Richard Higgins

Question from Steve Bell, New Zealand. Hi, i read your reply to an enquiry on growing mycorrihizal fungi to a reader. unfortunately i cant attend one of your courses as i live in new zealand, however i would be grateful if you could pass on some information that i could use to cultivate the fungi.virtually […]

We were please to receive Andrew Loxham and Mark Ravenskirk to the Micro-farm to discuss the latest on funding research and web design. They met Kevin Mascarenhas and Kevin Pressland and myself who form part of our new Bio Fertile Farming, Consultancy group.

I cut three square holes like this and when we burnt it was finished in 3.5 hrs but nothing was charred? The char in the picture was from the first burn that was 2o hrs… All done. Reply from Peter Hirst: You need at least four of those holes, probably six, evenly spaced around the

Dear Mike and Gigi (both run NGO’s for on the ground work in Haiti) Our recent trials in Uganda  came up with a negative reading for target pathogens after processing for 14 days in a 1.5m3 Howard-Higgins Hot Box: sanitation waste and kitchen refuse from 35 houses, collected in bioliners 300 MHM pads and 200

Richard Higgins, author and researcher. While others have commercialized various agricultural products to sell to farmers we are teaching how any farmer and for example, the 70% of Africans who are rural poor, can transform on their own farm  household waste products and sanitation waste into the most valuable fertilser. All they need is a

e are putting forward a proposed date for the AGM of the Good Gardeners Association (UK) for a Thursday towards the end Aug- Sept. There will be an open day for interested parties and a display from Well End Permaculture put on at the venue of Capel Manor, Hertfordshire, where there is a display garden

The Susan Design team, which I am partnered with, has spent 1 month in Kampala, setting up and testing for scientific results of bulk treatment of stored santitation waste and composted sanitation waste for reuse in agriculture. The University farm site was visited by a group “Slum Developers International” who have 1 million members. They

  Step 1 – Drill out ‘plug’ from top of Swede (or of any root vegetable) This particular vegetable is most relishable like this. Step 2 – Add unsalted butter Step 3 – Add pinch of rock salt Step 4 – Wrap in tin foil and bake for 1-2 hours. test by inserting knife. If it goes through fairly easily

I happen to agree with this concept from John and Yoko http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/5678.html and re distribution of populations also is an important factor.