The Poultry Keeper

nigel · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: Permaculture

can anyone recommend a good book(s) on permaculture.

It's something I'm looking into for when we move, but many of the books want to look at the global issues rather than how it works in my back garden.

mojo · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

dont bother you will not have time to raise permas what with the yellow ducks and everything

Knobby · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:33 pm Post subject:

And whats that exectly ???? Embarassed

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7165 Location: isle of lewis

i found it can get very comlicated tried mixing crop rotation and permaculture ,gave up ,and all that compaion planting,it was a nightmare ,there is a permiculture mag ,for the back garden and smallholding stuff
suz

Heather · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject:

Nigel there is a course that you might be interested in

http://www.gb0063551.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/course/index.htm

I can leave a message for Graham if you'd like me to - (he is on my yahoo kitchengardens group) and ask him if there are any books, but his e-mail is on that page if you want to ask him yourself - I seem to remember that he has written one himself though I might be wrong - there are 2 Grahams on there !

Also there is http://www.permaculture.co.uk/mag/Trial_copy.html free copy of Permaculture magazine & some books ... http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc2.html

HTH

H xx

nigel · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:20 am Post subject:

Thanks Suz & H for the heads up on the magazine, have asked for a free copy. I quite like the look of some of the books. But the course, including yoga.. not sure I'm up for that.. Very Happy

Lisa · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:37 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info about a free copy Heather - have also requested one Razz

CP · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:59 pm Post subject:

Nigel you've probably seen this already, but I remembered you were looking for a permaculture book recently. There is a link at the bottom that takes you to another site which mentions books & courses.

http://tinyurl.com/racop

Heather · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:40 am Post subject:

It's Graham Burnett again CP - the same one that was doing the Course above Wink

- think that was a bit too 'knitted lentils' for Nigel Wink

nigel · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:00 am Post subject:

i want to be a post apocalyptic neo-punk guerrilla gardener and knit lentils while hugging a tree, doing yoga and finding my inner chakra.

I like the idea of permaculture but some of the 'culture' that surrounds permaculture is just a step too far for me personally.

CP · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:15 pm Post subject:

nigel · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject:

you mean you don't knit lentils Shocked

jaydee67 · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject:

Someone lent me a pemaculture book once, gave it back after reading bits to find he gave it to a charity shop and I could have kept it! It had a duck pond made from an old bath set into a slope with a pipe coming from the plug hole so the bath could be drained and the fertilized water used for the garden. Always thought that was a good idea.

CP · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: