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From organic waste to new life! Banana peels, cassava peels, leaves and other farm residues are left to decompose and return nutrients to the soil. A simple example of turning what looks like waste into a resource for growing food. Fellow farmers, how do you turn organic waste into a resource on your farm? #organicfarming #foodsecurity #WasteReduction #solarpunksunday #permaculture #soilhealth

🌿A food forest is a diverse, self-sustaining ecosystem that grows food by working with nature. At Green Youth Movement, our vision is to establish a food forest once we secure funding for land. It will increase harvests, restore biodiversity, and provide hands-on training in regenerative agriculture for more young people and communities. @environment @foodpluswords_@flipboard.com @BathNature@ecoevo.social #gardening #Diet #nutrition #agriculture #environment #biodiversity #ecosystems #agroecology #plants #permaculture #UK

The less appealing, smaller apples were kept apart and eventually used for a little bit of marmalade. It's my first time trying, hence the small quantity, and I am not too pleased with how chunky it came out. I will look for another recipe or feedback on how to get it more smooth. #wild #apple #forage #jam #marmalade #preservation #slowlife #homestead #italy #permaculture

I have posted this before and offloaded most of them.. but still have a few packets of perennial leek bulbils I'm happy to post out to UK gardening folk. Send me a direct message if you want some. More info on Babington leeks here #permaculture #OrganicGardening #AllotmentLife

This turtle pops up all over my yard! Earlier this week it was in the pollinator meadow (otherwise known as the septic field) Here it is eating an unripe fig. I believe this is an Eastern Box Turtle. #gardening #permaculture #turtle

PLUMS PLUMS PLUMS #permaculture #AllotmentLife #OrganicGardening .. should have picked them earlier really but the squishier ones have now become wasp and butterfly food. Plenty for us and was really lovely to see all the butterflies on the tree tucking in.

The #Moroccan #FoodForest That Inspired an #AgriculturalRevolution These ancient forest gardens may be more relevant than ever. by Eric J. Wallace April 1, 2019 "It was 1975 and Geoff Lawton was wintering with friends in Morocco. Camping on beaches north of Agadir, they’d been surfing for weeks when locals told them about Paradise Valley. Located along the Tamraght River in the High Atlas Mountains, it promised 5,200-foot vistas, blue-green waterfalls, and lush, rainforest-like vegetation. "Lawton, then 21, was on his first trip outside the U.K. 'Tourists had yet to ‘discover’ the area, so the culture was very much preserved,' he says. 'For me, it was like going back to Biblical times.' "The dirt road to the Valley climbed through a barren, arid landscape into rural hills studded with mud brick homes. Twenty kilometers in, the group stopped at the tiny village of Inraren for directions. Lawton went to relieve himself in a roadside wood. " 'I remember thinking it was odd that this lush, green forest should be bursting from the desert,' he says. "Stepping inside, things got stranger. The air felt cool, almost misty. Growing in the shade of tall date palms were trees, vines, and shrubs bearing bananas, tamarinds, oranges, figs, guavas, pomegranates, lemons, limes, mulberries, carobs, quince, grapes, and other fruits and nuts. Following a footpath through the grassy understory past groves of olive and argan trees, Lawton discovered a cluster of fenced-in vegetable and herb gardens—most about a quarter-acre in size. Here and there, goats were tethered to posts. Chickens clucked through the underbrush and roosted in trees. Gazing down a leafy corridor, he spotted a man leading a donkey. Its saddlebags brimmed with produce. " 'I felt like I’d wandered into some kind of ancient organism,' says Lawton. “I had goosebumps all over.' "Totaling about 65 acres, the food forest was a remnant of one of the world’s oldest #sustainable systems of agriculture. While its origins have been lost to history, scientists agree it is at least many centuries old. Some, including Lawton, date its establishment to 2,000 years ago. When asked about the forest’s age, villagers shrug. " 'I have no idea how old it is or when our ancestors first began gardening here,' says 45-year-old Abdelmajid Ziyani, a construction worker and member of a local argan and olive oil cooperative. 'But I know it has been here for centuries.' " Related video: "The 2000 Year Old Food Forest in Morocco - Discover Permaculture with Geoff Lawton" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-b_C7a_es Read more: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-permaculture-food-forests #SolarPunkSunday #ForestGardens #UndergroundSprings #Permaculture #AncientFoodForests #SustainableAgriculture #History #AgricultureHistory #Histodon #TraditionalAgriculture

Look who has made it all the way to Hohenheim today! Very happy to host Ethan from @econetwork@mas.to for a seminar later today! ☺️ #sustainability #ecology #permaculture #ClimateEducation

Eco Youths Network in Germany🤞 This week, on Thursday, 17th Sept 2026... Ethan Timothy will be in Germany at the University of Hohenheim  ( @unihohenheim@xn--baw-joa.social ) in Stuttgart Ethan has been invited to speak with students and researchers at the Institute of Biology about the work we are doing in Uganda around how youths involve in sustainable farming, permaculture, climate change and nature conservation. This is also an opportunity for us to discuss potential Citizen Science collaborations between the Eco Youths Network Uganda & University of Hohenheim Germany We requested the seminar to be recorded, we'll be sharing how it went, see you on Wednesday #EcoYouthsNetwork #Uganda #Germany #UniversityOfHohenheim #CitizenScience #ClimateAction #Permaculture #SustainableAgriculture #Ecology

🌳🌱What if part of our protein future is growing above our heads? We need more trees to cool the planet, restore soils and biodiversity. Mulberry trees are fascinating: their leaves are nutritious, protein-rich, perennial, and can be harvested without repeatedly disturbing the soil. They can also be processed into leaf protein concentrate (LPC). Could tree-based protein help transform agriculture? 🌍 Have you eaten mulberry leaves? What do you think? 💬 #Agroforestry #FoodForests #Permaculture

One of the beautiful things about #permaculture is learning that a farm doesn't have to be separated from #nature. We create a farming system where plants, animals, insects, birds, and people can all have a place. Our bananas are not only for us. 🐒 Monkeys and birds sometimes come to enjoy the fruits too and we see that as part of being in touch with #nature Permaculture teaches us to work with nature, not against it. When we create diverse and healthy ecosystems, the farm becomes more than a place to grow food it becomes a living #environment. Farming with nature means making room for nature. #Permaculture #FarmingWithNature #RegenerativeAgriculture #Agroecology #Biodiversity #SustainableFarming

squash happiness ... a much needed break from tomato madness 😅 #gardening #permaculture #squash #harvest #photography

🐛 If something is eating your plants, you may be doing something right! Holes in leaves aren't always failure. They can mean your garden is feeding the food web. Caterpillars, birds, fungi and insects all play a role in a living ecosystem. 🌿 Signs of life: • Chewed leaves • Birds hunting • Flowers going to seed • Fungi breaking down fallen material • Insects sheltering in stems Don’t ask, “Does my garden look perfect?” Ask: “Who is using it?” #wildlifegardening #biodiversity #permaculture

still harvesting and cooking 😅 #gardening #permaculture #tomatoes #harvest #photography

Hello you UK #permaculture #OrganicGardening #Allotment folk. I have hundreds of bulbils from some perennial Babbington Leeks. I shared some locally last year with instructions for growers to save some of bulbils to pass on .. so.. there are lots around here already. If anyone wants some, I'm happy to post some out in return for a small donation to the community project I run to cover postage costs.

Gardening book advice wanted 👩‍🌾 📚 I’m looking for a book which clearly (but not too simplistically) outlines what plants (think veggies and fruit) should be planted when and what should be planted together as companion plants. 🫛🌽 There’s probably a word which articulates that idea more succinctly but it’s the morning and I can’t think of it. Out of print is ok, I don’t mind hunting for it if it’s a good one! 🔍 #gardening #books #permaculture

Industry is Actually an Ecological Phenomena lol ^^ 6th Massive Extinction in Progress https://www.notre-planete.info/environnement/biodiversite/extinctions_massives.php #permaculture #solarPunk

Cover crops on swales makes sense to me...

Annual cover crops to add nitrogen and mulch;

• vetch
• cow pea Then seed in perennials.

The one thing that i did not connect with before is that swales on the landscape is designed to be a tree growing system, eventually a food forrest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0nVPsyITFo

I have so much reading ahead of me...

#Growing #Gardening #Permaculture
#FoodForrest