Principle 6: Produce no waste

In permaculture, we want to turn our “PROBLEMS” into “SOLUTIONS”

By valuing and making use of all the resources that are available here on site, we ensure nothing goes to waste.

Picture 1:Part of a old chicken feeder ready for the scrap pile is now a handy gutter adaptor, so we can attach a lid to the water butt

Picture 2-4:Some American walnut lengths heading to the chipper, have now become stunning growing frames – these have been bound using strips of ivy and dried bind weed saved from last year.
One is destined for the market garden to vertically grow courgettes from, the other has now been hijacked for sweet peas.

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