a little Demeter leaf on the label and wondered…

C · Sep 12, 2023 · 5 min read

The advantages of growing plants from cuttings are numerous,it starts producing sooner and you know exactly what you are going…

C · Jun 24, 2020 · 5 min read

“With an incredible ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, Portacularia, also known as Spekboom or Porkbush has the ability…

C · Mar 30, 2020 · 3 min read

Hugelkultur pronounced hoo-gul-culture is quite simply a mound of logs, branches, leaves & soil that is used as a raised…

C · Jul 21, 2019 · 2 min read

Windbreaks have a huge number of benefits for all kind of farming and landscape rehabilitation activities. Strong winds are incredibly…

C · Jul 8, 2019 · 3 min read

“The world’s deserts are increasing in size at about 120,000 square kilometers annually, predominantly through destructive farming methods. That is…

C · Jul 7, 2019 · 6 min read

Forests are the most productive eco-systems on land. When plants are layered on all levels from root to leaf canopy,…

C · Apr 16, 2019 · 3 min read

Drip irrigation is a form of micro-irrigation and is undoubtedly one of the most significant innovations for growing more food…

C · Mar 31, 2019 · 3 min read

Perennial – “lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.” Annual – “occurring once…

C · Mar 21, 2019 · 2 min read

A swale is quite simply a ditch & downhill mound (also known as a berm) dug on a contour. It…

C · Mar 19, 2019 · 2 min read

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