Permaculture in a pot

After visiting the recent Sustainable City’s exhibition, and seeing the Giba Organics display, I was inspired to set up a permaculture vege patch in a series of containers, with a helping hand from Mr Wooden Spoon.  It doesn’t look like it from the pics, but it was a hella windy day and topsoil, kraal manure and leaves were flying everywhere!

Check out our step by step photo-guide at our Flickr group.

Winter Garden

I have recently planted my winter permaculture garden. This seems to be a really good time to grow veges in Durban. It is not too hot or humid and everything seems to thrive. I have planted various lettuce and salad greens, beetroot, radish, egg plant, cabbage and, of course, marigolds to keep the pests away.

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Permaculture Advice

I’m taking my first tentative steps into vegetable gardening. My father grew up on a farm, so potentially it’s in my genes, but i don’t have a good perspective about how to go about it in the Cape, so I’d like to ask the esteemed Sprig readers for their input. I’ve built a permaculture bed (following these instructions) that is 2m x 1m, so far I’ve put in a lot of basil, a lot of kale, spring onions and some chives. I’d like to put in plants that are easy to grow, won’t die in the winter and provide a lot of yield (ie not one plant will produce one item). [...]

Permaculture programmes and courses at the Durban Botanic Gardens

The Durban Botanic Gardens Permaculture Centre offers a wide range of food garden programmes for young and old. Permaculture offers an accessible and affordable way to grow safe organic food at minimal cost to both one’s pocket and the environment. Find out more about this ‘cultivated ecosystem’ way of designing and growing that is becoming a major part of green design and eco-friendly living. Courses and programmes at the Durban Botanic Gardens will be of interest to the home owner, children, teacher, student, land care practitioner, and community gardener.

Please see below our range of courses and programmes on offer at the Gardens this year - of interest to the home owner, children, teacher, student, land care practitioner, and community gardener.

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Permaculture! Food Garden 2.0

As a follow on from Niall’s post, here is a simple guide to building your own permaculture vegetable garden. It is supereasy and rewarding – here is an update on the food garden 2.0 just 11 days after Niall’s pic:

Food Garden 2.0

Anyhoo, now to the steps…

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