Tag Archives for Resilience
Resilience-Building Cycle for Smallholders (& Other Land-Based Projects)
I gave a couple of talks at the Green Gathering this past weekend, focusing on what I am calling ‘Pastoral Permaculture’ (to follow in another blog post) and ‘Resilient Smallholding’. It’s the latter of these that I’d like to focus … Continue reading
Shearing By Hand
It’s about three weeks since shearing was finished, but here is a photo of ‘flock-leader’ Dora half way through her clipping; we use Burgon And Ball hand shears (hand-powered shears – not hand-held electric clippers). With only a small flock, … Continue reading
Adapting the KSOP for Resilient Smallholding in the UK
This is the first of what will be occasional posts most likely to be of interest to the broader ‘permaculture community’ rather than customers of my produce, who might follow my blog to see what’s going on at the smallholding … Continue reading
In case you need cheering up …
In case you need cheering up after voting in this Thursday’s European elections – or maybe after purposely not voting – then why not head to Exeter for a Transition Exeter event, breezily titled: Planning for Emergencies and Preparing for … Continue reading
My Main Permaculture ‘Performance Plants’
This Article was recently submitted to the Devon Association of Smallholders for consideration for their monthly Update Magazine: One of the principles that is key to putting together a robust permaculture design, especially for a garden or smallholding is ‘every … Continue reading
Weather Extremes and Smallholding Resilience
Here is a link to a post I wrote for the Permaculture Association’s blog concerning recent and likely future impact of weather extremes on smallholders – focusing on the issue of water, and especially on using willow as a drought-insurance … Continue reading
