Only one thing has decidedly changed: No more Thursday Community Dinners for the duration, since they inevitably draw way more than ten people. Otherwise, for we who are more in tune with nature than with the existing culture, not much changes here; or I should say, whatever massive, ongoing changes occur in the “outside world,”…
From the very beginning of my time as a conscious child on planet earth, while lying on my back staring at deep blue summer sky, I would feel so very grateful that my eyes could not pierce space, that there was no ceiling, that the sky went on forever. And: From the very first time…
Read more via Exopermaculture: Southeastern Permaculture Gathering: REGENERATIVE UNIVERSE, with Rob Messick
Do your cabbages end up looking like this? Ours do. This is one of those situations where, when you find out that your problem is everybody’s problem, you don’t feel so crazy, or so dejected. Dr. Bug (Dick McDonald, Ph.D, an entomologist) says that this cabbage is over 75% gone, so it’s too late. But…
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Re: the 26th Annual Southeastern Permaculture Gathering, which Charisse (Rebecca) and I attended August 1-4: Aside from the unusually warm and caring atmosphere engendered by this decidedly intergenerational tribe that started meeting 26 years ago, I was most impressed by the level of deep grounded knowledge held by the elders there, both those who offered classes,…
Read more at Exopermaculture: Southeastern Permaculture Gathering: MUSHROOM HUNTING with Ken Crouse
Charisse (Rebecca) and I finally returned home at around noon today, after an exhausting night, during which we and hundreds of other vehicles, were stopped, three lanes across, for nearly five hours, from about 9:30 p.m. to about 2:15 a.m, due to an intense and fatal three car smash-up just ahead on I 75 N
Full post at Exopermaculture: Southeast Permaculture Gathering: OVERVIEW PHOTOS
Last Thursday’s work party began early, with Rebecca calling on all pod-mates to be present for a meeting before beginning the myriad tasks that have sprouted up along with the spring weeds! L to R: Dan and visiting friend, Maynard — busy weeding and prepping beds in the back garden. Read more…
via Thursday Work Party, May 9 [Photo Set] — Green Acres Permaculture Village
Thursday arrived with a bang — literally! I walked around the property before heading to the greenhouse, to get some photos of the blooming flowers before the rain and thunderstorms arrived, much to the chagrin of the pups… There’s nothing quite like the smell after a good rain. I find everything much richer with color
via Thursday Work Party, May 2 [Photos] — Green Acres Permaculture Village