Growing Community in Southwest Michigan
Documentation of the growth habits / forms of some of the woody perennials at my (PJ’s) forest garden, with a snowy backdrop and a 6-foot “yardstick” to show scale, with notes about planting years. I have dry, sandy soil and a lot of these things didn’t get much care or watering—plus many have been...
Since I want to socialize and hope to distribute some issues of Permaculture Activist, I’m going to have a movie-watching get-together for Sunday, Feb. 15th, 7pm. We can watch some of my excellent “Holistic Orcharding” DVD featuring Michael Philips, especially the parts on tree pruning (it’s getting to be that time of year). Eat...
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...
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...
From Rachelle: Throwing my hat in the ring for hosting the next get together. I live with my brother and sister-in-law; we rent a house that belongs to my sister-in-law’s friend. Their father built the house, but he passed almost fifteen years ago, and most of the property hasn’t been touched since, except the...
