My family found ourselves having to move far away from our home in Marietta, PA and what we found was a new environment, culture, new ecology and new ways to garden. Of course we can’t stop growing things, working on our regenerative lifestyle and capturing stories of the people we meet along the way. One…
Tag: permaculture
Dave Jacke of Edible Forest Gardens
Listen to the latest Earth Alchemy Podcast to find out a little about the origin of Dave Jacke who co-wrote Edible Forest Gardens and teaches Forest Garden Design to many people using effective and exciting, emergent methods!
What is Biomimicry?
Biomimicry is the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes. This short YouTube series features the work of Wilson Alvarez at the Horn Farm Center in York County Pennsylvania. Chapter 1: Missing Pieces In the first chapter of a short series on the biomimicry work being…
Imagine an Avacado
I nibble bits from the avocado. I imagine the journey, the expense, the pain, strife or even death that went into bringing this treasure to my lips. I lick my lips and with eyes still closed I take a deep breath. “ ¿Cuánto cuesta esto?” I ask the merchant. But the truth is, I’d pay any price.
Covid Time Abundance
The Forest Ranch is a place that shares information about the earth’s abundance and how we can access and exhibit our most regenerative selves. Now is a particularly opportune time for some of us who have been blinded by a world that keeps us from those things to start to receive some of these messages…
Soil vs Dirt
The planet is really a finely tuned biological machine. If you look at the big picture or if you look at a scenario of naturally occurring phenomena without the extreme disturbances of people, the components and intricacies of this machine become apparent. Everything has not one but multiple jobs. This is the holistic view of…
The Intervention
You are walking home from work one day when you see someone moving briskly, a bag dangling loosely by the right side. Another person you, for some reason, identify as “dubious,” is walking a little too close behind them. You look intently as the questionable individual removes a hand from their pocket and reaches out.. and…
Forest Gardening Design Intensive with Dave Jacke
I am speechless as I unpack the 9-day intensive I just participated in at Heritage Creek Farm Camp by way of the Horn Farm Center. I told my workgroup that I have a huge perspective shift I am working through and to “bear with me.” Many things occurred there. I learned many things. I have many…
Beginnings all the time
I don’t remember the first time I heard the term permaculture. But as with most things I hear about, I dove in head first. My foggiest recollection brings Joel Salatin to mind. I probably saw him in one of the emergent food documentaries that can be viewed from online streaming services. Maybe a public screening of…
Forest Ranch Regenerative 