What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is a sustainable design system that provides for human needs while having positive effects on the surrounding environment.

It is based on the ethics of earth care, people care and fair share, and provides practical solutions to the global crises we are currently facing.

Permaculture is for EVERYONE, regardless of their education, background, or previous experience.

Permaculture is NOT just about trees, or just about gardening! You don't need loads of land to practice it and it's a design method that can be applied to all social systems.

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Stay at home!

With the Covid-19 pandemic going on, guidance from the Portuguese government is “Fique em casa” – stay at home! Not so difficult when the world looks like this …

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Agriculture Lessons

The Covid-19 pandemic has closed all schools in Portugal … but no school doesn’t mean no education. Using time at home to teach Junior Farmer how to drive the tractor.

 

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Coronavirus preparations

Okay, we don’t advocate bulk buying, but we have been doing what we can to make sure the pigs don’t go hungry!

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Harvesting the Christmas veg

It’s so wonderful being able to pick our own veg for the Christmas table. All homegrown!

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Optimist

You know, one of the great things about growing a garden is that you can try again next year.

Here’s this year’s carrot harvest. I’m looking for recipe suggestions

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Good idea?

Anyone who has seen me walking the goats or sheep will appreciate my excitement at this brilliant idea! Only I’ll need one with caterpillar tracks to cope with the terrain. Jeroen? Where’s your to do list?

 

Meet the sheep (and the rest of us!) by joining us on our full accredited Permaculture […]

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Don’t Miss August Permaculture Design Course

It’s less than a month until our final Permaculture Design Course of 2018 begins. Please don’t miss out!

Our lead teacher for this course will be Michel Thill of Social Landscapes, supported by Jeroen and myself (Andrea). Participants will receive an internationally recognised certificate from the UK Permaculture Association.

Full details here.

 

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Permaculture Design Course photos June 2018

It’s taken me rather a long time to get these uploaded, but here are my favourite photos from our May/June Permaculture Design Course, with many thanks to the photographers Andy, Josh and David.

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Sheep Shearing

Today I’m feeling rather as if I’ve been run over by a horse, but perhaps it would be more accurate to say a sheep. Yesterday our neighbour and local Super Hero, Carlos, came round to help us shear the sheep. I say help, but he did all the shearing of course, and our job […]

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Permaculture in practice

Permaculture in practice – Every element should have more than one functionย ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†

 

 

These little bundles are looking for new homes. If you can offer one, give us a shout.

 

 

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