In the first half of this interview I spoke with Pam Dawling, the author of âThe Year-Round Hoop House” about the most important information about siting, building, irrigating and soil care for extending crop growing in hoop houses. I tap in to Pamâs extensive knowledge of feeding 100 people in […]
Continuing with this ongoing series on homesteading, I reached out to Deborah Niemann, the author of many books including âHomegrown and Handmade, Eco-thrifty, Just Kidding and Raising Goats Naturallyâ which is now in its second edition. She also blogs at thriftyhomesteader.com, hosts the podcast âFor the love of goats’ ‘ […]
Weâve covered so many different ways to approach reforestation, both with native species and mixes of natives and orchard trees. In todayâs session I wanted to focus on fruit orchards and I got to speak with the wizard behind Miracle Farms and the film, âThe Permaculture Orchardâ Stefan Sobkowiak. Iâve […]
In all the research Iâve been doing for this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry Iâve struggled to find any reports or serious articles that outline the potential steps to transition the worldâs agricultural model on a large scale from one thatâs based on annual crops and the intensive cultivation […]
The first three interviews in this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry have highlighted small personal projects on private land, each with a different person in south or mesoamerica whose primary motivations are to restore the forests and biodiversity of their land. In all three cases producing a viable agricultural […]
I was first introduced to Kristen Krash through Atulya Bingham, the well known author and natural builder whoâs been on this show a few time. She told me about this incredible little project in Ecuador focused on regenerating the native cloud forest and off-grid living, and that I had to […]
Today Iâm going to kick off a new series focusing on reforestation and agroforestry. Iâve been motivated to return to this subject as it seems to be unusually pressing these days. The wild fires in the western USA and in the Amazon rainforest are not only destructive to those regions […]
Today weâre back with Erik Ohlsen, founder of both Permaculture Artisans, one of the preeminent ecological landscaping companies in the US, and the Permaculture Skills center a vocational training school that offers advanced education in ecological design, landscaping, farming, and land stewardship. Erik is also the author of several books […]
Todayâs conversation was recorded back in the last few weeks before I left Guatemala when I had a chance to sit down with my good friend and fellow permaculture educator, Mordur Gâott, but we all call him Moli.MörĂ°ur or Moli is a permaculture pioneer in Iceland who has been travelling […]
