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Earth Ways is happy to announce the start of a new permaculture farm, led by Ludwig Appeltans on a 3 acre field near Forres in Scotland. The first steps have already been taken. Five Tamworth sows will be arriving soon to help make the soil ready for organic and sustainable food production. Our goal is ... Read full article
Christopher and Sheila Cooke and Ludwig Appeltans wrote an article that featured in the Permaculture Magazine Issue 75. Message in a Bottle Humanity is going through a momentous leap in consciousness. The early stages of the leap allowed a few seed minds to give birth to permaculture in 1974, during the heyday of industrial agriculture. ... Read full article
2 March at 10:00 until 3 March at 17:00, Inverness, Scotland Do you want to grow delicious food in your garden? Do you want the garden to also be beautiful, efficient, good for wild life, highly productive and not a lot of work to maintain? Over 2 days, Ludwig Appeltans from Earth Ways will be ... Read full article
July 9 – 20, 2013. Highland, Scotland. This holistic approach towards permaculture is a completely new combination. It reflects the pioneering permaculture vision that Earth Ways has developed over the years. Permaculture starts with nature connection. Permaculture is designing sustainable systems, modelled on nature. Re-connecting with nature to better understand her is an essential first ... Read full article
New Zealand and Australian Flatworm The New Zealand flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus) was first noted in the western parts of Scotland in the early 1960s. Flatworms have now been identified throughout Scotland. In its native New Zealand, the flatworm is found in shady, wooded areas and only on the cooler South Island. Flatworms were probably introduced ... Read full article
Humanity is on the verge of a major reorganization. I know this is just a mild way of expressing it. I don’t want to put you off reading further by scaring you to much, but fact is that humanity is facing quite a number of crises all at once. Each one of these crises on ... Read full article
Photos from the Penninghame Permaculture project, July 2012.    
My background is in the horticulture industry, I studied in both Dundee & Cupar, Scotland. I went on to work for a conservation team with Angus council, the N.T.S as an estate gardener at The House of Dun, many landscape gardeners, garden centers(one of which I co-managed), a plant nursery and with a lawn-care specialist ... Read full article
Photos from the Penninghame Permaculture project, June 2012.    
Earth Ways has space for two volunteer students at the permaculture project at Penninghame in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. Fancy joining us? To apply or ask questions, please email info@earth-ways.co.uk. In a true permaculture spirit, this is a moneyless exchange: work for food, accommodation and learning opportunities.   Qualities Earth Ways would value in ... Read full article