 Friday, March 21, 2008 by Jeremy Dore (3 comments)
Most gardeners would agree that we have seen some rather odd climate changes in recent years and many would put that down to the impending threat of global warming. Scientists estimate that the world has seen an average increase of only 0.8 degrees Celcius and that much more is to come unless drastic action to cut greenhouse gas emissions is taken on a global scale. Even if we cut emissions, more warming will occur as the oceans form a great heat reservoir that delays the effect of the greenhouse gases that are being emitted today. So what has this all got to do with gardening? Read more...
Categories: gardening climate-change permaculture |
Friday, February 29, 2008 by Jeremy Dore (7 comments)
Last week I blogged about how my perception of permaculture was challenged when I took another look at it. Rather than being a complex system for self-sufficient rural types, I was surprised to find how applicable it was to the average home garden. So this week I thought I would turn my attention to some of the practical implications of taking a permaculture approach to your own vegetable patch... Read more...
Categories: permaculture vegetables gardening |
Friday, February 22, 2008 by Jeremy Dore (2 comments)
I have always been a bit of an idealist at heart. I suppose I just like to have a theory to explain what I experience. Give me a book on how things ‘should be’ and I’ll enjoy reading it and then debating the relative merits of the ideas. So when two friends of mine recently recommended that I take another look at permaculture I was certainly up for it. Previously I had thought of permaculture as a growing method for the really committed self-sufficient radical. What I discovered was something far more accessible and wide-ranging in application... Read more...
Categories: gardening permaculture organic |