Nikolaj Vinicoff

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since Dec 25, 2025

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Born in 92, grown up in Denmark, fell in love with nature during a scuba diving gig in the Caribbean, then did some shitty jobs between offices and airports until I stumbled into permaculture, after that there was no way back. Now I'm living between Spain and Senegal where I have some land sites in deveopment, looking for a way to balance a natural life while still making a profit, keeping one foot "in the system" and one foot "out", with the ultimate goal of going all the way and making a full time living from permaculture. Working a day job of 2, 4, 6, or 8 hours daily only takes me away from permaculture; a remote job with permies.com would help me go all the way charge.

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Between south Spain and west Africa

https://www.permacultureman.com

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Lemon tree mulch

Nathanael Szobody wrote:

First I lay the branches out on a tarp for the leaves to dry. Then a bang the leaves off and use them for tea. Amazing.

Next, the branches fall into the "thorny stuff" category.

Def looking forward to trying the tea!

Also I like the passive way of letting all the thorny stuff decompose without having to fight with it.

Thanks for the great advice.

What I’ve done for now is to chug the rest of it into my banana circle where I’ll end up covering over it more mulch, letting it decompose over time and feed the circle

21 hours ago

fruit trees

Lemon tree mulch

I had not considered that, but it’s a great idea. I wonder if I have enough quantity between 4 lemon trees? Most pruning are thin branches

1 day ago

fruit trees

Lemon tree mulch

I have 4 fruiting lemon trees on my land. It’s a small variety with loads of juice, even when green. Love it. Don’t love the spiky pruning so much. I’ve killed myself over the past days getting it all through a chipper. Decided it’s not worth the effort for the tiny amount of mulch I get.

Anyone has experience with a practical and hassle free way of using lemon mulch? (stuffing it into a banana circle works, so does burning it - although I’d prefer to find a way that isn’t lightning a fire with it)

Any feedback is welcome.

3 days ago

fruit trees

Will rice go bad if not harvested on time?

There’s always next year. A lesson from this is as follows: “I want to be there to harvest it, at all costs”… well, you might be lucky and get back to harvest it, or you may get lucky and get back to cut the dead rice away, OR you could take a loss of harvesting it yourself but at least have the rice when you come back. I’ll try again next year. Thankfully, everything else is growing really well

2 weeks ago

grains and pseudograins

30 Years Of Composting Humanure

Final update on the green toilet seat which seems to be just what I needed. Photos attached.

2 weeks ago

toilet alternatives

Will rice go bad if not harvested on time?

5 months was too long. Rice didn't make it.

2 weeks ago

grains and pseudograins

Will rice go bad if not harvested on time?

I had a friend of mine in the area swing by and show me the rice paddy on a video call. Everything I planted seems to be growing fantastically, except for the rice. Either the birds got to it, the weeds overgrew it, or it was stuck for too long under the hot sun once the rainy season ended in November. Will be back soon and might post a little video to this thread.

1 month ago

grains and pseudograins

Will rice go bad if not harvested on time?

Better hurry back then !

1 month ago

grains and pseudograins

"Permaculture Research Institute"

I wonder if anyone has experience in setting up a Permaculture Research Institute. Geoff Lawton says in one of his talks that he likes to set up a property as a research institute, also something about dividing his business into a non-profit, a not-for-profit, gaining advantages in taxes, funding, and probably others which I haven't mentioned. I am intrigued by the idea of setting up a research institute in Senegal where I own a couple of hectares of delicious land next to a mangrove and protected area, which could be an incredible place to teach from my own site!

Any feedback is welcome!

1 month ago

intentional community

Will rice go bad if not harvested on time?

Before I left Senegal in August, I managed to plant about 30-40m2 of rice in my home rice paddy which soaks in all the runoff water from the road after it being channeled through swales. We're now in January! That's 5 months. I want to be back on site myself to harvest the rice, that was my whole point of planting it, but when will it be too late? Will it spoil?

1 month ago

grains and pseudograins