Earth Gardens: Edible-Medicinal-Wild Habitats (Permaculture Network)

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Network-People Caring for the Earth, Sharing Knowledge, Creating Work-Exchanges & Event, Learning from the Earth, Studying Ecology, Bio-Dynamics, Indigenous Wisdom, Organic, Sustainable, & Permaculture methods & applying

Location: Cascadia Bioregion - Bellingham & Beyond
Members: 212
Latest Activity: Jan 4

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Welcome Earth Garden Friends! . .New members enjoy listening in & reading our current discussions & comments.

Together we are working towards Ecological Restoration

and Local Nourishment In Our Community & Homes.

- * Creating Edible Forest Gardens * -

All are Invited to be a Community Volunteer at many of the home-garden work-groups & work-parties.

Earth Gardens...Network: People Caring for the Earth, Sharing Knowledge, Creating Work-Exchanges & Events; Learning from the Earth, Studying Ecology, Bio-Dynamics, Indigenous Wisdom, Organic, Sustainable, & Permaculture methods & applying this to our local communities.

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- See You in the Garden or Around the Fire Circle! . . . . . . (HK 12/13/10)

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Comment by Heather K on April 16, 2010 at 11:51pm: Welcome Dudley! Our 100th member! Within our "working on the land" – TW Group - "Organic Gardeners/Growers & Edible-Forest-Gardens & Permaculture" online networking group!

It is so much fun to share our knowledge and meet each other in person working together in so many different gardens! About a year ago I initiated this online TW group and together with Farmer-Writer David Pike, we serve as volunteer online adminstrators/facilators to follow the flow of needs & organize online resources within our Discussions.

Each one of us has unique and valuable gifts to offer the earth & each other. Thank you for all that we share & co-create together!
I love this time of year when everyone wants to get outside and get their hands dirty and work with plants! Weekends in spring are great time to attend plant sales, help out as a volunteer in community gardens, and retreating to nurture & heal in our private gardens. I hope to see many of you soon on our earth-garden! And you are invited to play-work-learn with me in my gardens & within friends garden & farm projects! (Just contact me on my personal TW page!)

Be sure to read the newest Sponsored TW Events! I will be hosting Larry Korn , the editor of “The One Straw Revolution” a book on natural farming during May 10, 11, 12 (Mon,Tues, Weds). Details are on the Events page. (Also this is your invitation to share your interest in attending a ' small' garden-tour-potluck with donation' requested to go towards community fruit/nut trees during his last day here on Weds May 12 in the afternoon & evening- Contact me with RSVP & your email on my personal TW page)
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Those interested in natural farming and how it relates to permaculture principles within the garden & farm landscape, may also like to read David Pikes current TW discussion on “Natural Farming in the Pacific NW” in this groups discussions - http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/organic/forum/topics/natura...
And his two recent blog posts:
“Masanobu Fukuoka – A Natural Farmer”http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/organic/forum/topics/natura...
'Interview with Larry Korn”
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/interview-with-lar...

Shannon- Would you post the two sponsored events on the Garden E-News?
All new members -be sure to contact Shannon Maris if you desire to be on this shared email list that compiles many of our local garden & farm related events & opportunites.
Thanks Shannon for the amazing work you do as a volunteer in the community, and for your gifts as a designer and running the monthly solar group!

Comment by jasmin liepa on April 16, 2010 at 11:30pm: Jean...your brother is welcome to come see what we're creating for walkways......part of path is dug, and in morning at 10 am we begin next step.....probably for a couple of hours, pouring the concrete...when set, we will mortar in flat stone...then when that is set we will pour concrete and add river rock of various size,the last 2 steps will be sometime in next 2 weeks ......call for directions if interested.....we're on east maplewood.....only house with white picket fence and stand for selling bouquets out front....hope to meet you in future potlucks after May 12.....jasmin

Comment by David MacLeod on April 16, 2010 at 6:35pm: Summer Study Tour of Biodynamic Agriculture and Slow Food in
Switzerland and Italy

August 2010: Announcing a study tour that focuses for a week on biodynamic agriculture with Nikolai Fuchs and colleagues at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, and a week studying Slow Food at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy. Includes tours of Goetheanum, Ita Wegman-Klinik, Pfeiffer laboratory, and Weleda production (Switzerland) and seminars on aesthetics, sensory taste evaluation, gastronomy, food chemistry, history of food, Slow Food philosophy (Italy). Henning Sehmsdorf (of S&S Homestead Farm on Lopez Island) is co-teaching the course with Gigi Berardi (of WWU Huxley College of the Environment). The study includes a three- day intensive on S&S Homestead Farm, including Goethean art and science with guest lecturers Janet and Barry Lia and all-biodynamic foods, and a closing seminar on Inspiration Farm in Whatcom County, with tree-planting for carbon-offsetting.

Includes accommodation at Haus Friedwart or Begegnungszentrum in Dornach with biodynamic foods. Accomodations at Locanda del Re in Pollenzo, with lunch at la Corte Albertina during the week, and dinner at Slow Food's Boccondivino. Also includes field trip to Piedmontese Langhe.

See: http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/eesp/summer/swissitaly/index.shtml and contact Gigi Berardi for details (gigi.berardi@wwu.edu ). For more on Slow Food University, see http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i48/48a03501.htm. Enroll before June 1; space is limited (two seats left).

Comment by Dudley Evenson on April 16, 2010 at 3:55pm: Hooray for local food growing and sharing. Permaculture all the way and I look forward to learning more about that. We have a couple acres in the county near Van Zandt and a small garden space that can use some help. Looking forward to connecting.

Comment by Luke Swanson on April 16, 2010 at 9:30am: BUG work party this saturday for those interested. D and Gerard St at 10:30.
A great opportunity to network with other gardeners and share information.

Comment by Jean Kroll on April 16, 2010 at 8:03am: Hi Jasmin - when are you and Lonnie building your walkway? My brother is building his garden beds out of brick, and is putting in a cement stone path. Perhaps he'd like to see what you're doing.
Hi Cara - thanks for that link!!

Comment by jasmin liepa on April 15, 2010 at 8:30pm: What a find!!!!Thanks!!

Comment by Cara on April 15, 2010 at 3:15pm: Hi all, I just wanted to mention a new site that I was recently informed of, sort of a craigslist for gardeners only! http://www.thefarmersgarden.com best part is it's free unlike the foodhub site.

Comment by jasmin liepa on April 15, 2010 at 10:41am: A quick side step...my partner Lonnie Schang, a former mason, and I are installing another pathway of stone and concrete....anyone who wants to learn some practical skills in laying a creative walkway that lasts...and wants to help with the labor is welcome to come and learn....he will also be continuing with laying a border around the garden with brick and stone.....that will happening later...let me know if you are interested......I'm like Brian, so if timing is right I would also love to be out and helping.....

Comment by Brian Kerkvliet on April 15, 2010 at 8:58am: I would be interested in working to help get the Lummi youth garden going, but as Kate said, I have a full plate already. Keep me posted on the time you are thinking of going out there and I will see if it can work in. Could be a good group Permaculture design session and could turn into one of several model gardens for the community to learn from.