Practical Permaculture | Gardening and Intentional Living

Join us this week to start thinking about plastic free July. Alysse gives 10 of her tips and simple swaps for you to consider implementing this July (and into the future!)    We would love to hear any of your swaps or tips for plastic free July too. Shoot us a comment or join our Facebook page the Practical Permaculture community to chat more.    Online Bulk food: https://wildandwastefree.net/collections  

This week we chat to Lachie from Tree frog Permaculture. He was such joy and happy dude. We talked about what he does, how he came to be in his line of work, his passion for his garden is infectious! We talk city gardens and his dreams for urban shared garden space in Newcastle (NSW). A fun, light hearted chat join us as we have a yarn with Lachie.

Water harvesting is soooo simple anyone can do it and it's not just for those with land. Join Jo this week as she shares a few very simple ways of harvesting water for the garden or for other uses.

Join us for a chat on Practical Permaculture Podcast with the amazing Hannah Molony (ABC presenter, Author and epic gardener), where we break down permaculture beyond just gardening and dive into its holistic lifestyle vibes. From redefining activism as caring, to exploring indigenous wisdom and community bonds. We chat about her cool new projects the Flower Power Project. Hannah also spills the beans on teaching permaculture, empowering individuals, and embracing authenticity. We love her final advice about "putting the edge effect in the middle" and being your most authentic self. Please don't forget to like, rate and share this podcast so we can reach more like hearted people.

Composting got you confused? Funky mix going on? Not sure what is nitrogen or what is carbon? Listen to this mini episode on HOT composting for more info. We also talk about resources you can access to improve your compost.

What an episode...! This week we chat with Huw Richards. And it was a jam packed episode. We talk about self sufficiency (his garden project and related book), working with nature, balancing harvests, preserving, creating soil/compost, embracing minimal disturbance gardening and of course permaculture's roll in Huw's garden. We hope you enjoy listening to this one as much as we enjoyed recording it. We would love if you enjoyed this episode to share it with a friend. You never know what they may get out of it. Thanks for listening.

Is permaculture expensive? This is something of a misnomer. Many people think that it’s a tool or a method of growing food that has banana circles, mandala gardens and other trendy things.  Permaculture is a design framework (initially for agriculture, but is now for much more) that aims to build resilient living systems in step with the nature that supports the production of nutritious food, renewable resources and resilient communities while also aiming to make a positive impact, leaving behind better than what we started with.  Permaculture can be as expensive or inexpensive as you like. This episode we chat about how we save money and are frugal with what we need and want.  Below are some links to great cost saving methods https://www.theseedcollection.com.au/blog/gardening-on-a-budget https://permies.com/t/1560/Permaculture-money https://www.permaculturenews.org/2016/02/12/voluntary-frugality/ https://permacultureprinciples.com/post/finding-pleasure-in-the-free-things-in-life/ https://www.milkwood.net/2017/09/25/27-life-hacks-for-permaculture-living/

You know those books "Internet for dummies" well this episode is like that, but for chickens! Alysse knows very little about chickens but wants to have them on her property. So Jo gives here the beginner basics to get her started on her chicken rearing journey. Join us as Alysse learns about chicken needs, behaviours, illness and more.

We are exploring indigenous calendars of our local areas and how this can help us to connect with the land we live on fostering a better understanding of the local environment and how we can work with it on a deeper level. Links to resources https://research.csiro.au/dsp/indigenous-seasonal-calendars-enabling-indigenous-knowledge-through-a-dynamic-and-engaging-tool/ https://nesplandscapes.edu.au/2018/04/05/seasonal-calendar-featured-at-international-plenary/

What an episode with Meg! over 2 hours of chattering. We talk: How permaculture was related to Megs prior job in the policy force?  Sustainability and self sufficiency- is it realistic How Meg re-designed police policy to help stop corruption.  What is permacoach?  What’s Megs approach to aging in respect to her garden?  Social permaculture  Produce share  Culture and community concepts - living with mindset of abundance and generosity  Growing your own vs farmer markets environmental impact of sharing  So much info and so many gems. Meg is such an interesting person and we hope you love this chat as much as we did! https://www.instagram.com/permacoach_me/ https://smarterthancrows.wordpress.com/about-meg-mcgowan/ https://permaculturecc.org.au/