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Notice what wild animals are eating, and what their homes look like. |
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Animals in permaculture |
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Experience ways to integrate animals in the farm/garden in order to perform their ecosystem function (e.g. let chickens go into a field after the potato harvest, and allow them to turn the soil, add manure, remove pests; or create a flower meadow to feed pollinators (e.g. bees) who will also pollinate fruit trees). |
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Visit a farm where domesticated animals roam freely and see how their houses are designed for winter and compare to regular farms (e.g. sheep, cows, goats, ducks, chickens, guinea pigs). |
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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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Animals in permaculture |
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Build homes for the wild animals in a garden (e.g. leaf pile, log pile, bird house). |
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Animals in permaculture |
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See a natural bee keeping system. |
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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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Give thanks for all the things that animals do for us and other living beings. |
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Animals in permaculture |
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Use some products of animals found for art and craft (e.g. feathers, honeycomb, painting eggs). |
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Animals in permaculture |
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Create something from a product of an animal found in nature or a garden (e.g. candles, brushes, feather pens). |
