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Now You Can Blog from Everywhere!
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...

Germaine Staley
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
May 6, 20172 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
May 1, 20172 min read
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COMPOST TEA
Compost Tea can be used in place of expensive, commercial liquid fertilisers in your Zone 1 kitchen garden. In applying these solutions...

Germaine Staley
May 1, 20176 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Apr 30, 20174 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Apr 28, 20174 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Apr 14, 20173 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Apr 5, 20171 min read
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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...
Urban farmers Africa
Feb 13, 20172 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Feb 13, 20177 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Feb 13, 201711 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Feb 13, 20174 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Feb 13, 20171 min read
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Borage
Borage may derive its name from the Celtic word meaning courage and scientist have found that the plant encourages the production of...

Germaine Staley
Feb 13, 20171 min read
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Zoning
Purposeful efficiency is essential to self-sufficiency and sustainable living and therefore essential to your permaculture design. The...

Germaine Staley
Feb 6, 20173 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Feb 6, 20173 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Jan 25, 20172 min read
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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...

Germaine Staley
Jan 25, 20173 min read
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