frog catching bug
 

Bungala Ridge Permaculture Gardens

REDUCE ... REUSE ... RECYCLE ... REPAIR ... RETURN ... REVEGETATE ... REPLENISH

dividing line

Home
What's New?
Definition
Our Design
Techniques
Articles
Blog
About Us
Year Planner
Resources
Links

Pretty and Grandma the guinea pigs enjoy a lettuce lunch
Like us on
FaceBook!

click here to visit Beverley's favourite homeschooling links
Link to this site

 

 

Permaculture Techniques - Useful Animals in a Permaculture System

Sheep

Harvest

Easily yarded, skill required to shear wool. Slaughter as for pigs.

Treatment

Wool needs to be carded, spun and washed before being knitted or woven all of which needs skill and some equipment but is suitable for small scale set up. Surplus animals may be slaughtered for meat requiring same treatment as for pigs and goats. Meat can be dried in screened and shaded air cupboards, and part salted or smoked or kept refrigerated or frozen.

Use

Wool, meat, manure, pest plant eradication, grazing (fire control). Resource File The following animal specific sources of information and sources for specific animals are in addition to accessing local community and metropolitan libraries; local municipal authorities; local, state and interstate permaculture associations and networks and Department of Primary Industries.

back to Animals

 

 


photos of the ever changing view of the coast from our living room window
Our ever-changing view!
Moonset ~ Roll Cloud ~ Sunset

permaculture ethics
care for earth,
care for people,
return surplus,
reduce consumption

Recently Added Pages

Hot Links!


Bookworm is currently reading...

This site is sponsored by
ALWAYS LEARNING BOOKS
Publishers of Australian
books on Home Education.

 

The Educating Parent
Beverley's other websites


animated smiling face
Thank you
for visiting!


 

Copyright © Beverley Paine 2002-14. Article from this website may be downloaded, reproduced, and distributed without permission as long as each copy includes this entire notice along with citation information (i.e., name of the periodical in which it originally appeared, date of publication, and author's name). Permission must be obtained from the author in order to reprint this article in a published work or to offer it for sale in any form. Please visit Bungala Ridge Permaculture Gardens for more original content by Beverley Paine.