Well, there is finally a nice video to share with you all about the recent visit to the Netherlands by the innovative ecological farmer, Joel Salatin from Polyface Farm in the USA. He produces meat, but describes himself as a grass farmer since looking after the soil is where it all begins and ends. At the TTPermatuin we are not able to keep animals due to legal restrictions, so why blog about Joel? Continue reading
A good season 2013-2014 at test plot No. 7
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This year many different practices were experimented with in test plot No. 7. These involved using cardboard as mulch and trying different plant combinations. Also crop varieties from traditional Romanian lines and commercially bred Dutch store-bought varieties were compared.
Het vierde voorjaar voor de ttpermatuin / The 4th spring on the ttpermatuin
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(kijk voor de Nederlandse tekst onder de foto’s ) After a grey and warm winter spring is here again! Where last year we had a slow start, with plants coming up late (in May), this year things are moving fast … Continue reading
A Berry Good Year!/ Een BESt jaar!
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(NL vertaling hieronder) This year’s berry season is half-way through and at the TT Permatuin we are definitely having a berry good year. The first wave of perennial plants are becoming established which include many berry bushes and strawberries. In … Continue reading
March Against Monsanto
Wat een mooie bloementuin! / What a beautiful flower garden!
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Spring is in the air, birds are singing and flowers are slowly coming up, with snow-drops and crocuses stealing the show and we have another growing season at the permagarden to look forward to! Right now, however, most plants are … Continue reading
Een terugblik op 2012
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Ten eerste een gelukkig nieuwjaar gewenst aan alle vrienden, kennissen en volgers van de permatuin! De kou en sneeuw maakt dit een mooi moment om terug te kijken over het afgelopen jaar. Het was alweer het tweede jaar voor de … Continue reading
A look back at 2012
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A belated happy new year to all our friends and followers. Since it is very cold and snowy this is a nice moment to have look back at the last year. This year has been the second year for the … Continue reading
Molenmarkt 2012!
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Deze zaterdag TTPermatuin neemt deel aan de 34e molenmarkt; Transition Town Vallei zijn een van ongeveer 100 kramen. Alle activiteiten worden georganiseerd rondom molen De Vlijt aan de Harnjesweg in Wageningen. Het thema dat dit jaar is gekozen: “Duurzame Kijk … Continue reading
Late sowing for winter crops/ Late uitzaai voor wintergewassen …
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Now is the last chance of the season… /Nu is het de laatste kans van het seizoen… There are a few plants you can sow late summer (August/beginning of Sept)/ Er zijn een paar planten kun je zaaien late zomer … Continue reading
TTPermatuin @ the ASEED Landbouwactiekamp
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I was invited to represent TTPermatuin at the Landbouwactiekamp in Den Bosch last weekend to share the story of the project and the design behind the site. The event was held on open land behind an Albert Hein and several … Continue reading
TTPermatuin goes to the ASEED Agriculture Action Camp!/ TTPermatuin gaat naar het ASEED Landbouwactiekamp!
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The organisers of the ‘Landbouwactiekamp’ have invited Fiona to go along to their event in Den Bosch this coming weekend and talk about the TTPermatuin. The planning has been a bit last minute so we couldn’t confirm it until now, … Continue reading
Voedsel in de Stad/ Food in the City
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Permaculture Evening
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Spring update
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The Blog has been quiet this spring as everyone has been busy with site infrastructure, sowing seeds, planting out, and trying to get on top of the weeding. The long cold spring weather has delayed plants but the sudden warmth … Continue reading
Spring is in the air
With spring in the air, work at the allotment is now in full swing. To our delight these last two weeks a group of gardening students from the university visited and joined in the work on the garden. As the … Continue reading
Zadenruilbeurs / Seed Swap
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(Nederlands versie hieronder…) The TT seed swap This spring the TTPermagarden is starting the sowing season with a bag full of seeds thanks to the Transition Towns seedswap. The idea of a seedswap is for people to bring their unwanted … Continue reading
Geen werkdag deze zaterdag/ No workday this Saturday
Once again, it will be -5 degrees on Saturday, the ground will still be frozen, so the next workday is cancelled (11th February). It will be sunny weather though, so maybe you can enjoy some ice-skating… Het wordt komende zaterdag … Continue reading
Next Workday Cancelled/ Komende Werkdag Geannuleerd
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This week we had our first snow and the weather forcast is for very low temperatures all week. The ground will be frozen and it will be -8 on Saturday, so the next workday is cancelled (4th February) – stay … Continue reading
Wilg en Es / Willow and Ash Harvest
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Join us this Saturday to collect willow for the garden bed edging (wear waterproof boots!) Tom has been working with the regional landscape management charity Stichting Landschapsbeheer Gelderland on pollarding local trees. Pollarding is a method used to crop living trees … Continue reading
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