Do It Yourselfer - Permaculture Principles

Why not make your own beer? It makes cents, and is a welcome relief after a stint in the garden.

There’s nothing quite like homebrew beer

Principle 4: Apply self-regulation & accept feedback Do It Yourselfer #3 When I first saw a can of homebrew in the supermarket I imagined that it was a powder that…

Kai (left) and Sen play fight with home made wooden swords

Using and Valuing Wood

Principle 5: Use & value renewable resources & services Do It Yourselfer #2 We are approaching a new era, one in which resourcefulness will come into it’s own, as it…

Concrete roof tiles used with reo to make a curved raised garden bed. Soil from the surrounding path is used to build the bed. The recessed path is filled with thick mulch and acts as a infiltration basin to store water, which wick up into the garden bed.

Raising garden beds using concrete roof tiles

Principle 6: Produce no waste In an effort to get more engaged with my local community I began writing a regular article for the Telegraph, our local newspaper. My plan…