The Journey
Building community…
Since shortly after I began my permaculture journey I realized that none of this life makes any sense without a community. Community generally shares common goals, supports each other, holds community members to account. Good community is uplifting, helpful, and generally healthy for all its members. The process of community building is simple but isn’t…
Soil Health Principles
When your soil is very degraded it’s in what is considered in the first successional stage. This is where soils start the restoration process on their own beginning with weeds. This process takes nature hundreds of years or more in our dry climate. We can push succession along using a specific methods and get the work done…
In case of tomato failure, plant potatoes
2025 potato harvest. 49.2 pounds minus the 3 or so pounds I got impatient and harvested last week. This is from an in ground bed. It is 7×7 feet at it’s widest points but is not square in shape so it is not the full 49 square feet of planting space. I’ve been growing potatoes…
The soil food web
Permaculture [ pur-muh-kuhl-cher ] verb A systems design science whereby regenerative actions are taken to build human habitat within a natural context rather than opposed to it. Peregrination [ per-i-gruh–ney-shuhn ] noun In March 2020 when everything began to be shut down due to the onset of the COVID-19 virus it screwed up my plans. I know I’m…
Locus of Control
The world is really heavy right now. I’ve known for some time that the mode of operations that humans have embarked on for a few hundred years has been really rough on the natural world. I’ve known since before I had words to put to it. There are many people who still argue, even though…
Planting the Seeds of Change
No matter your political leaning one thing in our society today that can’t be denied is the vast and growing gap between those who have and those who have less. The data is very clear that the crevasse of wealth inequality is widening into a canyon. This creates a squeezing feeling on the parts of…
Preparedness
As winter storms go, this was wasn’t really much to write home about. It was a bit long as far as duration and had a significant amount of snowfall, 28 inches at home measured in the only place it didn’t drift from the wind. The drifts are pretty tall, well taller than I am anyway.…
Paddock Paradise & Permaculture
I have been a horse girl my whole life. Horses have been an integral part of my growth as a human. When I began to really get an understanding of permaculture and fall in love with the potential of design, it seemed to me that my love of horses and my new found passion were…
Zone 5 – The Wild Places
I feel lucky to have had my formative years prior to the widespread availability of the internet. Born in the late 1970’s, growing and learning through the 80’s and 90’s offered an experience that children born once the internet, and more specifically widespread mobile internet, will never be able to have. I was raised in…
Youth Permaculture
Permaculture [ pur-muh-kuhl-cher ] verb A systems design science whereby regenerative actions are taken to build human habitat within a natural context rather than opposed to it. Peregrination [ per-i-gruh–ney-shuhn ] noun Children recognize more commercial brands than they can name plants and animals. 83% of children between 5 and 16 can’t identify a bumblebee. I suppose that…
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