David SpicerApr 23, 20187 minHow to: Water Harvesting Earthworks "Design To Reality" So, you've been contacted by a client and you've discussed the client’s brief, you’ve started to look at the contour map, aerial images,...
David SpicerMay 10, 20235 minWhy We ‘Plant The Rain’–Water’s Essential RoleBy David Spicer PDC (Doc Spice Permaculture) & M. Lawrence PDC (Founder Plant For Change) It all starts with good design with land &...
David SpicerJan 22, 20191 minSimple is beautiful, Leaky Weirs are that Leaky Weirs I cant swim, but I’ve been fascinated by water all my life and have learnt water harvesting and storage design and...
David SpicerJan 15, 20193 minPermaculture Earthworks Course Portugal 2019 UNIQUE PERMACULTURE EARTHWORKS HYDROLOGY COURSE ~ 3,4,5,6,7th of JUNE 2019 ~ NORTH PORTUGAL In the face of drought and desertification,...
David SpicerJan 11, 20192 minConstructed Wetland In May 2018 I was invited to work in Western Australia, which was quite the milestone for me, as it was the last state in Australia for...
David SpicerApr 29, 20182 minRetrofitting farm dams and vastly increase wildlife habitat and productive edge functionRetrofitting farm dams and vastly increase wildlife habitat and productive edge function, while accessing the material/earth to repair...
David SpicerApr 27, 20182 minMANAGING A COPPICED EUCALYPT FORESTIn Australia we really need to get back to our European roots of coppiced forest systems. As Darren Doherty states, we push out the stump...