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Closing Ceremony for the GANG Garden, 2009

Mulch materials: straw (from Nathan’s truck, we used ten bales) and leaves (in the bags, 32 of ‘em)
About a month ago, I got it into my head that we needed to punctuate the ending of this first year of our GANG garden with a sort of closing ceremony, as a way of formally completing the task we... more »

Workshop #8… Extending the Growing Season

Note: When my Auntie Ann told me she’d be away for the October Permaculture class at our house, I offered to relay the experience for this blog. What follows are the nuts and bolts of the teachings for the day, plus a bit of my own personal context to the learning. Enjoy. – Megan
We began the... more »

Bloomington, Indiana: September 9, 2009

Ann spoke to a lively and penetrating group of Indiana University Faculty Alumni at the Emeriti House on the subject of the Crone archetype, why it is needed in this youth-worshipping, death-defying culture, and the two crone magazines she has founded and edited. The first was Crone Chronicles: A... more »

Workshop #7: Preserving Food — Canning, Drying, Fermenting

(Thanks to dear neighbor and fellow new gardener Jane Spearman for these and almost all the other photos on the workshop blogs.)
September 26 dawned cool and grey, a good day to be in the kitchen. It was also the day when the local permaculture guild was gathering to teach each other how to take... more »

OVERFLOWING ABUNDANCE

HARVEST, both Plant and Human . . .
First there was lettuce and fennel and mustard greens and peas and cabbage and beet greens and of course chard, and last but not at least, the so-called “weed” lambs’ quarter, loaded with minerals. Then cucumbers and onions. So far... more »

Workshop #6: Drought and Stress-Proofing Your Home and Garden

[Please excuse the blurry group shot . . .]

For the sixth workshop in this series of eight on how to grow a permaculture garden from seed to harvest, no work in the garden was planned. Instead, we spent the first part of our day in my home downloading information from Keith and his extensive slide... more »