During our road trip in Australia and just after leaving the Blue Mountains we contacted what seemed a nice place to Wwoof. Permaculture principles and a straw bale build with accommodation in a tree house. Sounds nice. We gave Rosie a call at short notice and she was happy to take us. We rocked up that evening and they put us in the tree house. What they meant by the tree house was another building in the adjoining property that happened to look out through the trees. It was amazing. The next day we got to work and the first thing we did was build a new wheel barrow friendly path. It needed a small brick wall on one side. This was to be our first wall building excerise. It turned out quite nice and did the job. Other more fluffy jobs came in the next couple of days and we also hounded Rosie about her techniques and learnt a great deal. Thank you rosie. A few pics here…
What Bill says…
"Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permanent agriculture their is no possibility of a stable social order". - Bill MollisonAnother definition…
"Permaculture is the harmonious integration of all life kingdoms into agriculturally productive ecosystems and socially just environments producing sound economic outcomes through systems management. It is a regenerative design science reflecting patterns in nature that seeks to build interconnections allowing for energy efficiency and abundance of yield" treeyopermaculture.comRobert Hart was doing it…
“The only basic and comprehensive answer to the colossal harm that our present industrial system is causing to the global environment – harm that could lead to the extermination of all life on earth – is to replace it with a sustainable system – geared largely to the non-polluting, life-enhancing products of the living world” Robert A de J Hart ‘Forest Gardening’What my teacher says…
"To do the most good for the greatest number of beings for the longest time possible with the least effort" Richard Perkins-
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