Whoa. This information about chicken tractors caught my attention while watching a Joel Salatin video.
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NEW WAY to Plant Tomatoes in Your Garden!
“Tim shares an innovative new way to plant your tomato plants that gives them the water they need as well as great support while they grow. Each spot holds 4 tomato plants!”
Traditional Landscape Design vs Permaculture Landscape Design
“A young family wants to make a change and asked two different landscape design teams to design their landscape for healthy fruits and vegetables, nuts and eggs. The two companies create designs and got back with the couple. The video shows the results and below you can easily see the connections and benefits the permaculture design took into the family’s consideration.
Creating the World We Want to Live In
As Buckminster Fuller so poignantly said, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
The Natural Farmer – Healing Damaged Land
Our Natural Building Blog covers various topics including ways to restore degraded land for growing food and homesteading. The Natural Farmer shares a good story about Peter Ash of Embracing the World who helped restore some highly contaminated land in India. The main story is from 1:57 to 5:41 in case you’re in a hurry.
Rain Roofs for Water Collection
These roofs are perfect for arid land restoration/ homesteads in dry areas. Most people collect roofwater off of their house and other structures, which is often adequate. But in desert areas you may need a much larger roof to collect sufficient water, especially if you are gardening. This video does a good job of showing all the parts of a roofwater collection system.