Obtaining a yield

Obtaining a yield

One of the first things you learn about Permaculture is its 12 principles, a set of guiding lights through this way of living. Principle number 3 is “Obtain a Yield“. It is quite powerful and active. It drives you into action with a purpose: to get...
Forest School – an update

Forest School – an update

Unfortunately, we won’t be continuing with the forest school. After a few sessions, it was clear this wasn’t what we were looking for. The summer break was also about to start, so there was a graceful exit, without the need to make it clear we aren’t...
Forest School – Seedling of life

Forest School – Seedling of life

Our last year has been pretty intense. So has anyone else’s, of course. Between moving to another country, settling into a new home with two small children and facing the pandemic, we figured it was time to start sprouting a community, and create new links to...

Eating Clean Foods

A successful experimentSelf immune disease, hypothyroidism, migraines, a digestive system with a mind of its own, mood and energy fluctuations…and not a lot of clues regarding their reasons. Our family had a bunch of “little things” that were hard to grasp, or...

Hello Permaculture

Going from Reading to DoingOur family took the big step of changing our lives completely and starting a Permaculture way of living. It was a decision that happened gradually, as we thought more and more about how we wanted to live as a family, to raise our kids, to...
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