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Energy Cycling - Compost bins & Water Butts

Nature never wastes anything & energy is never lost overall, it just changes form. In permaculture design we aim to utilise energy & resources both on site and from outside as efficiently as possible, minimising work we have to do to generate more.

One simple measure that we can take is to compost our vegetable wastes. Green waste currently makes up a large percentage of landfills, but this is wasting a valuable resource. Nature returns all such waste back to the topsoil to maintain fertility, so by following her example we ensure that our food continues to be grown in nutrient rich soils. We can also harvest rainwater roof run-off for our gardens very simply....

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