Henry David Thoreau

I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. (Henry David Thoreau)

Food Sovereignty

Here is an exceptional video on the seven principles of food sovereignty. Can you imagine a world where local is key, where supply line issues come to a standstill, where fossil fuels take a back seat to gardening and harvesting and eating fresh food? Will people lose jobs at the supermarket, the corporate farm, the [...]

Farming the Cities, Feeding an Urban Future

“WASHINGTON – June 16 – As people move from rural to urban settings in search of economic opportunities, urban agriculture is becoming an important provider of both food and employment, according to researchers with the Worldwatch Institute. “Urban agriculture is providing food, jobs, and hope in Nairobi, Kampala, Dakar, and other cities across sub-Saharan Africa,” [...]

Blueberry Hill Farm PDC Course Continues

Nests and eggs, compost tea, blueberries, paw paw seeds, bees, design, a full course. Blueberry Hill is magnificent and teeming with life. Worth every minute here, and more…

Installing the Garden at the Blueberry Hill PDC and a Bit of Compost Tea

Yesterday we planted, fenced, made compost tea at Blueberry Hill in Ohio. The students were on it. What a pleasure it is to see so much enthusiasm and inspiration behind the simple act of planting seeds and plants. In essence, what other act in this life can have so much meaning for the simple and [...]

Permaculture Design Certificate Course at Blueberry Hill in Ohio

Here we are at our second annual PDC at Blueberry Hill. Today we visited former student Joe Kaiser’s place down the road. When we returned from Joe’s we went to work shooting contours, carving out raised beds and planting a garden. It has been raining for nearly a week. The sunshine today was more than [...]