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We’ve made it quick and convenient for you to manage your blog from anywhere. In this blog post we’ll share the ways you can post to your...
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Germaine Staley
- Jul 22, 2020
- 1 min
Design a Stunning Blog
When it comes to design, the Wix blog has everything you need to create beautiful posts that will grab your reader's attention. Check out...
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Germaine Staley
- Jul 22, 2020
- 1 min
Grow Your Blog Community
With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog...
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Germaine Staley
- May 6, 2017
- 2 min
Making your own Bokashi from scratch
Bokashi has become a hugely successful way of composting in recent times. The Bokashi kits themselves seem to now be available at ever...
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Germaine Staley
- May 1, 2017
- 2 min
What is compost?
What is compost? NOUN - Decayed organic material used as a fertiliser for growing plants. This is the dictionary definition but is far...
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Germaine Staley
- May 1, 2017
- 6 min
COMPOST TEA
Compost Tea can be used in place of expensive, commercial liquid fertilisers in your Zone 1 kitchen garden. In applying these solutions...
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Germaine Staley
- Apr 30, 2017
- 4 min
Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio and Composting
Essentially, composting comes down to balancing two components: Nitrogen and Carbon. The Carbon to Nitrogen ratio is a proportion of the...
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Germaine Staley
- Apr 28, 2017
- 4 min
18 Day Hot Composting
Hot Composting, Step By Step Preparations work Locate your composting space in an area protected from direct sun light. Ensure to have a...
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Germaine Staley
- Apr 14, 2017
- 3 min
Sustainable... Are You?
Permaculture is the vehicle the human species can use to become truly sustainable on this planet... but sustainable has become one of...
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Germaine Staley
- Apr 5, 2017
- 1 min
Permaculturist want to give their children a chance.
I was minding my own business surfing the web this morning and an article smashed me in the face... I posted it on my Facebook page but...
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Urban farmers Africa
- Feb 13, 2017
- 2 min
Linseed oil is an all-natural wood preservative.
Linseed oil, pressed out of the flax seed, is a common outdoor wood preservative. It soaks deep into the wood, protecting it against wate...
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Germaine Staley
- Feb 13, 2017
- 7 min
The ever growing revolution
Our sister business Urban Farmers South Africa has been set up as a catalyst for change, offering busy people, often too caught up in the...
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Germaine Staley
- Feb 13, 2017
- 11 min
If you are going to have a lawn... here's how!
Hundreds of millions of people are about to go out and buy "Weed and Feed" and other forms of toxic rubbish to grow something that is...
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Germaine Staley
- Feb 13, 2017
- 4 min
Recycled Solar lights.
Today I did something good that I'm proud of. One of the big problems for the shack-dwelling people of this country is a lack of...
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Germaine Staley
- Feb 13, 2017
- 1 min
Why should you grow green manures?
1. It creates a mass of succulent growth that can be easily converted, either in situ or sometimes via the compost heap, into soil...
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Germaine Staley
- Feb 13, 2017
- 1 min
Borage
Borage may derive its name from the Celtic word meaning courage and scientist have found that the plant encourages the production of...
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Germaine Staley
- Feb 6, 2017
- 3 min
Zoning
Purposeful efficiency is essential to self-sufficiency and sustainable living and therefore essential to your permaculture design. The...
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Germaine Staley
- Feb 6, 2017
- 3 min
Sector Annalysis
Sectors are the wild natural elements that need to be considered on our design sites. It is important to understand these elements so...
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Germaine Staley
- Jan 25, 2017
- 2 min
Knowing your pace - Mapping skills
How to use pace count to measure ground distance. A pace is equal to one natural step, about 75cm long but obviously changes considerably...
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Germaine Staley
- Jan 25, 2017
- 3 min
Making a Base Map
Making a map is an essential part of the design process. It is your starting point, the base template for which you will be able to...
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