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Growing food |
Animals in permaculture |
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Give thanks for all the things that animals do for us and other living beings. |
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Growing food |
Animals in permaculture |
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Share feelings and thoughts about the ethics of keeping animals in a garden. |
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Growing food |
Animals in permaculture |
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Learn about sustainable aquaculture systems and when, and why, they can be appropriate. |
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Growing food |
Animals in permaculture |
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Learn what bees and other insects do for us and how we can look after them. |
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Growing food |
Animals in permaculture |
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Research the way indigenous people (e.g. Sami, native Americans, ) used the whole of an animal (e.g. buffalo) to meet many of their needs (e.g. clothes, housing, footwear, music, boat, food). Explore how local people's traditional practices enabled them to 'produce no waste' and 'use and value renewable resources'. |
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Growing food |
Animals in permaculture |
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Discuss why some people are vegetarians and vegans, and what the alternatives to using animals within the garden and food chain might be. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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See plants which make nutrients available for other plants. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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See the white balls (nitrogen fixing nodules) on the roots of legumes (e.g. peas or beans). |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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See a companion planting chart. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Decide which companion plants and nutrient-givers (nitrogen fixers and dynamic accumulators) to include in the garden and where, then plant them together (e.g. carrots and onions; maize, beans & squash). |
