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Obenaus Permaculture Design – 2017 and Beyond By Catherine Falardeau Marcoux & Cisco Le Ray Armstrong Since Cisco and I were first invited to stay at Obenaus as long-term volunteers back in November 2016, we were both excited with the opportunities that it presented in terms of practicing permaculture. We had just came back from

The North Edge Polyculture Design As one can see on the final Obenaus Permaculture Design above, a series of shrubs and small trees were drew along the northern edge of the land. When a mix of different species is designed and planted together for a purpose, it is called a polyculture. This polyculture design was

The Forest Edge Polyculture Design As one can see on the final Obenaus Permaculture Design above, a series of shrubs and small trees were drew along the edge of the forest from the boundary to the north of the land all the way to the south of the house. When a mix of different species

APPLES – 7 Species – 10 Trees Tafeläpfel / Table Apples: Kernraffler (1) Kanada Renette (1) Cox Orange (1) Schafnase (3) Ananas Renette (1) Mostäpfel / Juice-Cooking Apples: Steirischer Maschanzker (2) Wintergoldparmäne (1) Map Location The image below represents a fraction of the full permaculture design of Obenaus including mostly the apple orchard at present

The Native Forest Restoration Design Obenaus Community, Austria By Catherine Falardeau Marcoux   The native forest restoration project began even before Cisco Armstrong and I arrived at Obenaus, as this was one of the very purposes of Lena & Rainer’s desire to have one or two long-term volunteers. The forest on Obenaus’ land held an

Guidance: The Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins, Biodynamic composting methods. Ingredients: Manure and urine (pigeon, sheep, human), food scraps, plant material, hay, thin woody sticks, lime, occasionally animal carcass and other organic material. Structures: Four of the compost bins were made of wood, the other three made by upcycling metal cattle barriers left from the