“Invest in growing connections to nature and community.” —The principle of transformative action For us involved in Transformative Adventures, the principle of Transformative Action is our “North Star,” guiding every action we take. When we start to see Permaculture as … Continue reading The Principle of Transformative Action
(Draft design sketch for a Habitat for Humanity project.) Sure, maybe you’re willing to put in $30 of cash and work for a single tomato because it’s your hobby. But honestly, most people I see start this way end up letting the garden go after a few years because it just isn’t worth the time. From my observations, the people who harvest the most value, satisfaction and, well, produce out of their gardens are those who take gardening seriously. We keep things simple, but we also plan, prioritize and intend to progress over time, becoming better and better growers. Over … Continue reading The Most (and Least) Important Tasks for High-Value Gardens (and Farms)
Is it a community of doomer hippies? An incomprehensible internet meme for do-gooders who hate lawns and love fermenting things? A clever rebranding scheme for the organic farming movement thought up by wayward corporate marketing gurus? A cult for Gaia-worshipping environmentalists? A secret society for foraging herbalist hedgewitches? WHAT IS PERMACULTURE? After 6 years, 100 posts, over 100,000 page views, and hundreds of followers, I’ve never written a post answering that question! Why? Because there are already so many good treatments of the topic on the nets. Why re-re-reinvent the wheel when the internet’s rolling along just merily without me. … Continue reading What is Permaculture – A Primer in Pictures and Patterns – PART 1
If you’ve ever thought of starting a forest garden or food forest, we’ve got 2 days left to get the early registration price for our Community Supported Forest Gardening program for 2016. This program gives you everything you need to design, plan and implement your own forest garden project, including plants, design consultation, a complete course and a community of like-minded gardeners to learn with: https://transformativeadventures.org/the-basic-home-garde…/ It also comes with complete access to our entire HUGE collection of perennial edibles, self-sowing vegetables and ideal forest garden plants. I’m especially proud of the course we put together for this program – it’s … Continue reading Community Supported Forest Gardening Program!!!