Since mid 2017 I have been involved with gardening at the Proeftuin Meerhoven in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This is a community garden maintained by volunteers in the neighborhood adjoining ours. We use the space with approval from the local council. The harvest from this garden has supplemented our lunches and …

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This is a list of experiments Ina and I have been conducting in 2021.

• gardening
  • Arno taking over full responsibility for the allotment
  • Ina helps with voorcultuur, odd jobs
  • harvesting musterd seeds
  • cleaning musterd seeds
  • harvesting mirabels
  • more hedgelaying at the Proeftuin
  • more planting cuttings
    • raspberry
    • black and red currant …

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I recently visited the abby of Val Dieu in Aubel, Belgium. The abby was founded in by Cistercian monks in the beginning of the 13th century. The Cistercian order followed the Rule of Saint Benedict as guidelines for their order. The motto Ora et Labora is associated with these guidelines …

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This month I made mustard from mustard seeds grown in the Proeftuin. The recipe follows further down the page. But first a bit of botany.

Flowers of Sinapis alba (white mustard) being worked by a bee. Lower on the stem you can see the seed pods developing. As the plant …

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Hello, my name is Air Flow. You may also know me as wind, breeze, storm, gale or gust. People also have called me far worse.

I am a child of the heavens and I am powered by the sun. I have two siblings: Water Flow and Lava Flow. There's a …

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Hallo allemaal,

Ik ben Arno Peters en ik wil jullie graag uitnodigen voor mijn Introductieworkshop Permacultuur. Ik houd deze workshop in Voedselbos Eindhoven op zaterdagmiddag …

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A sample of the species I harvested. From top to bottom and from left to right, starting in the left top corner:

• leaf of Armoracia rusticana (horseradish / mierik)
• leaf of Galium aparine (cleavers / kleefkruid)
• leaf of Achillea millefolium (common yarrow / duizendblad)
• leaf of Claytonia perfoliata (Indian lettuce / winterpostelein)
• flower of …

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I have grouped this information by theme. The subsections detail possible subjects within this theme.

Depending on the subject, these can be taught in workshops and courses ranging from 2 hours to 2x 8 hours.

An appropriate selection of all these workshops can make up a full Permaculture Design Course …

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The Nine Ways of Observing come from The Earth Path, a book by Starhawk.

I have used this tool in all my designs. I find that good, thoughtful, long observation is key to making good, thoughtful and effective designs.

• I wonder...
• Observing energy
• Observing flow
• Observing communities
• Observing patterns
• Observing …

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