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Hello there,

Are you currently living in or have you previously lived in a permaculture community? If so, I’d be grateful to hear your story!

I’m conducting academic research on experiences and practices of members in permaculture communities, and I’m looking for individuals like you to take part in a confidential online interview to share your insights on communal living.

You’re warmly invited to participate if you: * Are a current or former member of any permaculture community, regardless of type or location. * Are open to speaking about your experiences in a casual 45–60-minute interview via Teams.

Why your voice matters: Your input will contribute to a deeper understanding of communities in scholarly research. Your identity will remain anonymous and the interviews will be kept confidential.

If you’re interested in participating, please email me at hvcl2@leicester.ac.uk with your availability (including timezone) to have the interview. Please feel free to comment below or reach out via email if you have any questions.

Thank you for considering this invitation!

Best wishes, Cuong Le

Calling All Farmers

Soil degradation is a growing global problem — reducing productivity, crop resilience, and long-term viability. Too often, farmers are blamed. But the reality is: you’re navigating tight margins, unpredictable weather, and shifting global markets — often without the support or incentives needed to invest in healthy soil practices.

We’re a small team of founders from LSE and ETH Zurich working on a solution:
A data-driven platform that helps lenders and insurers reward regenerative agriculture by factoring soil health into financial risk assessments. That means better access to credit and lower insurance costs for farmers who take care of their soil.

To make this real, we need your voice.
We’ve created a short (20 min) survey to better understand your experiences, challenges, and needs when it comes to soil health.

Survey link (available in multiple languages):
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Thank you very much for your help, we highly appreciate it.

This is something that always happens with my thyme. It doubles in size, then it stalls, then it slowly gets grey on one side, and that creeps until the entire plant is dead.

It happens on well drained soil, and on clay-ish soil. Winter and summer. With watering every day or once a week. Im zone 10.

https://preview.redd.it/kvsnd205rkcf1.jpg?width=1759&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a67b4f23ccbb58fdca354e015ce6385450a0a5bd

Whats going on?

Hi all, im looking for advice on how I can turn my buffalo grass clippings into healthy compost. There is sooo much and im fairly new to composting. I have a small worm farm and a small amount of brown leaves in the yard.

Any tips on what I can do with all of this? Ideally I want to keep it off my future beds as buffalo grass grows quite aggressively.

Thanks in advance

I’m looking to buy wolffia globosa duckweed live plants but I cant seem to find them anywhere. I’m looking to grow them in my pond to collect, dry and use it as a winter feed mix for my ducks/chickens/goats and myself. I might use it as compost to. I’m hoping to become fully self sufficient and that is a big part of the feed mix I created to get them through the winter. I might even be able to use it for a substrate for my mealworm farm I’m planing to do. So where can I find them?