Sustainable Living Skills You Need to Survive
It might not seem so serious to the average consumer in the First World, but the future of the world as we know hangs in the balance. The media is full of bad news that can make changing things for the better seem hopeless, but there are simple and radical things you can do to reduce your impact and set an example for others. It's not just a choice, our survival depends on it.
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My Permaculture Vineyard Produced A LOT More Than Grapes This Year
In the last several years I’ve been experimenting with making use of the space between rows of grapes to grow produce. Nature abhors a monoculture, so if I can grow other crops in what would be normally be wasted space in the vineyard, without them negatively impacting the grapes, I can get a lot more food out of my space. It’s particularly important when you are establishing a vineyard and waiting for your grapes to produce. If you can grow a crop that can bring in money in year or two, you can use the harvest to pay for the cost of vineyard establishment.
When I was setting up my vineyard, I decided to space the rows 10′ apart instead of the standard 8′ so that I could improve the air flow between the vines, but also so that it would be easier to make use of the space for other crops. If you plant low growing crops, they won’t impede air flow and as long as they are out of the way by the time you harvest the grapes.
Grape Soda: From Fresh Organic Grapes to Fizzy Drink
Well, this is a kind of a how to video about making grape soda from fresh grapes with no added sugar, but it is also a video about how not to make grape soda. There must be some magic in fresh organic grapes because I just couldn’t stop this grape juice from wanting to be very explosive soda. So proceed with caution.
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A Permaculture Use For Comfrey You Might Not Know
Using the characteristics of plants in ways that are symbiotic with other plants and that help the gardener and the garden is one of the foundations of permaculture. I learned this trick from some other people at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage who have been applying comfrey in this way in their gardens.
My Vineyard Has the Same Pest That Wiped Out French Vineyards in the 1800s
This is a later season tour of my vineyard, when many of the grapes are getting very close to harvest. It’s been a good season, without much rain, which, though bad for almost everything else on the farm, is good for the grapes.
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Mini Pomegranate? What is This Strange Permaculture Fruit?
I’ve been growing a strange fruit for the last few years in my flower garden, but it also produces a fairly tasty and nutritious fruit. Got any guesses as to what it might be? This video is a little tour of a few unusual fruits perfect for a temperate zone permaculture planting.
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