Comments on: Transforming Your Urban Backyard http://permaculture.org.au/2008/06/26/transforming-your-urban-backyard/ Changing the world one site at a time Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Sheila http://permaculture.org.au/2008/06/26/transforming-your-urban-backyard/comment-page-1/#comment-32730 Sheila Sun, 24 May 2009 22:44:23 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=377#comment-32730 I have just learned of Permaculture, and I'm thrilled with it. I so wished to incorporate it into my space, however my space is so small, that I had all but given up on being able to use any of it at all, until I read your post. I have contemplated my land for years now, (retirement) and with your post, I now know that I can put things together, that I never thought I could do before, and can even incorporate many more Permaculture methods than I ever thought possible. I will be using a portion of my lot that is only about 120'long X 60' wide, and I'm shocked by what I may be able to do. Thanks to YOU! We retired a few years ago, and are ready to start our backyard "hide-a-way" and I couldn't be more thrilled with your message. Besides building a very small home, 32 x 32, I look forward to the best part of the property. Where we actually live. THE BACKYARD! I have just learned of Permaculture, and I’m thrilled with it.
I so wished to incorporate it into my space, however my space is so small, that I had all but given up on being able to use any of it at all, until I read your post.
I have contemplated my land for years now, (retirement) and with your post, I now know that I can put things together, that I never thought I could do before, and can even incorporate many more Permaculture methods than I ever thought possible.
I will be using a portion of my lot that is only about 120′long X 60′ wide, and I’m shocked by what I may be able to do. Thanks to YOU!
We retired a few years ago, and are ready to start our backyard “hide-a-way” and I couldn’t be more thrilled with your message.
Besides building a very small home, 32 x 32, I look forward to the best part of the property.

Where we actually live. THE BACKYARD!

]]> By: Evan http://permaculture.org.au/2008/06/26/transforming-your-urban-backyard/comment-page-1/#comment-30673 Evan Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:33:05 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=377#comment-30673 Yes brilliant, I too live on sandy soils.(waikiki, Rockingham WA) I've been here 6 Years now and have been converting my small suburban propety into organic permaculture bliss for the past 3yrs. With plenty of hard work and free to low cost resourses both my front and backyards are thriving in what was once water repellant lifeless sand. now my wallet, my family & my soil are all a lot healthier Yes brilliant, I too live on sandy soils.(waikiki, Rockingham WA)
I’ve been here 6 Years now and have been converting my small suburban propety into organic permaculture bliss for the past 3yrs.
With plenty of hard work and free to low cost resourses both my front and backyards are thriving in what was once water repellant lifeless sand.
now my wallet, my family & my soil are all a lot healthier

]]> By: Frank http://permaculture.org.au/2008/06/26/transforming-your-urban-backyard/comment-page-1/#comment-25487 Frank Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:19:03 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=377#comment-25487 Great article. We live on a small block next to the beach and the soil is very sandy and poor quality.Nothing would grow so earleir this year we built a chicken coop and, kept digging in leaf mulch into a sandy patch that we said would become our "garden." It didnt take too long. We used the chicken poo to create compost that was also dug into the garden. Now our poor soil has been transformed from a lifeless patch of dirt to a garden rich with fat worms that the chicken love to scratch for to get their protein to make the eggs!. There is something quite rewarding about knowing you did that yourself. Not quite "Greening the Desert" Geoff Lawton style but good enough for me :) Great article. We live on a small block next to the beach and the soil is very sandy and poor quality.Nothing would grow so earleir this year we built a chicken coop and, kept digging in leaf mulch into a sandy patch that we said would become our “garden.” It didnt take too long. We used the chicken poo to create compost that was also dug into the garden. Now our poor soil has been transformed from a lifeless patch of dirt to a garden rich with fat worms that the chicken love to scratch for to get their protein to make the eggs!. There is something quite rewarding about knowing you did that yourself. Not quite “Greening the Desert” Geoff Lawton style but good enough for me :)

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