Margaret River Cycle Trek 2012 Organized by my dad and my brother each year, this great cycle trek donates all funds raised to the Margaret River environment centre…………..if your into cycling it’s a beauty, they know all the best tracks and the environment centre crew compete with each other in the catering department. Hi … Read more
Nicole Foss Visits Margaret River Making Sense of Economic Decline in an Age of Peak Oil A Discussion with Nicole Foss (Nicole has been speaking to packed houses around Australia) Nicole Foss is one of those rare people who understands and explains the links between the global dangers of resource depletion, economic failure and increasing … Read more
Bio Vital Farms Return the life back into your soil and the Profit and Enjoyment back into Farming 2 and 3-day courses with Paul Taylor May 17th, 18th and 19th 2012 Margaret River Now with Farm Ready approval (3 day only) Please note: we have now combined the Perth and Margaret River Courses at … Read more
The most beautiful wall/sculpture Last weekend saw the creation of our beautiful straw bale garden wall. With a great team and cool weather we learnt how to construct a self supporting straw bale garden wall with Pamela Forward. A week before the students arrived we poured the footings to Pam’s design and prepared materials for … Read more
The Best Hot Shower Ever (from the compost heap!) There’s nothing quite as good as having a shower knowing your hot water is free from the sun and that every bit of it is heading down to thirsty trees once its been used. Well that just got even better! Our solar shower now has a … Read more
Introduction to Permaculture April 22nd to 25th 2012 This 4 day course will give you a grounded understanding of the ethics and principles of permaculture and how to apply them in your home and garden. The course is delivered through theory, discussions and hands on workshops and finishes with a tour of local organic gardens … Read more
Straw Bale Wall Preparation Our straw has arrived to build the wall with and it was such a pleasure to meet and chat to the farmers who grew it. I’ve often heard that building with straw down here is not appropriate due to having to transport the straw from the wheat belt but these guys … Read more
Aquaponics Course Report Thanks to Tony from Life Aquatic and all those that attended our first aquaponics course. We converted the old barn into a classroom and proceeded to convert used IBC containers into an aquaponics system. We started the day with a fantastic presentation on how an aquaponics system works and the basics … Read more
The loss suffered during the Margaret River bush fires was far greater than the number of homes lost, thousands of hectares of coastal bushland and precious habitat went up in flames. Volunteers have offered to help the rehabilitation in many different ways and Permablitz Margaret River is offering to do what it does best……garden blitz! … Read more
Thanks again to the generosity of so many ! We have raised $600 towards Blitzing gardens and people are still donating! We have organized with the Tube Nursery to propagate a selection of non-fire promoting local species to donate to gardens damaged during the fire, The Tube Nursery will also donate a number of plants … Read more