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		<title>Bee All or End All</title>
		<link>http://permaculturenews.org/2013/05/15/bee-all-or-end-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo © Craig Mackintosh  
It&#8217;s score one for the bees. Last week the European Union banned neonicotinoid pesticides for a two-year period beginning early next year. 

  Key findings cited evidence of the role neonics play in destroying bee populations. The ban is specifically for flowering crops as neonics penetrate plants from treated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing the Working Chicken (video)</title>
		<link>http://permaculturenews.org/2013/05/12/managing-the-working-chicken-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 15:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Housing]]></category>
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Almost everyone who is exposed to permaculture concepts has seen the above graphic (from Bill Mollison&#8217;s Introduction to Permaculture). It&#8217;s a great way to get people thinking about how to create whole, functional systems that use different elements (like a chicken) in combination with other elements (like those found in your garden), to save labour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worm Bin and Chicken Poop Compost Catch</title>
		<link>http://permaculturenews.org/2013/03/20/worm-bin-and-chicken-poop-compost-catch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Pickett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Rick Pickett, Eco-Ola

Rehabilitating degraded land in the Peruvian Amazon requires utilizing many tools in ecological agriculture&#8217;s arsenal. We use a mix of sea kelp, calcium solutions, organic fertilizers, and rock phosphate to add nutrients to our sacha inchi and mocambo polycultures.
One fertilizing solution we were without on the farm when I arrived was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Complete Guide to Using Slugs as a Resource with Indian Runner Ducks</title>
		<link>http://permaculturenews.org/2013/02/05/a-complete-guide-to-using-slugs-as-a-resource-with-indian-runner-ducks/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculturenews.org/2013/02/05/a-complete-guide-to-using-slugs-as-a-resource-with-indian-runner-ducks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Griggs</dc:creator>
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This article is for all those people out there who are under regular attack from the cursed slug. If you live in Great Britain or North Wales like I do, you know all to well about these little beasts. 2012 was a year of slug plagues for most gardeners in the UK due to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrating Livestock in the Food Forest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Toensmeier</dc:creator>
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  Cattle grazing under alder in silvopasture system
  at Las Canadas, Huatusco, Mexico
Integrating livestock seems to be the best way to have a larger-scale food forest (anything over one hectare or a couple of acres). If done properly, livestock integration can greatly reduce labor and fossil fuel needs.   It can create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pigscavation to Help Water Penetration</title>
		<link>http://permaculturenews.org/2012/11/21/pigscavation-to-help-water-penetration/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculturenews.org/2012/11/21/pigscavation-to-help-water-penetration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penny Kothe</dc:creator>
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Capturing water before it runs off your property is  key to rehydrating parched landscapes. Building &#8216;swales&#8217; or channels along contour with uncompacted mounds is one way of assisting water infiltration.

  Building swales can also be an expensive exercise utilising heavy machinery which is expensive to transport and hire.

Nick Huggins, of Jacmarall Farm uses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Straw Bale Chicken Coop</title>
		<link>http://permaculturenews.org/2012/10/08/diy-straw-bale-chicken-coop/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculturenews.org/2012/10/08/diy-straw-bale-chicken-coop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ecofilms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Frank Gapinski
Here&#8217;s a great idea for a chicken coop built to fit the dimensions of straw bales. A simple four post construction with a raised floor and tin roof is all you need. Both sides of the chicken coop have temporary straw-bale walls that keeps the coop warm in winter and cool in summer. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Quaquaponics&#8217; &#8211; How to set up Aquaponics with Ducks!</title>
		<link>http://permaculturenews.org/2012/08/22/quaquaponics-how-to-set-up-aquaponics-with-ducks/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculturenews.org/2012/08/22/quaquaponics-how-to-set-up-aquaponics-with-ducks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
  

You don&#8217;t need to eat fish to set up a backyard aquaponics system! Ducks are a great alternative and produce a huge amount of nutrient for growing veggies (not to mention providing eggs, meat and  snail and slug control!) and they&#8217;re generally good friends to have around. At the Farm of Fluff, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VEG Design Solutions, Part II: The Magical Chicken Tunnel</title>
		<link>http://permaculturenews.org/2012/07/18/veg-design-solutions-part-ii-the-magical-chicken-tunnel/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculturenews.org/2012/07/18/veg-design-solutions-part-ii-the-magical-chicken-tunnel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dan Palmer, Very Edible Gardens

Introduction
In late 2009 we were engaged to complete a design for a &#188; acre block in the Melbourne suburbs.  It was for a family of four and the husband in particular was keen to grow lots of food.


  The Site-Specific Design Problem
Most of the backyard was to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Researchers Look into Alternative Forages for Horses</title>
		<link>http://permaculturenews.org/2012/07/18/australian-researchers-look-into-alternative-forages-for-horses/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculturenews.org/2012/07/18/australian-researchers-look-into-alternative-forages-for-horses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariette van den Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Browsing (feeding on vegetation other than grasses) may be an important aspect of the equine diet that is often overlooked, yet it may play an important role in the digestive health and the natural behaviour of horses. Scientists at the University of New England (NSW, Australia) are embarking on a research project to improve our [...]]]></description>
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