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What to expect from the 2 week Intensive Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Carraig Dúlra July 2020

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28th February 2020

Expect the Unexpected! For two weeks, we’ll live and learn…

A Growing Permaculture Ecosystem in Ireland

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18th January 2020

I’ve started making a list of the resources within the growing…

Preview of Courses 2020

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4th December 2019

I'll be teaching and co-teaching a number of workshops in 2020.…

Introduction to Homescale Permaculture Design 28th & 29th September 2019 @ OURganic Gardens, Co. Donegal

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13th August 2019

28th & 29th September 2019 at Ourganic Gardens,…

Design Your Own Permaculture Garden Nov. 9th 2019 @ Irish Seed Savers Co. Clare

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12th August 2019

A 1 day course @ Irish Seed Savers in County Clare, November…

Healthy Greener You Community Education Co. Roscommon September 2019, — -Classes enrolling now!

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12th August 2019

HGY courses in partnership with the wonderful Roscommon Womens…

Design Your Own Permaculture Garden

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31st May 2019

A one day introduction to Permaculture garden design Simple…

An Earthcare Permaculture Design Site Visit

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30th April 2019

What is it? The Site Visit is for farms, woodlands, gardens,…

Agroforestry Design + Planting

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22nd March 2019

Project type: Private farm Agroforestry design and planting Status:…

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6 month permaculture design course participants gr

6 month permaculture design course participants graduated yesterday under beautiful blue skies!
(+2 people missing from this group photo)

We had a lovely final day of the course sharing project work and catching up with some of the course tutors who joined us for a springtime permaculture lunch (think nettles, pulses, eggs....)

We've had a brilliant time getting together for a day a week since September, field trippin', working, learning, connecting, planting, crafting, meithealling, designing.... and we're looking forward to emerging next steps, watch this space cause things are happenin'!

With gratitude to community, family, friends who've input and supported along the way. It takes a village to raise a permaculturalist 😄

#permacultureireland #roscommon #dreamteam #bigplans #weboflife

Grow your own veg course details! First @earthcare

Grow your own veg course details! First @earthcare_permaculture_ireland and @jacobsvegbox collaboration.
Spring vibes, get growing!

Get in touch for booking and questions.....

#Strokestown
#growyourfood
#getoutside

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#permacultureireland #permaculturedesigncertificat

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An encouraging harvest on these unusual tuber crop

An encouraging harvest on these unusual tuber crops this year.
Occa and Yacon
Nowhere near the yield of a spud mind you but, potential. And always good to have diversity in the diet - all those good gut bacteria need lots of variety coming in.

What do I do next @gardensforlifeireland ? Should they be separated? cured? Dried? Do those little tails need to be removed? How do I select and store Yacon starts for growing next year?

#ancienttubers #useandvaluediversity #unusualvegetables #guthealth

We've had a full few weeks on our 6 month long PDC

We've had a full few weeks on our 6 month long PDC recently.

#patternstodetails and unpacking design functions with @suziecahn
#creativelyuseandrespondtochange food growing and community at @anghrianglasfarm
#uselocalresouces natural building with mud and willow at @westcountrywillows

Getting hands on, trying new things, building, growing, observing, listening, seeing things anew, learning from nature, connecting in with local community, sharing stories, being together.

Grateful to have such a powerful team between tutors, participants and lands.

#permacultureireland #reconnect #challenge #thegreatoutdoors #reskill #naturalbuildingireland #naturalpatterns

Great day on Saturday working with the local commu

Great day on Saturday working with the local community in #athenry together with @beoecology , organised by cllr Shelley Hertreich Quinn at Amicitia Athenry.

@beoecology and @earthcare_permaculture_ireland
Facilitated a fun community consultation, including a little intro to ecology and permaculture design, followed by a site visit.

It was wonderful to meet such engaged and enthusiastic people!

Next we will be reflecting on everything we learnt and starting to help the community make plans for this new outdoor community garden project in the town.

#permacultureireland #collaboration #communitygardensireland #workwithnature #landaccess

And so it turns..... A little samhain gift going

And so it turns.....

A little samhain gift going into the darkness.

A wheel of the year showing my top, reliable, high yielding, easy, beginner friendly perennial plants in order of harvest, for having fresh pickings throughout the season. Tried and tasted here in #roscommon

Plant 3 of each of these bare root between now and the returning of the light for a fruitful future.

Now there's a spell for ya.

What else would you add?

#samhain #elderberry #plantingseason #wintertreats #growyourown #permacultureireland
#ediblegarden
#gardencalendar

Permaculture Design Course week 5 of 20 this week

Permaculture Design Course week 5 of 20 this week spent the day with @jacobsvegbox in #strokestown learning the practical hands-on side to our soil biology theory.
Healthy soil life for healthy crops.

#growyourown #exudates #biofarming #permacultureireland #rootsman

Ok first time emptying the waterless and electric

Ok first time emptying the waterless and electric free self-composting compost toilet from @waterlessrevolution

3 months in and the resulting inoculated mulch let's say, is unrecognisable and just about ready to give a little pre-winter nourishment to the young agroforestry system.

SWipe for poo pics 👀 you know you want to!

Lucky PDC participants today had the pleasure of mulching the young trees with it, but more on that in another poost.

It's good though, everyone likes it and it works!

Woodwork by goodwoodcreations Lanesboro.
Wood from Tim from Tang.

#closedloop #compostloo #humanure #animalsinthesystem #producenowaste #cleanwater #lowtech

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