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  • PDC August 2016 – Morning Madness.

    Morning warm ups during our most recent Permaculture Design Course.                                                 You can search for forthcoming courses at Casalinho here.    

  • PDC August 2016 – RAM Pump workshop

    During our recent Permaculture Design Course, Jeroen took the participants through the theory and practice of RAM pumps. With a small stream at the bottom of our property, these are invaluable at Casalinho in lifting water to where we can use it.                     Join us for a more »

  • PDC August 2016 – Building a Raised Bed

    This practical session followed on from the swale building exercise I published yesterday. A contoured raised bed has been created on the downside of the berm, with the swale itself becoming the path above. For the short term this new bed has been planted up with annual veg, but these will be replaced with woody more »

  • PDC August 2016 – Building Swales.

    Learning to measure contours and build swales is a wonderfully interactive part of the PDC course. The swale being created here has wood in the berm to create a higher edge. The swale itself is a path, and we’ve built a raised bed on the downside. It’s been planted with annual veg in the short more »

  • PDC August 2016 – Making Hot Compost.

    PDC participants turning a hot compost pile. Put together at the beginning of the course, it’s nearly ready for use by the end. As we were lacking animal manure (so many projects, so little poo!), we’ve been using the pee from the compost toilet to add extra nitrogen. Check out this tutorial, put together by more »

  • PDC August 2016 – Natural Building Day

    Our Permaculture Design Course participants making adobe blocks and beginning a cob bench on the Natural Building day of the August PDC.

  • Training of Permaculture Teachers Course

    I’m really excited to announce this course, a first for Casalinho. We’ll be offering a five day training aimed at those who would like to teach permaculture, facilitated by Peter Cow. It’s suitable for beginner or experienced permaculture teachers, the only requirement being that participants have previously taken a PDC. Full details here.  

  • Permaculture Design Courses 2016

    Will you join us this summer? We’re pleased to be offering two opportunities to join us for a PDC here at Casalinho this year. Both courses are taught by Josh Gomez, and fully certified by the UK Permaculture Association. For all the details, click here.

  • Book up for a Summer Permaculture Design Course PDC

    So our summer schedule of courses is now live, and we’re taking bookings. This year we’re offering a choice of three Permaculture Design Courses, all certified by the UK Permaculture Association and taught by Josh Gomez. They’re differing lengths, so there should be one to suit everyone. This year, for the first time and at more »

  • A Visitor’s Perspective: Joe

    I normally use this section to give our visitors a voice. We’ve received such a lovely reference from Joe, who offered us invaluable help as a WWOOFer during July’s Permaculture Design Course, that I thought I’d share it here. ”I hugely enjoyed my time at Casalinho! As a slightly nervous wwoofer (being the unskilled city more »