At our farm, nothing from the olive tree is wasted. From timber and leaves to fruit and oil, every part has value. The olive tree is not just a crop — it is a complete system.
more “The Yield of an Olive Tree”This page list some useful shops people living near Keela Permaculture Farm in the Fundao area
more “Useful shops in Fundao and Castelo Branco portugal for farm life”
What to do in the garden in January. We are seeding, planting and managing this in the vegetable garden on our permaculture farm in Portugal.
more “Janurary in the vegtable garden and farm”
We chose to have a homebirth as the hospitals around here do not encourage natural births. We gave birth at home in a birthing pool with a registered midwife and doula.
more “Homebirth in Portugal”
Recommended restaurants in Fundão: a cheap option, a nice option, an Oriental option, and a vegan option.
more “Recommended Restaurants”Check out what the weather is going to be like while at Keela Permaculture in Mata Da Rainha, Fundao, Portugal
more “What is the weather like at Keela”Volunteer during our permaculture courses and receive a discount on the course.
more “Volunteer during our courses”Please find a list of places to go for a swim and cool in he hot summers when visiting Keela Permaculture Farm, which is located between Fundao and Castelo Branco
more “Rivers and Lakes to swim near Fundao and Penamacore”
How to manage mimosa and invasive species trees. How to kill mimosa trees and what uses do mimosa trees have.
more “How to manage invasive Mimosa trees”
What to do in the garden in April in portugal. The time to plant summer vegetables is coming soon, if not already here. It’s time to ensure we have everything ready to plant our summer vegetables and crops.
more “What to do in the garden in April in portugal”
What to do in the garden in March. The time to plant summer vegetables is coming very soon, so we are ensuring we have everything ready to plant our summer vegetables and crops.
more “March in the garden and farm”
What to do in the garden in February. We are seeding, planting and managing this in the vegetable garden on our permaculture farm in Portugal.
more “February in the garden and farm”
We have been running our monthly open days for six months, and everyone has been full. We are very grateful for everyone coming to visit the farm for a workshop and nice food
more “Monthly open days are doing great”
We are looking for five permaculture apprentices in 2025 to join the Keela Permaculture Farm team. It is ideal for permaculture enthusiasts who want to start their own homestead, become a farm manager or become a permaculture teacher.
more “Permaculture Apprentice Wanted”
This article was published in Permaculture Magazine. I have a subscription to this magazine and can highly recommend it. Click here to subscribe to Permaculture magazine.
more “Breed Worms Like a Pro”
This is what we are doing in October on our farm in central Portugal.
more “October in the garden Portugal”
We have 28 scouts visiting us for nearly a week to experience farm life and participate in the programs happening at Keela Permaculture Farm. They worked in the vegetable.
more “Scouts visit scouts group farm experience.”
After three years of bureaucracy and inspections from Sativa, Keela is now listed as a certified Organic Farm in Portugal and is on the EU register of certified organic farms as Laurence Manchee (the founder and trading name of Keela).
more “Organic Farm in Portugal”In August 2024, we had the first of our new monthly open day, and it was fully booked with 50 people! A big thank you to everyone who attended and helped out; we had an enjoyable day.
more “First of our monthly Open days”
Keela Permaculture Farm is seeking a Permaculture apprentice who would like to gain experience teaching and hosting Permaculture courses wanted
more “Permaculture Apprentice Portugal – paid job”26th May -2nd June 2024, Keela Permaculture Farm in central Portugal.
In 2024, we are excited to combine our retreat hosts into a Yoga immersion. A fully authentic experience with two yoga teacher trainers and a certified permaculture educator to introduce you to Permaculture. Sudhir Rishi will join us from Sthira Yoga, India, and Anya from Yoga in English from Berlin.
The easiest part of managing an agroforestry is raising the funds to plant it and then planting it. The real work comes later, with maintenance year after year. This article discusses the maintenance we must do each autumn in our organic agroforest in Portugal.
more “Fundao agriculture festa with a organic and regenerative tent – 5th-8th Oct 2023”
What to do in August in the vegetable garden in Portugal. Which seeds to plant and which plants to plant out.
As part of our efforts to keep up with our veg boxes, we need an excellent gardening plan for what seeds to plant and when. So I am finally documenting and sharing our data (in spreadsheets) in a more legible form. Join our mailing list to stay updated.
We have extended our summer garden of vegetables and are now selling veg boxes to local customers. Each week customers buy a box or €10 or €20 worth of vegetables. Laurence packs each box with what is available that week instead of the customers choosing their vegetables.
more “Organic veg boxes for sale from our permaculture farm”
Please visit our in-house and online shop at Keela to support our small farm. As a Permaculture Farm, first and foremost we are producers. One important part of being a permaculture farm is to produce more and consume less.
To our local community, we sell the following
Contact us or click on the link above for more information
Check out the video from our Summer 2023 Permaculture Design Course showing some of the things students get up to during a summer course at Keela Yoga Farm.
To find out more about our permaculture design courses please click here
I like to define Permaculture as a philosophy that follows three core ethics with systems designed based on twelve principles. Permaculture combines natural systems that mimic nature while incorporating modern technology. It aims to create a more sustainable future by producing more, consuming less and working together. more “What is Permaculture part 2 – The 12 principles of Permaculture”
Compost Worms
€30.00 – €100.00
Unisex Crewneck T-shirt - Permaculture Ethics
€20.00
Thermal 1-liter water bottle
€15.00