Welcome To

PERMACULTURE GARDENS

We do – homesteading practices, LANDSCAPE & GARDEN DESIGN & construction including our revolutionary design known as the “12 foot gardens”, Permaculture practices & CONSULTATION and working to grow a community of likeminded people who enjoy gardening.


We make - OUR LINE OF “FERTI” PRODUCTS, CUSTOM DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED GREENHOUSES, MOBILE LIVESTOCK STRUCTURES & cold frames

Our Prepper’s Paradise is a continuing journey to live a healthy and free life on our ten-acre paradise here in central Alberta. I moved here in March of 2022 with the generous help of some wonderful people who wanted to help me fulfill a quest I have been on for decades. Stella joined me here in October of 2022 and we have been building gardens and beautiful landscape features together. More greenhouses are in the works and small livestock will soon be coming here.


This page is to show and explain what we are working to achieve here. There is also a YouTube channel “Prepper’s Paradise Canada”, where we will be showing parts of the journey.


Thank you for joining us here. I hope that on this page, you can find answers to the questions we are asked most often.


Cheers


Kage Scott

What is Permaculture in simple terms?

It really is as much a lifestyle as it is a way to garden that goes away from traditional row gardening and what is called monoculture, or what we recognize as massive fields of just on crop. Permaculture can be understood as the growth of agricultural ecosystems in a self-sufficient and sustainable way. This form of agriculture draws inspiration from nature to develop synergetic farming systems based on crop diversity, resilience, natural productivity, and sustainability.

Why is it called permaculture?

The word permaculture originally was the joining of the words Permanent Agriculture.

What is Permaculture planting?

In simple terms, It is the theory of working with nature to grow your garden instead of working against it. It seeks to balance all parts of the garden ecosystem. Practices like harvesting rain water, building up your soil, not using chemicals, no-tilling (or at least minimum disturbance to soil) and composting all support a Permaculture garden.

Quite often there are still rows of fruits and vegetables, but they are mixed and mingled with companion plants to create a more full growing space.


  • ADDS MICRO NUTRIENTS, BENEFICIAL BACTERIA, MICROBES & FUNGI THAT YOUR SOIL & PLANTS NEED.
  • HELPS RETAIN MOISTURE IN YOUR SOIL.
  • CAN HELP BALANCE SOIL PH.
  • ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS, HERBICIDES & PESTICIDES.


Fertichar is Nutrition coming to fruition

FERTICHAR-10 YEAR PLUS


JUST LIKE THE CHARCOAL LEFT BEHIND AFTER A FOREST FIRE, THIS CHARCOAL-BASED PRODUCT WILL BEGIN TO DECOMPOSE AS SOON AS IT HAS COOLED DOWN AND IS IN CONTACT WITH SOIL AND OTHER ORGANIC MATTER. BACTERIA, ALONG WITH FUNGI, TINY MICROBIAL BEINGS, AND INSECTS, ALL FEED ON ORGANIC MATTER. THEY ALSO NEED A PLACE TO LIVE. THERE ARE ADEQUATE MICROSCOPIC POROUS SPACES IN THE CHARCOAL WE CALL 10 YEAR PLUS FOR THE TINY MICROBES, NEMATODES, PROTOZOA AND FUNGI TO LIVE IN. TINY INSECTS AND WORMS WILL ALSO USE PIECES TO LIVE IN AND AROUND. ALL OF THESE LIVING ORGANISMS WILL FEED ON THE CHARCOAL IN VARIOUS AMOUNTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO IT ADDING RICH TEXTURE AND NUTRIENTS TO THE SURROUNDING SOIL.


THERE ARE OFTEN PIECES OF THIS CHARCOAL WHICH HAVE NOT COMPLETELY BURNED, RESULTING IN RAW WOOD SOMETIMES STILL BEING PRESENT. THIS ADDS TO THE ABILITY OF 10 YEARS PLUS TO HOLD MOISTURE AND NUTRIENTS AND TO COMPOST IN PLACE, ADDING HUMUS MATERIALS WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL FOR CREATURES AND PLANTS TO USE.

BECAUSE WE INOCULATE ALL OF OUR CHARCOAL WITH COMPOST TEA AND FOREST SOIL, IT IS A MOIST FERTILIZER WHICH IMMEDIATELY ADDS NUTRIENT VALUE TO SOIL INSTEAD OF ACTING AS A DRY SPONGE AND ROBBING MOISTURE AND NUTRIENTS AWAY FROM SURROUNDING PLANTS.

FERTICHAR 10 YEAR PLUS IS MADE BY HEATING ORGANIC DRY WOOD MATERIAL (ALSO CALLED BIOMASS) IN A CONTROLLED PROCESS OF FIRE IN A WOOD STOVE. FERTICHAR 10 YEAR PLUS IS A SHORT AND LONG-TERM SOIL AMENDMENT THAT CAN BE AS HELPFUL TO PLANT NUTRITION AS A FERTILIZER. INTENDED TO BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN IN SOIL IMMEDIATELY & LAST OVER A PERIOD OF 10 -12 YEARS AS A RICH SOIL AMENDMENT WHICH STILL HOUSES MICROBES AND OTHER IMPORTANT LIFE.


FERTICHAR-100 YEAR PLUS


IS MADE BY HEATING BIOMASS IN A PROCESS CALLED PYROLYSIS, IN A low OXYGEN CHAMBER. MATERIALS MADE INTO FERTICHAR-100 YEAR PLUS HAVE MILLIONS OF TINY SPACES FOR BENEFICIAL BACTERIA, MICROBES, NEMATODES, PROTOZOA AND MANY MORE LIVING ORGANISMS TO LIVE IN AND MOVE WATER, FUNGI AND OTHER NUTRIENTS TO THE ROOTS OF PLANTS IN THE SOIL. FERTICHAR-100 YEAR PLUS DOES NOT BREAK DOWN FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BENEFITING THE SOIL FOOD WEB OVER CENTURIES. THIS can MAKE FERTICHAR 100 YEAR PLUS A ONETIME APPLICATION.



Because the two fertichar products have similar and different attributes that are beneficial to healthy soil and plants, we put them together. This way, the customer is assured of adding as much-needed benefits of growing the most nutritious and delicious food we can help you get from your garden.


We offer a variety of package sizes as well so that you can tailor your purchase to how much you need at a time. There are 1 liter, 4 LITER, & 10 kg. Larger sizes are available by special orders through one of our retail partners.


APPLICATION: (BE AWARE OF YOUR SOIL PH)

POTTED PLANTS, CONTAINERS & SEEDLING CELLS - CALCULATE 5-10% OF THE VOLUME OF THE CONTAINER, BREAK FERTICHAR INTO SMALLER PIECES IF NECESSARY AND MIX EVENLY.

BEDS AND OPEN GROUND - MIX 0.5KG OF FERTICHAR PER SQUARE METER, SO IT IS AT LEAST 25MM – 75MM (1- 3 INCHES) BELOW THE SURFACE. ADD MORE VOLUME TO ANY DEEPER DEPTH AS DESIRED.

INGREDIENTS: PREPPER’S PARADISE FERTICHAR IS MADE USING ONLY WOOD FROM THE FORESTS OF ALBERTA & A PROPRIETARY INOCULANT.


NO SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS OR RECYCLED MATERIALS ARE USED.