It’s been several years since I first stumbled upon permaculture, and several years minus a couple of months since I started doing my best to practice it.  Many people have a similar story, and my guess is, like me, they’ve been asked dozens, possibly hundreds, of times what permaculture is…. Read more

We just built two beautiful geodesic bamboo star domes for the Wangunsari Permaculture Project in Indonesia, the smaller of which has been fitted with netting and put to use as a chicken tractor while the larger one will serve as a trellis. They turned out to be beautiful but also… Read more

How Can I Use Herbs in My Daily Life?: Over 500 Herbs, Spices and Edible Plants: an Australian Practical Guide to Growing Culinary and Medicinal Herbs (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase … Continue reading →… Read more

This year appears to be a year of crisis. In many countries, the risk of infection from the corona virus continues to be a subject of public concern(1, 2); while global conflict, at a state and community level, appears to be on the rise in many places(3). How can we… Read more

Last year we had a small amount of codling moth (Laspeyresia (Cydia) pomonella) on our young apples for the first time. Bummer. There were tears. Unfortunately even if your trees are healthy, if there’s any codling moth in the immediate neighbourhood it’s only a matter of time before they find… Read more

It’s September, the beginning of spring, the time of new life and renewal! The weather is starting to warm up, but there are still cold days, rainy weather and winds to contend with. Early spring is the best time to … Continue reading →… Read more

I deeply believe that people are the only critical resource needed by people. We ourselves, if we organise our talents, are sufficient to each other. What is more, we will either survive together or none of us will survive. –Bill Mollison, from Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual   Community is paramount… Read more

Attila and Michele's Wonderland – Jane | FAQs | Vegie Plants for Chooks – Tino | Backyard Bliss – Costa | Tip Top Tomatoes – Josh | DIY Seed Propagation Tray – Millie | Precious Paleoendemics – Tino | Rooftop Resilience – Clarence | A Yam I Am – Jerry… Read more

Jane visits expert succulent growers Attila and Michele Kapitany to see their colourful, and unusual, garden… Read more

Gardening Australia presenters answer commonly asked gardening questions… Read more

Tino gives his vegie plants a second life and keeps his chooks happy too!… Read more

Costa visits a small but perfectly formed Sydney garden that punches above its weight when it comes to growing food for the family… Read more

Josh wants to grow enough tomatoes this year to make passata, so he’s starting early and going big… Read more

Millie repurposes a timber pallet into a seedling tray for propagating plants… Read more

Tino explores the world of plant fossils – including the living ones you can grow in your own garden… Read more