Childrens permaculture at home school

This is the pawpaw tree under which we love to play. We love eating paw paw.

Pawpaw increases our appetites and helps us digest all our other foods.

We plant our pawpaw seeds in the garden (a tip: plant pawpaw seeds immediately; don't dry them out first).

Now we have hundreds of pawpaw seedlings and lots of small pawpaw trees too!

Grass Mulch                                                                                  Black Topsoil

We put grass cuttings from lawnmowers etc onto our gardens. This is called grass mulch.

It prevents moisture loss and feeds the soil.

We also make compost and black topsoil for our garden from all our garden and kitchen waste.

Marigolds are the permaculture soldiers. They are strong enough to take root where others fear to tread (-:

They are also a natural insecticide and keep many unwanted hungry bugs at bay. Not only are they practical in the garden

as natural pioneers, they are also an ancient symbol of marriage and fidelity!

Marigolds are also used in a homoeopathic preparation called Calendula that is used in traumatic affections.

This remedy is useful in securing healing of wounds by first intention and to prevent suppuration.

Calendula is almost specific to prevent suppuration of clean, surgical cuts or lacerated wounds.

Our Chickens are free range but we are busy building chicken tractors  to keep our

chickens safe. These tractors are open at the bottom so the chickens (who are wonderful

at preparing the soil) can scratch for insects and worms and plants. They have handles on

either side so they can be picked up by two people and moved to the next area ready for preparation.

There is also an upstairs area of the chickens to nest and roost.

Natural shiitake logs growing in the garden.