Biointensive Urban Farm – Setup
Part one – The Site For some background on the origin of the idea – please see previous post: Biointensive Urban Farming vs Edible Forest Gardens. In July 2016 it happened – I was able...
Watts Permaculture Blog & Updates Blog
Too busy….
And almost not the kind of busy that’s good for your health, at least when what you’re meant to be doing is being the ‘stay-at-home-parent’. The “I had too much gardening to do today”...
Biointensive Urban Farming vs Edible Forest Gardens
Of course, it’s obvious isn’t it, we need both! I’ve just returned from a 9 day Forest Garden Design Intensive with Dave Jacke… So much information to absorb, and such an eye opening and intensely...
2015
2015 turned out to be a full, productive and exciting year. The first full year of ‘Watts Permaculture’. Here’s a short list of things we accomplished this year: Advanced Permaculture design course Design and...
24th Oct – Garage Sale Trail
We’re doing the Garage Sale Trail again this year, so come along and check out what we’ve got for sale. They’ll be some garage sale type items, but mostly we’re putting out as much...
Aug 31st Grafting Workshop
Workshops were never going to be a big part of what we do, but sometimes the opportunity might come up to spread some knowledge and skills. Updated: The workshop on the 31st August was...
Apple Trees for sale 2015
Apples – one of the easiest fruits to grow at home, and every house should have one! We’ve been able to gain access to a variety of Victorian grown and grafted heritage apple tree varieties...
Food Forest in process
Now you’d think that having been here for several years now, we’d have a thriving mature food forest, ready to be a showcase for local permaculture! And yet, this has been one area that...
Tip: Protect your precious figs
Got a fig tree, and sick of birds devouring your figs just as they ripen? Check out this easy solution using old strawberry containers to protect them. Works especially great on small trees, as...
Mice, and other things not so nice
I was really hoping to start blogging with some positive stories, perhaps about our home fruit bottling early in Feb: Or perhaps some of the seed-saving we’ve done, with some great harvests of lettuce,...
