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Russ Grayson

@russgrayson-au

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active: 2019-08-11 → 2026-08-05

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#permaculture ·15 #gardening ·8 #permaculture-stories ·7 #plants-in-permaculture ·5 #food ·5 #tasmania ·4 #journalism ·3 #social-movements ·3 #vegetables ·2 #food-security ·2

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Review: Biolite’s Campstove

THE BIOLITE CAMPSTOVE is a handy doo-dah for car campers who like sitting around an open wood fire when you can’t find enough wood to start…

Nov 17, 2022 · 4 min read · 50 claps #biolite #camping-cooking-gear #travel-writing

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In Coffs Harbour, the past becomes the present

“Unreal”, I think I exclaimed to Fiona. Unreal it was… well, it was real but stumbling across one in a shopping centre in downtown Coffs…

Aug 11, 2019 · 3 min read · 50 claps #surfing #roadtrip #cars

In Coffs Harbour, the past becomes the present

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

A morning with Ernesto Sirolli

Ernesto Sirolli… he inspired permaculture practitioners in the 1990s with his hands-on approach to livelihood creation and local economic…

Feb 15, 2026 · 16 min read · 36 claps #permaculture-stories #permaculture #economics

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Gardening in a time of crisis

A political crisis becomes a military campaign. The oil fuels supply chain is broken. Food production and transportation is disrupted. So…

Apr 12, 2026 · 22 min read · 21 claps #food-security #gardening #crisis

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

An old publication reveals a permaculture past

Co-developer of the permaculture design system with Bill Mollison, David Holmgren, has spoken about how permaculture lacks a sense of its…

May 17, 2026 · 15 min read · 20 claps #permaculture-stories #permaculture #permaculture-history

An old publication reveals a permaculture past

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Amaranth

I’m thinking of tossing it in for the morning. Been out here for twenty minutes, maybe, and it is still flat as a lake.

Jul 06, 2025 · 4 min read · 20 claps #permaculture #food #amaranth

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Blackberry: a sweet, tasty forage

Pick it wild. Grow it at home. However you get your blackberries you are in for a sweet, tasty treat.

Mar 01, 2026 · 5 min read · 18 claps #permaculture #foraging #blackberry

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Time to assess: the 1997 review of permaculture

With the current interest in documenting the history of the permaculture design system in Australia I thought this excerpt from a longer…

Jun 14, 2026 · 19 min read · 2 claps #permaculture-history #permaculture #social-history

Time to assess: the 1997 review of permaculture

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Searching for resilience

In a Tasmanian coastal town people gather to talk about how they could make the place resilient to the impacts of a world in turmoil.

Apr 16, 2026 · 9 min read · 1 claps #resilience #permaculture-stories #permaculture

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RU Russ Grayson · PacificEdge

The hut

We wander down to the low dam wall holding back Lake Fenton. The lake reflects a grey sky thick with altostratus, suggesting that a change…

Nov 09, 2025 · 9 min read · 1 claps #tasmania #mountains #hut

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RU Russ Grayson · PacificEdge

The widening gyre

I first came across the poem some time ago. Joni Mitchell’s version that she put to song with acoustic guitar. I listened. It caught my…

Feb 22, 2026 · 14 min read · 0 claps #yeats #fiction #flash-fiction

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

A meeting, a conversation, and packaging fact as fiction

Sometimes, fiction is a more effective and engaging means of getting factual ideas across. We saw this with Linda Woodrow’s book, 470, that…

Mar 29, 2026 · 12 min read · 0 claps #permaculture-stories #permaculture #social-movements

A meeting, a conversation, and packaging fact as fiction

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RU Russ Grayson · PacificEdge

When the community food movement meets the regulators

From time to time was are called upon to defend what we hold of value. This is how Tasmania’s home and community gardens, food swaps, food…

Aug 01, 2026 · 10 min read · 0 claps #journalism #food-regulation #permaculture

When the community food movement meets the regulators

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Earth apple: the misnamed artichoke

Strange name, this plant. It is not from Jerusalem. Nor is it an artichoke. It looks like a sunflower. But it isn’t.

Jul 12, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #permaculture #plants-in-permaculture #gardening

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Buckwheat

Buckwheat is one of those multipurpose plants that we value in permaculture design.

Mar 15, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #permaculture #gardening #buckwheat

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Cape gooseberry

Another in our Plant Notes series of species for the permaculture home garden. Home gardens growing a diversity of edible and other plants…

May 22, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #permaculture-stories #permaculture #gardening

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Permaculture in Tasmania: the winter garden

Icy frost greets us of mornings. The air is cold. Strong winds blow in from the west and south. It is winter in Tasmania. For permaculture…

May 30, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #permaculture-stories #permaculture #gardening

Permaculture in Tasmania: the winter garden

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Golden scallopini: a small, bright summer squash

It’s another edible gift from the traditional gardeners of the Americas. A small squash that is easy to grow in Australia’s cool temperate…

Mar 22, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #permaculture #gardening #vegetables

Golden scallopini: a small, bright summer squash

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RU Russ Grayson · PERMACULTURE journal

Harlequin bugs

Bugs, beetles, bees and all of the other insects play a vital role in the ecology of the permaculture production garden. They are the…

Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #permaculture-stories #permaculture #insects

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RU Russ Grayson · PacificEdge

Preserving traditional knowledge in the Solomon Islands

The project grew out of the hospital’s primary health care unit.

Aug 05, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #journalism #traditional-knowledge #solomon-islands