Growing Community in Southwest Michigan
Mike and Carol Klug have offered to host a June 28th permaculture group meeting at their beautiful property in Barry County. We will meet at 10am for a tour of the property and a talk followed by a potluck lunch and discussion. Details below: Klug Property Description Mike and Carol reside on an 80...
Farm Fiesta, Tabitha Farm and Urban Homestead. Come out for the farm experience in the city.
The second week of an excellent 2-session PDC being taught in Adrian, MI by master teachers Peter Bane, Keith Johnson and Rhonda Baird.
The first week of an excellent 2-session PDC being taught in Adrian, MI by master teachers Peter Bane, Keith Johnson and Rhonda Baird.
The Van Buren Conservation District’s 2014 Native Plant Palooza will be held on Saturday, May 17th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Native plants, garden decor, bird houses, bat houses, books and more! Van-Kal Permaculture will have a booth at this event with a display of Permaculture books and information.
Since many of us have fruit trees growing, and most trees some require annual pruning for optimal health, I thought it would be a good idea to have a place to collect info on what people have, so that we can exchange ideas, comments and scion wood with each other. This is purely voluntary...
4 of us met on a Saturday morning in mid-April to plant oats and barley in some fields that Steve had worked up previously. Beautiful weather, nice soil, great conversation, good food and lots of fun, as always with this group. We’re experimenting with growing our own grains organically in permaculture-minded systems, on a...
Dale, Tomme and Sam teamed up to organize this wonderful event at the Riverview Launch in Kalamazoo, just in time for spring. Ann Fraser from Kalamazoo College gave a very good presentation on the importance, habits, and life cycles of native bees (and other pollinators), and afterward we all got to assemble cool little...
Our March Van-Kal Permaculture meetup was at Rachelle’s place. We spent a couple hours outdoors pruning a really overgrown old apple tree (Thanks to John and Josh for the pruning guidance and Tomme and Steve for their skill and daring in tree-climbing). We also had an excellent meal and conversation indoors. A great time...
The Montague United Methodist Church wants to reduce the size of its lawn! When our community found out about this, everyone wanted to help. One result is that West Michigan Permaculture is partnering with us to present an Edible Landscaping Workshop on May 3 & 4. Here’s the information: Peter Bane and Keith Johnson,...
