Tag: hugelkultur

Perceptions of Work

Create Vision and Respond to Change, From Pattern to Details, Inner Permaculture, Make No Waste, Obtain a Yield, Permaculture for Children, Permaculture Principles, Self-Regulate and Accept Feedback, Use and Value Gifts from Nature

My children and I have been having an excellent week outdoors.  Despite the return of colder weather and snow.  We have been working to clean up the tree that came down in the Fall.  I want to salvage as much of it as possible.  We have been picking up sticks to use in the construction […]

April 24, 2015

End of a Life

Catch and Store Energy, Choose Small and Slow Solutions, Earth Care, Forest Gardening, Integrate, Don't Segregate, Make No Waste, Obtain a Yield, Permaculture Ethics, Permaculture for Children, Permaculture Principles, Use and Value Gifts from Nature

Yesterday we said goodbye to a well loved tree in our yard. The twin trunks supported a treehouse that was a favourite spot for play.  The shade from its leaves provided much needed refuge from the summer sun.  The branches have held my babies in swings since they were newborns.  Now it is in pieces all over […]

December 12, 2014