After a very long gestation, the Regrarians Handbook team were able to finally get the 2.Geography chapter out today. We produced some 12 versions of this quite detailed chapter and many, many iterations and background maps and so on — particularly for the two Keyline sections. We took a very…
When your Overflow is too Small?
Last week Lisa and I travelled over to Western Australia to complete a consultancy in the humid south west. A few years back, soon after purchasing this historic property, the owner’s had a local contractor build an earthen barrier dam across a valley that runs through the property. This embankment holds…
Australian Keyline® Research & Educational Storehouse
The late Mr. Geoffrey Booth and I met in 2010 and soon after we started discussing the development of a Keyline archive, which Geoff was already advanced in putting together. Geoff kindly offered to bequeath me his archived materials and today I was lucky enough to have received a…
Keyline Project Sites
The late, great P.A. Yeomans and particularly his son’s Allan & Ken (the late Neville Thomas Yeomans was in his working life a prominent psychiatrist) have provided a significant influence to producers around the world through their development of the Keyline farming system. We’ve been fortunate to have grown up with Keyline…
HeenanDoherty 20th Anniversary
Our eldest daughter Isaebella was born at home at 0710 on the 6th of March 1993 with many of our family and close friends attending. Happy 20th birthday our beautiful darling, we are so very proud of all you are and have achieved… Also on this date (along with having…
Off the Contour #18 – The Regrarians Platform Outlined
Since 2006 Regrarians Ltd. originator and co-founder Darren Doherty has developed what since 2012 is called the Regrarians Platform. This determines the broad topics that we address as part of our global strategy, trainings, consultancies & designs. The genesis of Regrarians Platform lays with that great Australian, the late P.A. Yeomans, and his renowned…
Off the Contour #14 – ‘Addressing the Needs of the Outer Zones’
Jervoise Station: an extensive family taking control of their destiny in an extensive landscape. Most people’s application of Permaculture is to urban and smaller rural holdings. Imagine you have a really big holding, with tens of thousands of hectares in outback Queensland, Australia, how then would you apply Permaculture Design…
Off the Contour #10 – A Modern Approach to Keyline Design for your Property Part I
A Modern Approach to Keyline Design for your property Part I (First Published in Town & Country Farmer Magazine in 1996) by Darren J. Doherty In the Autumn edition of Town and Country Farmer we gave you an introduction to the history and basics behind Keyline Design. In this Winter…
Off the Contour #8 – Keyline Design Mark IV
KEYLINE DESIGN Mark IV ‘Soil, Water & Carbon for Every Farm’ Building Soils, Harvesting Rainwater, Storing Carbon Abe Collins[i] & Darren J. Doherty[ii] Note: some of the pictures in this article did not come through in the migration from Google Documents to Blogger. To see these please go to this link while…