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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Reasons to be Cheerful: Happy discovery

 

This morning’s happy discovery – three wee bantam chicks.

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Reasons to be Cheerful: Caterpillar on Lupin

 

I’m afraid I’ve no idea what sort of caterpillar this is, but what an amazing colour!

 

 

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Reasons to be Cheerful: Just because …

Just because they’re beautiful ….

 

 

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Reasons to be cheerful: Spring Flowers

It seems incredible that my last post was about the snow! Beautiful spring flowers have popped up virtually overnight.

Jonquils are a lovely part of the roadside scenery between Aradas and Unhais o Velho.

 

Crocus popping up through the luxuriant chickweed in the […]

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Reasons to be Cheerful: December Sunset

Who needs TV when nature offers so much to watch? These December sunsets all captured inside 20 minutes, looking towards Aradas and Unhais o Velho.

 

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Scout Camp 2016 – Milking the Goats & Feeding the Pigs

One of my favourite activities with our annual Scout camp is teaching the Scouts to milk the goats. This year we’ve also had the pigs so the braver Scouts were hand feeding them. All fingers still intact 🙂 Lots of photos, proof for the Scout’s parents that they really were on a farm and […]

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Berries

 

 

Reasons to be cheerful – summer berries like jewels.

 

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Cacti Flower

Reasons to be cheerful – cacti are flowering. Brief, but beautiful.

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Baby Guinea Pigs

Reasons to be cheerful – a handful of baby guinea pigs.

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Reasons to be Cheerful: After the Rain

After the rain comes the most marvelous rainbow. Proof that the sun must be up there somewhere!

We’re still hunting for the pot of gold 🙂

 

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