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Growing Herbs the Permaculture way. The Spiral method helps you grow both herbs that like shade from the sun and towards to bottom of the spiral are better suited for the plants that like more moisture. You even have a little room for some watercress too. 1st Photo Credit: Christopher Shein in Vegetable Gardeners Guide to Permaculture

#Herb Spiral #Herb Bed #Christopher Shein

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Good old TV Programming... often full of useless rubbish, spend the time outdoors instead you'll feel much better for it.

#TV programming

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Good couple of images, how to build a raised bed and what combination of plants to put in it.

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Lovely looking roof top "farm", fantastic use of a flat room, wish I had one!

Lush

#urbanfarming #Rooftop #roof

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Rocket Mass Heater design idea, the basic concept is that it’s an efficient heating system that you can build your self and burns small amounts of wood very efficiently and use radiant heat to warm up a room. I thought this could come in handy for heating greenhouses or maybe even say keeping your shed warm that houses your aquaponics tank. I’m going to build one in an outside space, will update the blog when I do. They are many designs and information available online, free and to pay for, all the info it out there, let me know if you need a hand.

#Rocket Mass Heater #Rocket stove heater #sustainability #free heat

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This shows the 9 Layer Guild of a Food forest used in Permaculture Design. Such a beneficial system where everything has it's place and is productive. An excellent example of a Food Forest is Robert Harts Garden in England, UK but they are many others around the world.

#9 Layers #Food Forest #Guild #Robert HArt #Permaculture #Edible Forest #Forest Garden

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This is one for next year really and is just a follow up to my last post to say that you can buy some of the Tomato varieties from the Heritage Seed Library in "plug" plants exclusively Delfland Nurseries via mail order. 

What I got from them back in April, 6 plants for £16.50 with free delivery:

Tomato "Jubilee"

Tomato "Darby Striped"

Tomato "Noir"

Tomato "Orange Bannana"

Tomato "Small Pear Shape"

Tomato "Wladeck's"

I'll be reporting back soon with pictures from the greenhouse to show how they are getting on, the good ad the bad... one or two of them like Wladecks and Noir are looks very nice indeed, can't wait to sample there delights

Let me know if I'm missing out on any other mail order Heritage/Heirloom plants, thanks!

#Heritage Seed Library #Delfland Nurseries #Jubilee #Darby Striped #Noir #Orange Bannana #Small Pear Shape #Wladeck

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I just wanted to to put up a link to the "charity/club" as I joined a few years ago and support what they are doing, there is an agreement out there at some of the more modern tomato varieties have been breed for disease resistance and yield and in doing so have lost some of those old interesting tastes qualities of yesteryear!

The Heritage Seed Library (formally known as The Henry Doubleday Research Association) based in the UK is well known for holding a large variety of old open pollinated Heritage and Heirloom varieties of vegetables that would have otherwise have been lost or forgotten.

The basic principle is that you become a member for £20 and they send you 6-7 varieties of what ever vegetables you wish for, so if your thing is tomatoes you can get those. It's not exactly cheap at £3 a pack but you are supporting a cause here and it's difficult to get access to these "lines" anywhere else so you pay for what you get.

I got other veg from them but the Tomatoes I got from them in seed Enorma, Jubilee and Sugar Italian Plum. I will be updating the blog with photo's from my greenhouse soon showing you the good and the bad.

I also got some of the Plug plants from Delfland Nurseries but I will add another post for that too.

Let me know if you have a good source for open pollinated Heritage or Heirloom seed or can suggest a good tasty tomato for me?

#Heritage Seed Library #Henry Doubleday Research Association #Heirloom #Enorma #Jubilee #Sugar Italian Plum #Tomatoes #Tomato #Delfland Nurseries

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How the Nitrogen Cycle works in an Aquaponics setup. Ammonia (Fish Poo) into Nitrite and then into Nitrate (Plant Food)

#Fish Poo #Ammonia #Nitrite #Nitrate #Plant Food #Nitrogen Cycle #Aquaponics #Symbiosis

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Aquaponics - Earthrise visit Growing Power Aquaponics setup in Milwaukee USA

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Permaculture Design Example

Come across this some place on the web and thought I’d share with you all, nice artwork too eh!

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I thought I would start with 10 things that could be worth considering if your really looking at living a happier more productive life

“A genuine change must first come from within the individual, only then can he or she attempt to make a significant contribution to humanity” – Dalai Lama

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Welcome Everyone

Greetings to all “out there” and welcome aboard!

I hope this blog will bring to you information and demonstrations of sustainable living practices as well as things like the Horticultural growing principes of Permaculture and practicial alternitive growing techniques like say Aquaponics… for experimentation purposes you may even get to see a hydroponic glasshouse grown chilli or two.

If anyone has any suggestions of what they would like to see please drop contact me, feel free to contact me regarding anything for that matter.

All the best,

Andy