Visited Rick and Naomi's place today,
it's always great to checkout the property and what they have achieved,
We got some great tips on wicking garden bed design, discussed the yr 9 environment center options for permaculture type development and had a mini tour of the site.
A good link was Balnaring Primary School (http://www.balnarringps.vic.edu.au/) which is a Carbon Neutral School and has won all sorts of Sustainability Awards.
Rick has identified Phillip Island as being a good target for Transition because it is a defined land area and has quite a proactive community.
Rick is going OS to Mongolia next week to work on some permaculture aid projects and then back again in August. We will be charting his progress via a blog
On his return we will follow up by arranging for him to visit the Yr 9 center to deliver a talk and to help us out with some design work on the site. He will also be able to assist us with obtaining fruit trees to stock out urban permaculture orchid.
here are some shots of his polytunnel and wicking garden bed designs.
Notice the Tomatoes, still around!
Leesh Holding a Babaco - excellent Juice!
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