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QGIS and permaculture
When we began working on our permaculture design, I started looking around for suitable software to use. The ideal solution would: significantly help with the work to be done already be in use within the permaculture community, indicating that it’s working well…
A fast-moving mess
It is happening. Hundreds of trees coming, needing immediate attention, a place to be planted on, water, amendments, mulch, light, care. We had been waiting for this moment for a long time and for the past few days we, the family and 5 men full time, have been…
Bem-vindas a casa, plantas
O grande momento chegou e começámos a plantar algumas árvores. É muito emocionante pôr as mãos na terra, cheirar as plantas, e sentir que estamos a remendar algo que está rasgado no nosso mundo. A criação de um projeto Permacultura na Alo Land nasceu de uma semente…
Earthworks completed
As of last Wednesday the earthworks are done. It took 8 working days for one person driving the excavator, with a bit of help from his team and us. After chopping and smashing all of the eucalyptus, the excavator switched to a normal digging bucket for the rest of the…
Kick-off reforestation
Today it was the kick-off of the reforestation. Or should I say deforestation? Oddly enough, the first step of making this a fertile land is to remove most of the trees, which are eucalyptus. They are a fire hazard, drinking all the water and preventing other trees…
Sementes de felicidade
Regenerar 10.000m2 de solo não é fácil, mas é muito estimulante. Entre um casal e duas crianças pequenas, 0 design de Permacultura para este espaço vai crescendo, pouco a pouco. Temos as próximas semanas para implementar a primeira fase: preparar o solo, as valas de…
A visual diary…
We have cattails growing in our swale, and for a long time I looked at them mostly as “the wetland plant”.
We have cattails growing in our swale, and for a long time I looked at them mostly as “the wetland plant”.Then I read Braiding Sweetgrass, and I started seeing them differently.Cattails can open so many doors in a morning with children. We can begin simply by meeting…
Há tabúa a crescer na nossa vala de infiltração, e confesso que durante muito tempo olhei para ela quase só como “a planta do charco”.
Há tabúa a crescer na nossa vala de infiltração, e confesso que durante muito tempo olhei para ela quase só como “a planta do charco”.Depois li Braiding Sweetgrass e comecei a vê-la de outra forma.A tabúa pode abrir tantas portas numa manhã com crianças. Podemos…
Garden Explorers is coming in August!
Garden Explorers is coming in August!Nature mornings for children aged 6 to 12, here at the quinta in Salir do Porto.A small group (max 6 children) explores the garden, the forest, the outdoor kitchen and the music space. There’s time to move, cook, care, build and…








