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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Plant several edible plants, look after them, and monitor their health for a growing season. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Place mulch on bare soil (e.g. straw, grass clippings, cardboard etc). |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Prepare and store a crop e.g. potatoes, jam, sauerkraut. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Grow plants within a crop rotation (e.g. with lettuce and beetroot grown in one plot one year, next year legumes (beans and peas) and cucurbits (e.g. pumpkin, courgettes, squash, marrows), then brassicas (e.g. broccoli, kale, cabbage, cauliflower, turnip, kohl rabi etc.) and 4th year roots (e.g. carrot, beetroot, celeriac, celery, parsnip) and onions. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Create a garden, growing food in polycultures, following a permaculture design and implementation plan. |
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Growing food |
Food forests |
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Eat food straight from a food forest. |
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Growing food |
Food forests |
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Spot some plants in a food forest, perhaps using ID/flash cards. |
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Growing food |
Food forests |
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Transplant different plants (e.g. fruit trees, bushes, herbs, ground cover) into the designed food forest. |
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Growing food |
Food forests |
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Be in a woodland with different plants growing together, notice the smells, sounds and textures. |
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Growing food |
Food forests |
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Be in a food forest with different plants growing together, notice the smells, sounds and textures. |
