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How to be an urban fruit forager
Photo by Alex Ciobanu on Unsplash How to be an urban fruit forager Helena Martin co-founded the foraging platform, RipeNearMe. A Singapore native, her travels led her to Malaysia, Sydney, and ultimately Adelaide, South Australia. Here, Helena — a lifelong forager — shares tips to help other urbanites begin their own foresting journeys. My love affair with fruit goes back a […]
Water Worries and Drought Tolerant Plants
Image by author Water Worries and Drought Tolerant Plants A Summer Update from Shipka This summer has been incredibly hot and dry, and even some of the older and more established trees have looked under strain. With increasing periods of hot and dry weather and pressure on both the mains water supply and our perennial […]
Food – are we facing a Crisis or an Opportunity?
Image by author Home/General/Food – are we facing a Crisis or an Opportunity? Food – are we facing a Crisis or an Opportunity? This post shares four things. The one that takes up the most space is about those two little words “food crisis” that are starting to make headlines. There’s a reason they’re making […]
A Butterfly Polyculture and Planting a Productive Hedge
A Butterfly Polyculture and Planting a Productive Hedge Week 19 – ESC Project – The Polyculture Project As part of our ESC project we are maintaining and developing community spaces. The centre of our town, Shipka, was fairly recently developed to include a main plaza with a stage where numerous events take place throughout the year, […]
Thinking about Establishing a Home Permaculture Garden in 2022? 6 Key Benefits You Shouldn’t Overlook
Photo by Beth Macdonald on Unsplash Thinking about Establishing a Home Permaculture Garden in 2022? 6 Key Benefits You Shouldn’t Overlook Have you ever wondered why humans have to invest so much time and energy into growing plants that grow all by themselves in nature? Permaculture gardening may be the answer. Permaculture is a style of agriculture that aims to […]
Here’s How to Make a Food Forest This Winter
Image by Brian Chiu (flickr) under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Here’s How to Make a Food Forest This Winter Believe it or not, the best time to start a food forest is in the winter. You may be wondering how that could be. Aren’t you going to double your work? Actually, it’s the complete opposite. Food […]
7 Ways To Make Your Home Sustainable And Eco-Friendly
Image by David Blaikie (Flickr) under CC BY 2.0 7 Ways To Make Your Home Sustainable And Eco-Friendly Introduction As a homeowner, you might think that there is not enough that you can do to contribute to environmental sustainability. You are wrong! By implementing small everyday steps, every individual or homeowner can make a large […]
Ginger in a RealFood Garden
Ginger in a RealFood Garden Ginger has thrived at our place since I learned to think about what it gives and what it needs in terms of its connections to the other plants around it, to me as the ginger-grower, and to me and my family as the ginger-users. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a super useful […]
An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice
Image by Local Food Initiative, flickr. Permaculture practitioners manage their gardens or farms in ways inspired by the sustainability and resilience of healthy natural ecosystems. An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice Big farming is both a victim of climate change and a contributor. Droughts, floods and soil degradation threaten crop yields. […]
5 gardening tips to keep your plants healthy
Photo by Thomas Verbruggen on Unsplash 5 gardening tips to keep your plants healthy Sometimes, it may be difficult to know the best ways to keep your plants healthy, especially if you’re not a gardener by profession. We aim to have a highly productive garden that fulfils our needs, natures needs, is energy efficient and low maintenance. If […]
2 Ways to Preserve Leafy Greens From Your Veggie Garden
Image by author 2 Ways to Preserve Leafy Greens From Your Veggie Garden In my experience, leafy greens are among the easiest kinds of veggies to grow. But they don’t keep for very long and after you’ve given basketfuls of them to your friends and eaten stir-fried leafy greens, leafy greens in soups, in stews, […]
No land, no problem: How a lady farmer converts an idle backyard into a productive urban vegetable garden
No land, no problem: How a lady farmer converts an idle backyard into a productive urban vegetable garden Abi Byrne and her Ocean Grove Farm in Sydney’s Northern Beaches are living proof that you don’t need to own a piece of land to practice permaculture to produce healthy and nutrition-dense food. Since 2019 Abi has […]
Why You Should Add More Native Species to Your Garden
Image by Kurt Stüber under creative commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Why You Should Add More Native Species to Your Garden Gardening is a popular pastime for people of all ages and living conditions. Gardeners put in hours of work to provide food for their families, beautify their backyards and help the environment. Even though many […]
Seeing through the seductions of science and technology
Seeing through the seductions of science and technology The history books in our schools tell us that scientific and technological advancement have freed us from boredom, ignorance and oppression; from drudgery and repetition; from dirt, disease and malnutrition. Let’s briefly examine these assumptions about what “progress” has achieved, and consider where we go from here. […]
Five of Our Favourite Plants to Attract Beneficial Insects
Five of Our Favourite Plants to Attract Beneficial Insects All organisms are beneficial, and at the very least all organisms past, present and future decompose to nourish something else, but when we speak of beneficial organisms we are speaking of those organisms that provide clear and present benefits, specifically to our polyculture activity. Beneficial organisms, […]
