Cape gooseberry
Cape gooseberry, a species for the permaculture home garden. Home gardens growing a diversity of edible and other plants contribute to family food security and a tasty and nutritious diet.
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Local Actions: Crop Swaps
Crop swaps are a great way to ensure that there is plenty of food, seeds, preserves, seedlings, cuttings and resources to share amongst your community. Tasmania has numerous crop swaps across the state. The Permaculture Tasmania Meander Valley held their very first one on February 1st in Golden Valley. These community-run initiatives allow people to […]
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Local actions: seed libraries
Seed libraries are a great way to ensure that there are plenty of seeds to share amongst your community. Tasmania has numerous seed libraries across the state, including locations in Deloraine, Launceston, Wynyard, Penguin, Devonport, Mole Creek, Cygnet, and Burnie. These community-run initiatives allow people to freely ‘borrow’ and donate seeds, with a focus on […]
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Foragers’ field guides take wild foods to the seashore
Rees Campbell, the author of Eat More Wild Tasmanian, a book about Tasmanian wild foods and the recipes …
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Tasty saltbush
“THIS is a useful plant,” I remarked as Jo bent down to look at the silvery-grey foliage.
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Let’s talk about borage
There are so many reasons to love borage and one of those is that borage stacks functions like a boss.
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Local Community Digs “Beginning Food Gardening” Workshops
By Alexia Thomson & Karen Hewitt 2020 has been a year of surprises – including a global gardening boom as COVID-19 made visible the fragility of our food supply systems. Many have turned to growing food to provide for our families, reduce our food miles and to boost mental health after far too many online […]
Read MoreGrowing on the Marginal
At the end of November we joined Lisa on the foothills of kunanyi, nipaluna, on muwinina country (South Hobart). It was a wonderful opportunity to learn more about productive use of marginal spaces.There was so much to take in and here are just a few favourite elements of the visit. Lisa welcomed us and recapped […]
Read MoreSam & Emily’s Visit
Meet Hobart/Eastern Shore local group members, Sam and Emily, featured in the most recent of PIP magazine #17. Even more recently Sam and Emily hosted a property tour for group members who were interested in seeing a permaculture design making its way from paper to reality. Sam and Emily walked us through the many elements […]
Read MoreSeed Savings Tips and Tricks with Linda & Trev from Seed Freaks | Replay
Thanks so much to everyone who attended the webinar, and thanks to Linda and Trevor for their time! Watch the replay below and don’t forget to sign up for the next one!
Read MoreMember Virtual Yard Tour – Foothills of kunanyi, Hobart
Permaculture Tasmania member and PT social media volunteer Lisa, recently guided us through a virtual tour of her yard, and systems she uses to grow food and obtain a yield. Lisa’s urban property is a 10 minute bike ride from the Hobart CBD, in the foothills of kunanyi. The property is approx. 1200 metres squared […]
Read MoreDoes Bamboo have a role in Permaculture?
Contributor Geoff Pyne (Bamboo Van Dieman)Images source: Geoff Pyne One year after beginning our Bamboo adventure, I wrote an article that touched on how being introduced to Permaculture had not only transformed but certainly enhanced my understanding of how useful a plant, is Bamboo. The Permaculture principles opened my eyes as to how the plant […]
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