Category: Permaculture
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PDC designs – Summer 2016
With our 2017 Permaculture Design Courses coming up soon, time to share the fabulous designs created by last year’s participants. Josh Gomez will be joining us again 18th – 29th August. See our course listing here for more details and join us this summer.
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Fabulous Time of Year to be a Goat
After some rain, it’s a fabulous time of year to be a goat. The hills are totally yellow with broom (Cytisus scoparius) and carqueja (Baccharis trimera).
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Meet Lambert Geeny
This is Lambert Geeny, our new ram and future patriarch of what we’re hoping will become our new sheep empire. About two minutes after I took this photo Lambert chased Mr Goat all around the field. Mr Goat is now sulking in his shed, nursing his ego. Lambert is stalking the fence line, baaaahing more »
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Cactus Fire Break
For several years now we’ve been planting cacti along the border of our land, between our camping spaces and our neighbour’s land in the forest. Mature cacti can slow the spread of a fire, so a useful plant to have on the edges of our land. This year I’ve also harvested the cactus fruit to more »
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Photo Gallery – Permaculture Design Course 2016
With our summer course season rapidly approaching I was reminded that I hadn’t shared the marvelous photos which Nuno took for us during one of last year’s Permaculture Design Courses. Here are a selection of his photos of the event. Please join us for a Permaculture Design Course this year. Bookings are now open, and more »
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Training of Permaculture Teachers Course
Andrea has recently returned from this course, working with Looby Macnamara, Chris Evans and Tomas Remiarz to learn more about the tools & techniques for teaching and facilitating permaculture learning. Fabulous to work with a group of such superbly passionate permaculture people, she’s come home full of ideas and raring to go! We’re hosting a full more »
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Summer Internships 2017
We are now inviting applications from those who would like to make a commitment to join us for summer 2017 in one of three dedicated roles. In return for your commitment you will have the opportunity to take part in one of our scheduled Permaculture Design Courses at a significantly reduced cost if you’d more »
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Permaculture Design Course schedule 2017
I’m very excited to announce this year’s Permaculture Design Course schedule. As in previous years, all our PDCs will be accredited by the UK Permaculture Association and taught in English (although our teachers do speak Portuguese too and can help with translating new words / concepts). * 10 day PDC – Friday 9th June – Sunday more »
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Hive Inspections
Warmer weather means we’ve been able to do the first hive inspections of the new year. Sadly one colony hasn’t survived the winter, but the other is looking healthy.