An Unexpected Yield at the Koinona PDC in Georgia

We are well into our annual Permaculture Design Certificate course here in Americus, Georgia at Koinonia Community. A couple of days ago we harvested a road kill deer and the students had the opportunity to process and eat it. We are also preparing a site for a four-day natural building course which will follow the [...]

Installing a Food Forest at Southern Illinois University

Today we began the process of putting in a food forest on the Southern Illinois University campus here in Carbondale, Illinois. Several students participated in digging swales and sheet mulching. It is located next to the university vermicompost operation. Once it is entirely sheet mulched we will be putting in some fruit and nut trees, [...]

Maryland PDC Continues

Our course in Maryland has gone exceptionally well. Jeff, one of our students, presented on renewables, we took a short sailing excursion on the Chesapeake near Annapolis in Stan the Architect’s schooner, we dug a swale at Cathy’s place and worked on our final designs. What a week! Can’t say enough about the integrity of [...]

Swaleduggery, Final Designs and a Visit to Suellen’s Farm

Winding down at the Madison 2011 Permaculture Design Certificate course. What a week! What an amazingly skilled and inspired group! It’s getting better all time…

Detroit

It has been one of the most enlightening weeks of my life being here in the heart of Detroit. What looks like destruction is opportunity. What looks like a food desert is an opportunity for growing healthy food. What looks like industrial abandonment is an opportunity to get out from under the heavy fist of [...]