guildfordcycads

hey guys, ive been working on organic farms/permaculture projects for over 15 years and im now a professional ‘eco’ gardener and have my own project, mainly around Portugal, france and some parts of spain.

in that time i’ve spoken and worked with hundreds of people and projects including lecturers and teachers in some pretty big organisations, e.g. tamera ‘peace’ village, vale da lama (Portuguese based!). i’ve found so many people to be insufferable fools, even ‘masters’ who run these super expensive courses seem to be so big headed and blinkered in their approaches and refuse to give anyone credit for hard work and toil needed to run these projects.

i’ve seen guys “penis measure” by trying to public humiliate the other for lacking in certain knowledge and many people who would give themselves a ‘guru’ title (mainly guys but some women as well). its extremely cult-like and egotistical, what i would call “middle class hippy dick waving” for want of a better word by people called ‘andrew love-and-light’, lol.

my question is does anyone find this about quite a few people in these communities as well? is it just me and i’ve had 15 years of bad luck? maybe its just the “ex-pat” scene i’ve been involved with?
dont get me wrong and think i don’t believe in permanent agriculture… just a lot of people involved seem to be dicks about it. what’s your guys thoughts?

“Buy it for life” probably isn’t realistic, but the last two pairs I’ve bought have barely lasted a day or two of work, and that isn’t in line with my goals for sustainability. Dress anyone have good recommendations for gloves that are reasonably sturdy?

Hello fellow earthroamers:)

I´m 24 and currently traveling Europe and about to finish my bachelor degree. It doesnt seem like I will settle in the next few years, but I for sure want to have a place to call home later and create a permaculture garden.
My question is, if you think that it would be good idea to buy some fruit and nut trees now and place them in my mothers garden so they can grow. I would love to have a variety of trees in the future, but since it take many years for them to produce relevant harvests, i was thinking about buying them small for a cheaper price and then transporting them to my garden, when I´m ready.
I´m not really sure, if a safe transport would be possible and if that would put too much stress on the trees. Its quite possible that they would have to withstand a 10 hour + travel until they could be planted in the ground again.

If my idea does make any sense at all, i was also wondering, if it would be better to place them in large pots to mature, so travel would be easier, or to place them directly in the ground so they can grow a bigger root ball.

What do you guys think?

As the title says! Last year me and my partner got a piece of land in tropical Asia. It was a rice paddy reconverted to cow pasture so you can imagine how hard it’s been with all the compacted clay.

The last few months it’s been a battle against elements. First it was way too much water, now it’s too little water because dry season approaching. Wind and sun were both one direction, now with the season change it goes the other way.

I’m no expert, everything is self taught and the only experience I had was from owning a small garden in Spain with composting and few plants. This is on a different scale but it feels very rewarding although frustrating sometimes.

My recommendation to everyone, take it chill, sometimes its ok to take few days break to get renewed energy and don’t fight nature, work with it!

Ask me anything! 🙂

I read that red clover acts as a nutritional fertilizer snack for soil when grown and then tilled into the earth- The clover is thriving along with my herbs and tomatoes etc… should I have planted the clover in the fall instead of spring? I think I might have missed the point, or, timed this wrong… dare I just pluck it out? Or turn it into the soil now? Or let it grow?