The Permaculture Orchard: Beyond Organic

This film is an excellent study on growing fruit in a modern permacultural way. Stefan does not necessarily have all the answers but his 20 year long experiment is uncovering a way to grow fruit not only organically, but in true harmony with nature. His use on nitrogen fixers and an understory of herbs and flowers, mimics a natural woodland, and relies on the plants themselves to recycle nutrients within the forest garden, minimising intervention of the gardener. His use of mulch also reduces weeding. Whilst you can no doubt produce more with lots of chemical sprays and barrows of fertiliser, this system costs far less, is more in tune with the environment, and best of all produces a truly healthy product. The film is also fun and engaging, and the music wonderfully whimsical. Cannot recommend highly enough would love to give it 11 stars :)