June 4, 2008
by Piers Fawkes
Permablitz is a group of Australians who help turn suburban gardens into “permaculture systems” - edible gardens. Their ultimate aim is to make the suburbs edible enough so that we could withstand a food crisis without really noticing.
Recently 40 Permablitzers visited Noble Park in Sydney and transformed the back gardens of locals with:
A 3 terraced vege bed was created in the backyard’s sunniest area
A swale pathway to the chook house, about 20cm deep and filled with woodchips, was created to catch water high up in the sloped backyard.
Another terraced, no-dig vege garden was created down-hill from the swale-path
A small team began the building of the chook house
Fruit trees were planted and/or sheet-mulched and fertilised
A chook run was created along the back fence, amongst the fruit trees
Stumps and some lovely ornamentals (eg. hibiscus) were removed, to be repaced by fruit/berries in the near future.
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