Permaculture Farm For Sale, Northern NSW, Australia
For Sale — by Joel Bruce November 3, 2010
Offers over $800,000(AUD). Situated in a sub tropical permaculture-rich valley in Northern New South Wales, Australia, a unique, elevated, 92-acre property surrounded by Border Ranges National Park, Mt Warning and the Nightcap Range. Under 60 minutes drive to the Gold Coast, Queensland. Bitumen road frontage, and just a few minutes drive to a public school or Steiner school, store and Post Office.
Permaculture designed with consultation from Geoff Lawton. Regularly visited by Geoff Lawton’s Permaculture Interns as an example of a broad scale Permaculture Farm.
Northerly aspect, frost free, with fertile basalt soils, high rainfall, abundant water from ten dams — one spring fed — four stocked with Bass and Silver Perch. Windmill pumps to 34000L dam water header tank to gravity feed irrigation to all plantations. Permanent creek. Gravity feed dam water to many potential house sites.
Fully renovated home with 3 spacious bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, polished hardwood timber floors and fire place, magnificent views of Mount Warning and Hanging Rock. 34,000 litre rainwater tank. Very large 20×12m colourbond shed with 2 large roller doors. There are also other excellent flat, elevated house sites with easy access to power, phone, broadband, and separate entry from the road and enjoying great views over the farm to the Border Ranges, Hanging Rock, Mt Warning and Sphinx Rock.
Possibility for a unique rural land sharing community with ten shares and ten house entitlements. Possibility for Farm Stay Cabins with a carpark from a separate road entrance already established beside an excellent elevated level site for cabins.
Established food forest with 1.4 km of water harvesting swales planted with 300 tropical and sub tropical fruit trees of all varieties from sapotes and mangoes to citrus and macadamias, legumes, root crops and ground covers.
Opportunity for commercial market garden with fertile soils on gentle slopes and gravity feed dam water. DPI approved hardwood timber plantation. Timber management plan for up to 75% of the property.
50 acres of grazing pasture fenced into 4 paddocks. Brand new Tallowood split post 5 strand barb boundary fences.
500 old hammii bamboo planted as a living fence along the road frontage and wind and visual breaks within the property.
1.5 km of internal gravel roads. All weather 2wd access to house sites. Power and high speed Internet.
To view photos of the farm please visit www.permaculturefarm.org.
Permaculture design consultancy by Geoff Lawton will be offered to any purchaser.
For more information and to arrange an inspection of the property please visit permaculturefarm.org
Comments (40)
Because I’m not from Australia I’m wondering is it cheep or expensive price?
How much a property similar size (lets say with just pasture) and similar house is worth in that region?
Comment by Wojciech Majda — November 4, 2010 @ 1:11 am
Wojciech, to jest bardzo drogi rejon. Australia w ogole jest drogim miejscem. Mamy teraz naj dzrosze domy z porownaniem do zarobkow (Po za irlandia). Mlodzi, jak ja, nie mamy szancy klupic domu.
Comment by moe — November 4, 2010 @ 10:16 am
Hi Wojciech,
Properties of a similar size in our local area are selling for $700K plus, we are taking offers starting at the price that other unimproved properties sell for. There is another permaculture property that is slightly bigger near by that is selling for $1.2 Million, Bill Mollisons Tagari Farm is not far from here and selling for $2.2 Million I think.
We have spent $280K on this property on things like dams, swales, internal roads, fencing, keyline ploughing, timber plantation, irrigation, wind mill, timber management plan, hundreds of fruit trees and 100’s of hours of labour. All of the hard work has been done. We also own our own 20 tone excavator so a lot of work has been done with that, the work would have cost more if it was all done by outside contractors. The property has better soil, aspect, water, views and elevation than other properties in this area. It was considered by locals to be the best farm in the area, even before all the Permaculture design work was done. It really is a bargain and an exceptional property.
Regards,
Joel Bruce
Comment by Joel Bruce — November 4, 2010 @ 10:36 am
Joel is that you, this is Michael from Cooran, i’d like to talk to you about the farm, am in the market, 0431549692
Comment by Michael H — November 4, 2010 @ 12:23 pm
700 is a steal. Sure there are some problems, investments to be made, lots of maintenance buy for 1m spend 1m and your set. 10 paid employees, another 10- 20 unpaid, permaculturists of course, and the place is overproducing. pay for itself in 3 years before the long term species in the new perrenial polycultures (mixed orchards) you’ve planted kick in. Herbs used for medicinal value, cooking, scents(dried and fresh and seed), flowers(dried and fresh and seed), Vegetables. Later fruits(dried and fresh), nuts, timber, medicinal, dyes. Now you’ve created a monster. Employing whole communities. Expanding buying up the poor agriculturists lands and rehabilitate them. All without the other possible value adding options for a larger investment (restuarant, eco-tourism).Or you could buy a yaught and a lamborgini If only one of these rich bastards had any balls.
Comment by Noah — November 4, 2010 @ 12:31 pm
Sorry to be the voice of doom and gloom here but that is a pure bubble price.
Prices in Northern NSW and Queensland are already dropping – this property might be lucky to fetch $300K in the coming years when the credit crunch really begins.
If you factor in Peak Oil/Limits to Growth and the coming debt-destruction and deflation then it would be very dangerous for anyone to get into debt to buy properties like this – bankruptcy and foreclosure are not pleasant experiences.
I highly recommend that all permaculturalists educate themselves about economics. The Automatic Earth is a great website that ties together the themes of Peak Oil, Climate Change and Debt Deflation in easy to understand ways: http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/
Nicole Foss (Stoneleigh) who runs the website recently gave a great talk to a Transition Town audience. Listen to it here:
http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2010/06/453356.html
Comment by Cyrus — November 4, 2010 @ 2:55 pm
Cyrus, your recommendation that people educate themselves is very important indeed! But I think your points are a little off. Perhaps think for a minute that Peak oil and Limits of growth will infact increase the value of local food producing farms. Especially a permaculture designed farm requiring no external products like fertilizers etc… The price of land can drop all it wants.. food and water will maintain. Now consider the cost of fuel increasing, prohibiting further the ability for others to create similar farms. Therefor the farm will increase in value!
After this, you could then consider that inflation will erode your current dollars in the bank and push up all prices.
This farm being setup seems to be a very good deal! consider all the fossil fuels required to setup the swales and dams, now consider the costs of fuel after peak oil hits home.
Comment by Rob — November 4, 2010 @ 7:45 pm
I want to live there!
Comment by Matt Luthi — November 4, 2010 @ 9:44 pm
Hi Rob,
If you have some spare time I highly recommend listening to Stoneleigh’s talk to Transition Sheffield linked above. She was one of the few economists who understands peak oil and who predicted the financial crisis in 2008 and the bursting of the US real estate bubble.
What is coming up in the immediate future will be a severe period of debt destruction which is deflation by definition. We live in an economic system where debt is money – so as debt is destroyed so is money. The financial crisis of 2008 when the price of oil fell from $150 to $30 per barrel was just a taste of what is going to come – there WILL be a new great depression. I realise it is counterintuitive but peak oil will actually lead to lower oil prices as demand destruction takes hold. Remember – bankrupt, unemployed people do not commute.
By all means – if you like this property and can afford to pay for it outright then go for it. Alternatively, get together with 20 friends and buy it outright – each person would only need to contribute $33K.
But I would strongly recommend everyone to stay away from debt. The recent experiences in the USA where farms went from $1M in 2005 to $300K today should be warning enough. Australia’s property bubble has only just begun to burst.
Comment by Cyrus — November 4, 2010 @ 11:12 pm
The coming collapse of the real estate market:
http://www.oftwominds.com/blogoct10/foreclosure-collapse10-10.html
and from my Heading into a Perpetual Recession post:
Comment by Craig Mackintosh — November 4, 2010 @ 11:20 pm
While I agree that a permaculture farm will be worth (much) more than comparably sized conventional farms in the future, Cyrus is right in that monetary issues such as deflation/hyperinflation are a vastly more powerful influence on farm price. As he said, definitely do some reading and try to understand these issues before making a big purchase.
Nobody knows the future, and I don’t know anything about real estate in Australia, but here in America my bet is on significant declines in land prices. I would much rather wait a few years before trying to purchase a farm.
Comment by JBob — November 5, 2010 @ 12:04 am
I fully agree that staying out of debt, or minimising it as much as possible, is important. Minimising debt can, however, cause delays in purchasing. This needs to be balanced wtih the very real threat of our seeing hyperinflation radically devalue any savings you may have.
And the other factor to consider, of course, is that it takes time to develop natural capital on a property (fruit trees can take several years alone, and earthwork installations, particularly, as Cyrus has mentioned, in a post peak oil world can be time consuming and hyper-expensive).
To buy or not to buy. That is the question. It’s not an easy one to answer in today’s climate. For many, downsizing to reduce or eliminate their mortgage might be a good idea – but doing so in a way where they still have garden space to work with.
Comment by Craig Mackintosh — November 5, 2010 @ 12:16 am
Hi Cyrus,
Thanks for your links I did take the time to listen to Nicole speak and allot of her points i have to say i agree with, Though i do think that we’ve got much more inflationary times ahead than she is painting in this picture of the near future. But we’ll see about that.
Regardless of this, looking at the fundamentals, it doesn’t matter if its inflation or deflation. If you can produce your own food in volcanic rich soil using spring fed dams on a permaculture designed food producing farm, in the region where The Permaculture Research Institute resides with it’s active community is the model Nicole’s talking about. Being a role model for others to look to when everyone is freaking out.
All her points were, in my opinion, pro this farm. If she thinks otherwise i’d really like to hear it from her to clarify if for me. Of course i’m not advocating living outside your means. And after listening to her speak i’d recommend others do so.
But if something like this farm is within your means, it ticks all the boxes i think – at a very reasonable price.. EVEN IF Cyrus’s doom and gloom eventuates (which isn’t unlikely at all and a very important issue to be mindful of!) a food producing farm like this will still rise in VALUE as it’s becomes less affordable due to less money in circulation.
Best of luck to the new owner who ever you may be! No doubt the owner will be someone who is carefully planning for their future.
Regards
Rob
Comment by Rob — November 5, 2010 @ 2:20 am
Hello,
Beautiful property but there is no information or views on the house. Where is it located on the property, how old is it, what condition is it in, and what does it look like (one,two story, orientation on property, solar?, type of framing/exterior, etc).
Thank you for your time,
Kathleen
Comment by Kathleen — November 5, 2010 @ 4:23 am
There are alot of people buying up all of these lands for nothing here in the U.S., loving this so called depression. They can buy it outright. The rich are getting richer. The level of awareness amongst both the public and the “elected representative” about the SOLUTIONS available to them is dismal. The governments and the rich people are wasting “money.” The investments to build and maintain ENERGY PRODUCING SYSTEMS like rainwater harvesting infastructure, town forests with innumerable yields, mills, Gardens, Hedgerows, small distilleries, natural building techniques, dairies, forage systems, small electricity systems, etc., are embarrasingly cheap when compared to the civil engineering projects we pay for now and provide us with no yield except pollution. At a time when Permaculture design and investment is needed so badly, the vast majority of people, more importantly those with the ability to make things happen financially and create jobs thus directing the path of society, are unaware of the sound investments into abundance available to them. With a relatively SMALL change in investment PATTERNS on the part of the economically powerful, the DETAILS(our health, environments health, etc.) would become much more pleasant. JOBS DOING WHAT? We need RICH people with half a brain and balls to create these ENERGY PRODUCING SYSTEMS that will also make their pockets swell. The problems become ever more complex and yet the solutions remain embarassingly simple.” WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY!
Comment by noah — November 5, 2010 @ 7:28 am
For what’s it’s worth, here’s my 2 cents on the whole deflation/hyperinflation debate.
Stoneleigh says (and I agree with her) that hyperinflation is definitely coming – but not yet.
First we will go through a period of deleveraging (paying off or defaulting on debt). During this time, everything that you buy with debt e.g. houses/farms will drastically decrease in price and everything that you buy with cash e.g. food will probably stay the same price or even increase.
But it’s important to realise that during this time it will be extremely difficult to service any debt – sure, you could sell food, but it is very unlikely that it will be enough to cover your repayments. And it’s also likely that during the coming recession people will probably buy the cheapest food available to them i.e. industrial mass grown monoculture crops – not organic food. And if you cannot service your debts they will come to your farm, seize it and kick you off – regardless of the quality of your soil or how many swales you have installed.
Interestingly, even during the hyperinflationary period in Argentina property prices dropped 90% while the price of everything else skyrocketed.
Comment by Cyrus — November 5, 2010 @ 10:37 am
What products does the farm produce? What are the gross annual sales?
Comment by Matty — November 5, 2010 @ 11:41 am
One of my favourite poems:
“The crops we grew last summer weren’t enough to pay the loans;
Couldn’t buy the seed to plant this spring and the Farmers Bank foreclosed.
Called my old friend Schepman up to auction off the land;
He said John it’s just my job and I hope you understand.
Hey, calling it your job, ol’ hoss, sure don’t make it right,
But if you want me to I’ll say a prayer for your soul tonight.
And grandma’s on the front porch swing with a Bible in her hand;
Sometimes I hear her singing “Take me to the Promised Land.”
When you take away a man’s dignity, he can’t work his fields and cows . . .
There’ll be blood on the scarecrow, blood on the plow;
We worked through spring and summer through winter and through fall;
But the mortgage worked the hardest and the steadiest of them all;
It worked on night and Sunday, it worked each holiday;
It settled down among us and it never went away.
Whatever we kept from it seemed almost as bad as theft;
It watched us every minute and ruled us right and left
The rust and blight was with us, sometimes and sometimes not;
The dark brown scowling mortgage was forever on the spot.
The weevil and the cut worm, they went as well they came;
The mortgage stayed forever, eating hearty all the same
It nailed up every window, stood guard at every door
And happiness and sunshine made their place with us no more.”
Poem by a Georgia farmer, 1890 depression.
Comment by Cyrus — November 5, 2010 @ 12:09 pm
I think that this property just seems perfect to be set up as a small like minded community site working withing the state of NSW’s multiple occupancy model combined with the common work idea so often mentioned by Bill Mollison. (The concept involves stacking income producing activities on a given piece of land – for example a nursery, bakery, aquaculture, marketgardens, herbs, dairy products, training courses etc. etc. According to Bill Mollison, a common work model in the UK has stacked livings for a rather large number of families – I think he said 80 – on only 150 acres)
I don’t even have to think very hard to come up with some livings that could be stacked on this property.
I say sell your suburbian home, do a PDC if you have not already done so, snap up a share of this property, build a super energy efficient strawbale home (with the help of the others) and ride out whatever next convulsion human society has to go through next. You have to live somewhere and my bet is the last place you’d like to be is suburbia .
The thing you need to know upfront is that you’d have to have enough money to pay cash (Banks dont lend to MO because they can’t hold a mortgage on the title) for the share plus the home and then to live for awhile without income until an income is produced from your “livings” available on that land. The really good thing about this is no one living on MOs has to slave for banks or worry about the next interest rise or losing their job.
Of course there can be (and probably is) a darker side to MOs – where people live together there will be frictions and conflicts so it’s really not for everyone. I think with the right group (movers and shakers, no talkers and gloomers) this could be the adventure of your live.
I am already going through the initial motions to see how feasible this is and to get this established (going to see the farm this Sunday with a small group of friends) so anyone with the same mindset can contact me on matt@datajar.com.au.
Comment by Matt Luthi — November 5, 2010 @ 12:25 pm
Geoff Lawton here in Jordan working in an extreme poverty location of course and fielding enquiries at the same time from HUGE corporations, everybody wanting permaculture examples established.
The time is NOW to be courageous which means being able to face your fears for a greater purpose you believe in.
We are stretching everything NOW for that purpose including debt, time, and life energy and together we the people win as a unified community the permaculture nation with a share global home.
Be brave and courageous people, there is only one game in town, and we have to put all our effort into winning it NOW.
Comment by Geoff Lawton — November 5, 2010 @ 3:25 pm
Hi Rob, Noah, Joel & others.
Anyone who buys a property with a mortgage hanging over it will be forced by the mortgagee to sell that property when property values drop below real estate valuers estimated value at time of the loan. Banks (courts) will want to cover the shortfall between the real estate valuation and their own which is always around 20% lower. Unless you have the equity to cover the loss in valuation and to refinance a mortgage, a fast forced sale by the bank (courts) will occur and will be supported by the courts who really are the bank.
The way forward out of “The System” is not with another version of “The System”, even one wrapped in feel good (god) glistening paper, it is through the co-creation of Kindoms, what we call Do No Harm Communities. The true power of LIFE comes through gifts of LIFE/Love we serve each other with. Read many of our articles here: http://loveforlife.com.au/node/3385
As “The System” collapses you don’t want to be caught sucking on the nipples of private corporations because you will be seen by the powers that be (PTB) as a child and treated accordingly. Taking FULL-responsibility for LIFE is the ONLY way to go. Unfortunately most don’t want to take on such responsibility and so they continue being seen by the PTB as wards of the state.
Comment by Arthur & Fiona Cristian — November 5, 2010 @ 5:04 pm
Hi Matt,
That multiple occupancy model sounds really interesting. I definitely think it is the way forward. It sounds like a great way to establish eco-villages.
How does it work? Is it like shares in a company? Can people sell their shares when they want to move?
Comment by Cyrus — November 5, 2010 @ 11:12 pm
How do we get in touch with you guys to learn more? I jumped on the website and no way to get in touch
Would you like me to setup a webinar to share this with interested parties?
Great words of wisdom Geoff, and you are right. Its the only game in town and we all need to gather resources around a mission that all can embrace for humanity and our environment
I think the words of Napoleon Hill apply here, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, you can achieve”
Im sure there are enough folks out there who would ’share the load’ so to speak to ensure its fair and equitable for all, and conceive of a vision of a harmonious community living in harmony with nature,
If we all create a sincere purpose and desire and put it down on paper, and create a definite plan to its achievements, we can harmoniously create great thing with land
Comment by Peter Greg — November 6, 2010 @ 1:01 am
Hi Peter,
Please subscribe on this form and we will send you an email with our contact details and other information about the farm.
http://permaculturefarm.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ead8586c9d13ce7e7d9e157f1&id=53f04ab3a3
Thankyou.
Regards,
Joel
Comment by Joel Bruce — November 6, 2010 @ 9:38 am
Hi Cyrus,
You can read here about the rural land sharing regulation: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/seppn15lc680/
As far as I can tell, the rural land sharing property is “owned” by an association that is made up of all the shareholders (the board). Every shareholder has an equal say in regards to decision that concern the “common” land. A share can be sold, but the agreement determines the process – for example the new buyer may have to be approved by the board.
The board also includes the role of a treasurer which is responsible for the handling of the common expenses, the collection of the moneys from the shareholders to cover the outgoings/expenses (like repairs, improvements, land tax/rates etc).
The agreement between the shareholders and the association includes the bylaws or in other words the “rules” under which everyone operates. That agreement is different in every such community.
I think it is important that such an agreement has a high level framework in which everyone operates but leaving as much freedom as possible to the individual shareholder. Taking the “livings” example I wrote about earlier – the individual(s) running such livings should have the freedom to do as they like as long as they stay within the overarching framework (like: do nothing to harm the environment, stay organic etc). If they fail then there is a new opening for someone else.
I also think that the “livings” of the property need to be planned very carefully and that a community would do very well to call in experts (in their field) to design the living and to teach how to work that living.
Critical in my view is the assessment of how many livings this property can carry. That is the determining factor of how many dwellings/shares should be available without creating problems down the track. Because the location is quite remote and employment options in the money economy may be hard to come by without having to commute unsustainable distances.
Further to that – it has to be very clear how the common work model is run – for example how is the income organised – some of it has to go back to the common work in order to improve/incubate new livings and so forth.
Makes sense? I am sure you can find more info on the web.
Regards,
Matt Luthi
Comment by Matt Luthi — November 6, 2010 @ 3:12 pm
more rural land sharing information:
Southern Cross University – School of Law and Justice Papers – “The future for rural landsharing communities in
Far North Coast New South Wales” – http://epubs.scu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1102&context=law_pubs
COMMUNITY LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 -
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/clma1989255/
Comment by Matt Luthi — November 6, 2010 @ 8:33 pm
hmmm…if this is a ‘permaculture’ property, then why are you selling it? Why aren’t you living on it? The only possible, logical, non-hypocritical answer I can imagine is that you already own your own similar property. 92 acres being sold for $700,000. Global population of 6.7 billion. Really, I can’t visualize it, is it really possible that every family could live on a 92 acre block and still have a sustainable planet?
Comment by Cola Red — November 7, 2010 @ 9:44 pm
why all the value judgments?
the dudes just ran a real estate ad !
Comment by andrew — November 8, 2010 @ 5:44 am
This is a property set up for people who want to set an example of what is possible to achieve on family farm size rural property of Australia set in the beautiful coastal hinterland. A subtropical climate with good rainfall and ancient volcanic soils all within an hours drive of beautiful beaches and getting closer all the time as roads improve.
The size of the property and the design lends itself to being worked to produce surplus and further development by people who would enjoy engaging in meaningful work on country. This property is already overdeveloped and over resourced for the simple life of family self-sufficiency.
The property is uneconomic using conventional agriculture that is in standard use in the general area but with the main frame permaculture design infrastructure implemented there are now at least 3 obvious options of profitable further development:
1. A family organic permaculture farm with and large diversity of inter-active products.
2. A sustainable permaculture community multiple title small envro-village development with production common land livings as options for the residents.
3. A permaculture demonstration site education center set up on the master plan model to educate people with links directly to permaculture aid projects around the world.
All of these options can also be designed into high density urban areas also, the only limit to design possibilities and the richness of the result is the imagination of the designer.
True wealth can only be achieve meaningful and often courageous work the aims to create abundance in clean air, clean water, clean food, sensible energy efficiency housing, warm, friendship and a trusting community.
Zaytuna Farm is just 50 minutes drive and we have considered Joel and Helen as part of our larger local permaculture family and there is no reason that this would not continue with new owners.
Comment by Geoff Lawton — November 8, 2010 @ 4:01 pm
Hello
Kathleen mentioned no photos or description or location of the house on this property. Have looked at the farm website and the you tube video and it seems a bit conspicuous by its absence?
We are planning to move back to Australia from the UK in July 2011 and would be interested in land sharing. Maybe then the existing dwelling is not critical as new dwellings would need constructed to house the various shareholders?
Some photos/details of the existing dwelling would be good though to give an idea of what is already there.
Comment by Dominique — January 24, 2011 @ 5:45 am
Joel, I took look at the u-tube video for the first time this morning and I want to congratulate you on the fantastic, no remarkable, job you and H have done. I will be down late February and would like the opportunity to visit and renew aquaintances, Mike
Comment by Michael H — January 24, 2011 @ 7:09 am
Hi Joel,
Is your property still for sale?
Thanks,
Nyree
Comment by Nyree — March 30, 2011 @ 5:04 pm
Hi Nyree,
We have received an offer and are waiting to exchange contracts. The farm has not sold yet but we expect it may soon, if it doesn’t sell I can let you know via email if you sign up on our contact form on http://permaculturefarm.org Thankyou.
Regards,
Joel
Comment by Joel Bruce — April 2, 2011 @ 11:03 am
Hello, I was wondering if the property had sold yet… ?
Good work on your efforts… Can I ask why you are selling this amazing slice of paradise
Regards
simon
Comment by Simon — July 7, 2011 @ 11:09 am
Aloha Joel,
Has this property been sold or is it still available? I noticed that everything is still posted through this page and via youtube … so is this place still available? Thank you for your reply.
Shekinah
Comment by Shekinah — July 11, 2011 @ 4:54 pm
Hi Guys, is this still for sale at the starting price of $700k?
Thanks
Comment by Matt — August 11, 2011 @ 2:34 pm
Just repeating the last, is it still available?
Thanks again
Comment by Matt — August 11, 2011 @ 2:35 pm
We are still open to selling the farm Matt, although we are working towards establishing a Permaculture Institute on the farm and also getting approval to setup a Permaculture Community on the farm with 10 houses. Any buyer that was interested could take over these projects. If your interested in buying the farm the price is $890,000 Australian Dollars. We will have to increase the price of the farm to cover our costs as we put in more infrastructure and at some point soon we will have to take it off the market for good as we will be committing significant funds to the development of the Permaculture Community.
We are currently doing extensive fencing on the farm to allow for the easy management of cattle on the farm, including a new laneway throughout the property and new paddocks between the swales.
We have extended the swales this winter and have added two new spring fed dams in the creek flat paddock.
We have added a 2 inch gravity feed main water line down the middle of the property and through the Permaculture Community site, which is connected to an elevated 2.5 Mega Litre dam, which is itself filled by an 800m long swale running the full width of the property. This development now harnesses the full potential of the swales and dams on the property providing abundant water to the fertile growing areas below and the community zone one and two areas.
We plan to complete our plantings of a bamboo (old hammii) visual screen/living fence along the road this spring and complete the timber plantation plantings on the steep slopes at the end of summer.
We will also be keyline ripping the grazing paddocks this spring with a yeomans plough, planting cow pea and lab lab legumes in the rip lines and remineralising the soil and spreading compost and compost tea.
We will also be preparing a main vegetable crop area with a cover crop on the deep red soil near the community site for planting in March 2012.
If you are interested in buying one of the 10 shares when they become available in 2012 and being updated with our progress, please leave your contact details on the form at http://permaculturefarm.org including your phone number and mention you are interested in buying a share in the community and we will contact you with more details.
Comment by Joel Bruce — August 28, 2011 @ 1:56 pm
We are interested in buying one of the 10 shares Is there news when they become available.What is the price range We ll be happy to learn more about this community. Thanks
Comment by Frances & Doron — April 19, 2012 @ 1:29 am
Is there a rent to buy opportunity available??
Comment by Michael Farrell — May 2, 2012 @ 10:55 am
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