Mushroom Innoculation


Catch and Store Energy, Forest Gardening, Make it Yourself, Make No Waste, Obtain a Yield, Permaculture for Children, Permaculture Principles

At our party last weekend, we had intended to do grafting and mushroom inoculating, but didn’t get to the latter.  Rob has been working on evenings this week to complete the task, which is not difficult, just time consuming.  Amassing the items required for the job was the most tedious part. We have been collecting […]

September 3, 2015

Swarming


Catch and Store Energy, Fair Share, Integrate, Don't Segregate, Make No Waste, Maximize the Edges, Obtain a Yield, People Care, Permaculture Ethics, Permaculture for Children, Permaculture Principles, Use and Value Gifts from Nature

We have had a few frames from a friend’s hive from last year sitting on our back deck for a few weeks now.  They have been awaiting our attention to process their wax to be used for sealing in the spawn during our mushroom cultivating efforts.  This passive act of silently awaiting its purpose, or […]

April 30, 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