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25.01.2022 Invisible structures of permaculture: inventing new corporate forms to put purpose before profit.

24.01.2022 Weedcraft: a wreath made out of invasive asparagus fern. Ho ho ho!

22.01.2022 Permaforestry in practice: formative high-pruning native araucaria on a steep site, with our friends at Arakai Estate. The dropped branches are woven into lines of coarse mulch basketry at the base of the trees, leaving clear access tracks across the slope (LHS of photo) and slowing runoff.

22.01.2022 In case you needed another reason to plant coffee in your garden...

21.01.2022 Rumi says Northey Street City Farm rules ok...

21.01.2022 A mushroom cap for your melon...

21.01.2022 Adventures in tea with our great friends Bellthorpe Tea Farm (Arakai Estate)

20.01.2022 Posts from Aiki Designs - E-zine for 06/09/2014

20.01.2022 Are you a purpose-led business based in Brisbane? Join Brisbane City Council's Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner at this free business education forum for social ente...rprises. Participate in facilitated networking, learn from industry leaders, and bring your questions for the Lord Mayor, guest speakers, and Council officers. The networking session will be facilitated by Tom Allen, Founder and CEO of Impact Boom. Speakers include Alex Hannant, Co-Director, Yunus Social Business Centre, Griffith Business School and Emma-Kate Rose, General Manager, Food Connect Brisbane and Chair of Queensland Social Enterprise Council. Their topics are Ingredients for success and failure 10 things Ive learnt about social enterprise, and Running a business with heart and purpose: why social enterprises are on the rise. See you there!

15.01.2022 Picking Peachcots in Sal's orchard.

14.01.2022 Moving the chook tractor on to a new area...

14.01.2022 Feeling deadly in my new Murri School shirt.

14.01.2022 Thanks to Kirsten for this one:

13.01.2022 Paul Stamets on new ideas, and Neanderthals with nukes...

11.01.2022 One of our "rentachook" tractor systems ready to be deployed on site at Murri-Mayi Gardens. The enclosure is predator proof and a perfect demountable apartment for two birds. Some of the insulating straw bales have been pulled away to show the tarp lining their cosy night shelter. These girls will do the preparatory digging and fertilisation of the beds there, while teaching students about animal husbandry and nutrient cycling in organic gardens. Multi-function dinosaurs!

10.01.2022 The Polyculture Market Garden Study - Results from Year 5 - 2019

10.01.2022 "grave danger of falling food"

10.01.2022 Eleventy-one likes! Thanks peeps! We are still hard at work on Permutopia final production details, including another (4th) rework of the graphics for this unique cooperative game; but this doesn't mean that we are not super keen to help you design YOUR home, garden, busyness, lifestyle or other project, using principles of permaculture, biomimetics, and good ol' plain sense. Get in touch with us to chat about your project now! Cheers, Ben, Kim, Sal, and Smilez. http://www.aikidesigns.net/contact-aiki-designs/

08.01.2022 Change is the one thing that doesn't...

08.01.2022 Weedcraft: a wreath made out of invasive asparagus fern. Ho ho ho!

08.01.2022 Lovely pics of Sal's place...

07.01.2022 Some ultra-long-term perspective on sea-level rise...

07.01.2022 Hydrological micro-engineering: turning a steep, slippery slope into a garden staircase and terrace system. Gravel filled staircase infiltrates rainfall and diverts to gardens via swales/ag-pipes hidden under the pebbles. Will post hi-res pics soon.

07.01.2022 Paul Stamets possesses a rare combination of faculties - including the intellectual stamina of a scientist, and the sensibilities of an artist or shaman - that puts him in the company of treasures like David Suzuki and Vandana Shiva. When they say "pay attention" it would serve us well to do so. Thanks to Dean for this one...

06.01.2022 As the industry struggles with the increasing pressure and ramifications agricultural practices have on climate change, one Manjimup farmer is turning to the wi...nter-active exotic dung beetle, Bubas bison, to help implement a carbon positive approach. ...This innovative carbon sequestration practice, resulting in healthy cattle, improved soil nutrient levels and pasture growth, has lead to a short-term State NRM funded trial at Bannister Downs Dairy. And the trial confirmed biochar could be fed to cows in stalls with additional benefits including a marked reduction in odour in the dairy. Doug won the Australian Government Innovation in Agriculture Award at the 2019 WA Landcare Awards. See more

06.01.2022 Aki now has a regular gig as a therapy-dog for special-needs students at Murri School. She loves visiting these kids and hanging out in the Murri-Mayi Gardens.

05.01.2022 This activist has lived off what he grew in his backyard and has proven we don't need to buy anything because we can produce it via Brut

05.01.2022 As part of our environmental services contract with the Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School (AKA Murri School, at Acacia Ridge in Brisbane), we have reinstated recycling operations with 12 new wheelie bins. (Thank you Palmer from the Brisbane City Council resource recovery unit!) We are now collaborating with teachers and the school community to develop an education program and incentives to encourage the students to support this important system. We also continue to collect food scraps and other organic waste for various composting systems on site at the Murri-Mayi Gardens, including a number of worm tower-farms supplied by our good friends at Eden Creek Worms.

04.01.2022 Thanks to Chicko for passing on this one...

04.01.2022 Worth getting to.

03.01.2022 Thanks to Geoff for this one...

03.01.2022 Thanks to Paul for this one:

01.01.2022 "Here's looking at you." A Blue banded bee, (Amegilla cingulata) grooms itself. This species is far superior at pollinating crops in the Solanaceae family than ...European honeybees. In fact, tomato flowers recognise the wing beats of 'buzz' pollinators, like blue banded bees, and respond by releasing bursts of pollen, enhancing pollination efficiency. Blue banded bees do not harm flowers as do European bumblebee (introduced into New Zealand and Tasmania) as an alternative pollinator. Bumblebees punch holes in the sides of deep-throated flowers (think Spanish bluebell) so they can get the nectar without pollinating the bloom. The Australian Native Bee Research Centre has devised a way to use Blue banded bees, solitary species that nest communally, in glasshouse tomato crops. This means Qld tomato growers have no need to release pesky bumble bees into mainland Australia to help pollinate their crops - we have a better, local species ready for the task. See more