Practical Permaculture | Gardening and Intentional Living

This is the 3rd in our mini episode. We run through a number of ways to create more plants from the plant you (or others) have. Great way to save money and get things growing fast.

This week we chat with Lee from Urban Veggie Patch. We have enviously eyed off her blooms online for years and now we get to chat to get and get all the tips and tricks. Lee tells us her top three flowers, talks about the best flowers to grow in winter, how she started Urban Veggie Patch (and UVPM) plus how gardening with a permaculture lens helped her garden. Join us to chat more after the show on our Facebook group "Practical Permaculture Community". To check out more from Lee visit: https://www.urbanveggiepatch.com/ https://www.instagram.com/urbanveggiepatchmarket/ https://www.instagram.com/urbanveggiepatch/

This mini episode we explore ways to start a new garden bed. These are low cost, simple solutions that will get you growing in no time.

Join us as we chat to Paul West. You may know Paul west from River Cottage Australia, his cook books or maybe his newest venture "Grow It local". We had a ball chatting with Paul, reminiscing on his time in Newy (Newcastle) and also small country Australian towns. We chat about how he first came to learn about permaculture, his PDC, how Grow it local came to be, what TED talks had to do with it all and so much more. Grow it local encourages people to grow and share food locally. Grow it local's member have now recorded 1 286 244 m2 area under cultivation from 6 thousand people registering their patch. They also have a monthly seed service AND TONNES of FREE workshops and resources. We really encourage you to join up. We chat about: https://www.growitlocal.com   / growitlocal   Croatian club community garden - http://www.smokva.garden Janet Millington Paul's PDC - https://au.permacultureprinciples.com... Grow it local TEDX "Crowd Farming" -    • Crowd Farming at TEDxSydney 2013   Garage sale trail- https://www.garagesaletrail.com.au

This season we are bring you mini episodes each week. These are designed to be under 10 mins of fast practical information you can use in your Permaculture Journey. They are not comprehensive so do your own research. Week number #1 is Seed Saving. A few ideas for keeping your seeds in tip top condition.

AND we are back from our two-week break. Season two starts off with us chatting about our Autumn Gardens (and winter garden prep!). We talk about how we are prepping our spaces by creating compost, replenishing soil, seed saving (*cough* buying), building raised bed, gardening to the indigenous calendars as well as how we documenting and reflect on our gardens. Resources mentioned: • Australian Native Bee co. https://www.australiannativebeeco.com • The Seed Collection – What to sow https://www.theseedcollection.com.au/sownow • Diggers club https://www.diggers.com.au • Diggers journal https://www.diggers.com.au/products/diggers-3-year-garden-journal • UVP Garden Planner https://www.urbanveggiepatch.com/products/garden-planner • Indigenous calendars https://www.csiro.au/en/research/indigenous-science/indigenous-knowledge/calendars • Limestone Permaculture - https://www.limestonepermaculture.com https://www.instagram.com/limestone_permaculture/

In the words of bugs bunny... That's all folks!⁠ ⁠ What a whirl wind into the world of podcasting. A BIG thanks to all our guests who selflessly gave up their time to come and speak with us. We have learnt so much from you. ⁠And we are so grateful. You have all supported us and encouraged us. It means the world. ⁠ ⁠  And a HUGE thanks to our listeners. It's weird chatting and sending it out to the world. But when we get lovely comments, messages and interactions with our listeners- it gives us the warm and fuzzies. ⁠  Our hope is to make even the teeniest impact into someone's life. To keep you company when you garden, give you something to giggle at, a new technique to try, a new piece of knowledge. If we can do that then it's all worth it. ⁠ ⁠  Season 2 starts back up on the 22nd March. We will still be in social media land if you want to reach out. Behind the scenes we will be recording with some EPIC people and we cant wait to share. ⁠ See you then! ⁠ Practical Permaculture Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/349282787464711/ Insta https://www.instagram.com/practical_permaculture?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Chris Arnold aka The Green Thumb Guru speaks with Alysse about how he went from starting a small garden and self educating himself about Permaculture to filling up his 300sqm block, taking over the verge, engaging with his community and how it was time to spread his wings and grow. He and his family are now a year into being on 16 acres in the Manning Valley on the lands of the Biripi people. Chris is open about his experience and shares the good and the challenges along the way including the issues he faced scaling up.  Grab that cuppa and enjoy.  You can find Chris here https://www.instagram.com/greenthumbguru?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

What is fair share? Fair share is about "setting limits on our consumption, as well as creating and re-distributing a surplus". But the definition of faire share has changed over time. And what does this look like in a PRACTICAL sense? We chat about how we do fair share day to day as well as what it can look like in a more boarder sense and touch on global/political fair share. We hope you enjoy!

Kyle makes some time for a chat with us about Urban Permaculture and Landscaping. Kyle has a business called Tierra Projects based in Northern Sydney NSW Australia. He has big plans for growing his new business to include building construction and more eco landscaping practices. Have a listen and let us know what you think! Tierra projects https://tierraprojects.com.au https://www.instagram.com/tierra.projects  https://permaculturesydneyinstitute.org  Addi project - https://addiroad.org.au  Reverse garbage- https://www.instagram.com/reversegarbage/?hl=en OR https://reversegarbage.org.au  Tyson Yunkaporta - Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking  Tyson Yunkaporta - Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World