BERG-EN-DAL GALLERY
Another perspective on Elandsberg and Towerkop from the middle of the farm
Another perspective on Elandsberg and Towerkop from the middle of the farm
Greenhouse/bathroom under construction
Greenhouse/bathroom under construction

Design work on course

Design work on course

Variety show night on the Permaculture Design Course
Variety show night on the Permaculture Design Course

Green Transport around the farm

Green Transport around the farm

Our self-catering cottage and WWOOFER home
Our self-catering cottage and WWOOFER home
Community members planting trees
Community members planting trees
Drilling for water
Drilling for water
Access road under flooding
Access road under flooding
Effective run-off catchment
Effective run-off catchment
New gardens catching water in the rains
New gardens catching water in the rains

Winter Pit Bed System

Winter Pit Bed System

Setting up our solar wireless base station on the hill above the farm
Setting up our solar wireless base station on the hill above the farm
Another borehole misssion
Another borehole mission in the desert

More winter permaculture garden

More winter permaculture garden

Winter permaculture garden

Winter permaculture garden

Rammed Earth House and Zone 1 Gardens

Rammed Earth House and Zone 1 Gardens

Community House Kitchen Garden

Community House Kitchen Garden

Repairing erosion gullies with a digger/loader

Repairing erosion gullies with a digger/loader

Bulldozing large swales

Bulldozing large swales

Swale tacking form

Swale taking form

Large swale full after rains

Above large swale full after rains

Using a digger/loader to construct swales

Using a digger/loader to construct swales

Full swales after big rains

Above swales full after big rains

Strawbale house

Community member's strawbale home

Broadscale run-off infrastructure to spread and sink over-land water flow

Broadscale run-off infrastructure to spread and sink over-land water flow

Recycled cooking oil hot pipe to heat water

Recycled cooking oil hot pipe to heat water at community house

Dam dredging

Dam dredging

Deep ripping to open the soil up for water infiltration and to break open capping

Deep ripping to open the soil up for water infiltration and to break open capping

1 Year old Food Fores

1 Year old Food Forest

Apricot polyculture

Apricot polyculture

Dryland orchard polyculture

Dryland orchard polyculture

Solar water pump

Solar water pumpDryland orchard understory

Putting in the community work hours

Putting in the community work hours

Dryland swale culture

Dryland swale culture

Swale culture in orchard

Swale culture in orchard

Newly planted community food forest

Newly planted community food forest

Young orchard polycluture

Young orchard polycluture

Measuring up

Measuring up

Vacume tube solar water heater

Vacume tube solar water heater

Building the campsite kitchen

Building the campsite kitchen

Good old chcicken tractor keeping the soil fertile

Good old chicken tractor keeping the soil fertile

Bergie fire bath

Bergie fire bath