Sid’s Punk Permaculture Garden
Filed Under (Gardener) by admin on 10-05-2010

Hi my name is Sid, i’m the founder member and drummer of Day-Glo punk band Rubella Ballet. I decided this spring to pull up all the paving stones in my garden and make some permanant raised beds out of them so we can try growing some normal vegetables like tomatoes, sweet corn, carrots, cauliflower and onions but we wanted to try growing some rare Incan vegetables as they pythochemicals in them that have anti cancer properties, plants like Amaranthus that are packed with vitamins A, B12 B6 when eaten raw like purple sprouting broccoli, along with red white Quinoa which is a great source of protein and exploding hedgehogs which are great in salads, as you can see at the end of the film it all grew more than I thought which was awesome and we are still reaping the benefits of some of it like the mass of tomatoes which have really tasted like tomatoes and the three months of mixed leaf salad, Roquette and baby red and yellow chard that costs so much at the supermarkets as well as all the herbs that I use all the thyme. We’ve had loads of yellow courgettes up and till now and loads of basil, wild, Thai and giant basil which gardener claim is really difficult, so smashed that myth. Some of the stuff I planted needed more room to grow and others plants needed more nurturing or something but all had no pesticides of any description.

As this was an experiment and I just wanted to make a start by using the concrete slabs as raised beds but now I want help to prepare and plan for next year so I am asking for some expert advise from Graham Burnett who runs permaculture workshops at Dial House to mention a few, check him out at
http://www.grahamburnett.net/ http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1485255060&ref=name#/profile.php?id=530817588&ref=ts

and my good friends William & Monica Faith (Anima Mundi) who originally inspired me when I stayed at their house in California and saw the transformation they had made to his garden. We are all presently planning to run the first of many workshops starting on the 5th and 6th of December with plans to transform the Rubella Ballet’s garden into a fully functional inner city permaculture garden and provide information on energy flows, permenant crops, the functions of each component, stacking, the order of permanance, the ethics, the principles etc etc. for people who want to transform their gardens into their own vegetarian super gardens. More info on inner city permaculture workshops will be posted here soon.

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24 Comments posted on "Sid’s Punk Permaculture Garden"
flipporify on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

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ceadeses on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

If I eat that many …
If I eat that many veggies will my hair turn pink?


hyperlocavore on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

hey guys! lovely! …
hey guys! lovely! friends that want to garden but don’t have space might be into our site…we set up yard sharing groups so people can grow together…


Earnshawful on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

Hello Sid, hope you …
Hello Sid, hope you are strong and well. Lovely garden. I have just bought loads of seeds, hoping to start my allotment off well this year. I have red onions, fir apples, purple brocc and french beans etc. Do you just plant them closer than the packet says for permaculture? Do you plant close because they stay moist and is it also to do with companion planting?

Love F


veganswines on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

This video is real …
This video is real great and beautiful to watch, extremely constructive. I am also a total garden freak, our garden grows pretty much wild. I’d love to do permaculture, it’s needs real good care as I can see. It’s great to see that the musicians one saw as highly inspirational in the youth, are still just as inspirational and progressive, etc.


coldcar1 on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

Anyway this video …
Anyway this video tells you all about it phoenixtearsmovie[DOT]com/ or you cand find it in parts on youtube if you search Run From The Cure.


coldcar1 on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

Sid i love your …
Sid i love your garden this is exactly what i want to do with mine. Have you thought about using hemp oil to help with your condition? Basically its an oil made from pure thc that you ingest orally or vaporize, I havent tried it myself so I cant say for certain but ive heard lots of people are getting good results. Apparently a recent Harvard study has shown its helped fight cancer
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osdias on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

Inspiring garden …
Inspiring garden Sid. Nice one.

ttowndreamer, I’d only advise to use mulch in hot climates. In wet countries like the UK the benefit of using mulch is very much reduced as it provides cover for crop devouring creatures like slugs.

Sid, you’re probably already aware of this but you should watch The Beautiful Truth documentary: thebeautifultruthmovie [dot] com

Stay strong and keep these videos coming : )


ttowndreamer on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

You could attach …
You could attach any type of trellis along your garden walls, to use your “up” space. grow your vines up the wall trellis instead of along the ground. that way, you can fit more into the space you have. also, you might want to consider protecting your soil with a mulch. Straw (not hay) or something like that. good luck!


sidandzillah on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

@joneblaze82
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@joneblaze82
Thanks for the great advice, we will change it now its winter.


amaruz on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

Dude,, you look so …
Dude,, you look so dead !


sc404a on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

Nice one Sid, I …
Nice one Sid, I love your enthusiasm

simonsallotment


joneblaze82 on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

you should make …
you should make walkway not in the middle thats the prime sun space thats why rows closer to your center are nicer then their counterparts along the perimeter…food for though! nice stuff mate


sidandzillah on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

Permaculture in a …
Permaculture in a Nutshell, suggests that there are now two strands of permaculture: Original and Design Design permaculture takes the working connections at use in an ecosystem and uses them as its basis. The end result may not look as “natural” as a forest garden, but still has an underlying design based on ecological principles. Through close observation of natural energies and flow patterns efficient design systems can be developed. This has become known as Natural Systems Design.


Permaculturebella on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

This garden IS an …
This garden IS an inspiring project and other people should do the same. I don’t see any sign of Permaculture design in the video so I asked for additional information in the form of the designs and written explanations.
My issue is not with the gardener, he is growing food. It is the overuse of the Permaculture label with which I have an issue and the fact that the link to this video was posted by Graham Burnett in Permaculture forums as a ‘truly inspiring urban Permaculture project’


Permaculturebella on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

There is no MODERN …
There is no MODERN Permaculture. There are only DEFINITIONS of what Permaculture is.

Permaculture is not a design tool, Permaculture is DESIGN. The only thing that is taught as Permaculture is Permaculture DESIGN.

The ONLY difference between Permaculture and other growing is DESIGN.

To claim something IS Permaculture is to have completed the 2 week PDC course and DESIGNED the project then be able to show with that design and explanations why it is Permaculture, prinicples and ethics


TheHighdefinition on May 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am #

Modern permaculture …
Modern permaculture is a system design tool. It is a way of:
1: looking at a whole system or problem;
2: observing how the parts relate;
3: planning to mend sick systems by
4: applying ideas learnt from long-term sustainable working systems;
seeing connections between key parts.

It appears that Sid has applied 1 – 4 by utilizing the paving slabs with efficacy, sustaining protection of the vegetation with the paving slabs, which were already a key part of the design.


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