Ever heard of The Urban Farming Guys? They are a group of about twenty families who, purposely, moved to a bad neighborhood in Kansas. Why, you might ask, would someone do this? They are creating a mashup between creating community, going back to the land and reviving a neighborhood. They have many great videos that…
Category: community
Simple Composting Guide
Many wonderful things have been happening here at the community. We’ve had some very productive meetings as of late. Many plans to improve the land and our quality of life. As one of these meetings was taking place, I mentioned that I noticed some issues with our community compost pile. Put another way, I walked…
A while back I helped some friends set up a raised garden bed in their back yard. Paul, with his handy dandy iphone, set up a time lapse of the whole thing. Quite amusing, sadly we did not notice it getting darker so some of it is kinda dark in the middle. Oh well..
Let the sun shine in
Living here on the land is very interesting to say the least. Interactions are a minimum of 15 minutes, and always very informative and sincere. A walk to get the laundry can take you half an hour on average. On a walk of the perimeter the other day, I found two old solar panels laying…
Enter the fortress, building a raised garden bed
I have never worried about cold weather before, nor about any animals eating my bounty. Those days are over… Now I live in an area with plant killing frost and gophers a plenty. In lieu of this, I have created the raised garden bed fortress. Turn down the lights and queue the drums please:
Happy new moon
Third solar eclipse this year, and a good time to set intentions for the coming month. I’ll be signing up for a cob building workshop September 10-18, and finally a PDC in LA! Hope to see you in one (of both) of these. The stars are aligning. We are learning lots about community living and…