“We’ve been using this simple compost system for the last 2-3 years and it has worked great for us. In fact, this is how we got our best compost ever. Our first attempt using this easy compost method produced hundreds of papaya plants that sprouted from the compost as volunteers. Papayas don’t normally like to be transplanted, but these plants did great probably because the soil was so microbial rich.
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THREE Permaculture Systems You’ve NEVER Seen
I could watch permaculture videos like this all day long. There are so many exciting possibilities.
Chicken Compost System
“Our chickens generate about 4 wheelbarrow loads of compost a week during the summer that we can transplant directly into and grow a tremendous amount of crops in. In exchange for that, they give us 12-16 eggs a day. And they cost us about a penny per bird per day.
How & Why Plants Build the BEST SOIL in Vegetable Gardens
Want to grow/build excellent soil at the lowest cost? Listen to this incredible information from world famous organic farmer Gabe Brown. He gets bumper crops without using any fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides or tilling.
Hugelmounds – Incredibly productive… after a little while!
“Late August 2015 we cleared a small area in the front yard of forsythia and lawn and set it in motion as permanent raised beds. Two growing seasons later and it’s pretty wonderful to see how well it all broke down. Wood chips and chopped up branches and some clay soil and we have the ingredients to make some luscious beds that grow a significant amount of annual crops, perennial crops and nursery work.”
He’s Growing BANANAS at 7,200 Feet (In COLORADO)!
At the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in Basalt, Colorado, Jerome and his crew are creating a permaculture forest garden paradise that includes bananas in their greenhouse.