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The joy of crafting imperfect things: chess set
I like doing things well. Planning, measuring, following instructions, iterating until they’re as good as I can do them. I also like making progress quickly – continuously, if time allows. Starting to dabble with woodworking has introduced me to a different...
Winter Chop And Drop: Seeking a balance between cover crop growth and protecting young trees
After we planted roughly 1000 trees in the fall, and seeded plenty of cover crop everywhere, we are now faced with this incredible growth. It is winter, and we are going through the coldest month of the year. We had some frost, and the north wind leaves no doubts...
Friendly mothers…?
I am a little excited. This afternoon, a mother with her two kids is coming to visit. We haven't met before, but wanted to meet other families and children to befriend our own.This must be somewhat similar to what blind dates feel like. Some signals indicate that we...
Getting started with mushrooms
Sometimes you discover a topic, get interested, and dive right in. You pick a project, gather supplies, and quickly do an impressive job for what is the first attempt in an unknown field. This post is not about one of those occasions. During the last two years, both...
Observation: Looking for succulents for fire protection
As part of our fire protection strategy, we have plenty of succulents in our site. While they don’t prevent a fire and should not be used as an insurance against fire, we use it as an additional tool in a vast toolkit to minimize the fire hazard. Looking for...
Plantar árvores — um guia
No início do nosso projeto de Permacultura, plantámos cerca de mil árvores e arbustos. Para quem esteja a pensar fazer algo semelhante, mesmo que seja apenas uma mão-cheia de árvores, partilhamos o procedimento que seguimos: Materiais Serão necessários os seguintes...
A visual diary...
We have cattails growing in our swale, and for a long time I looked at them mostly as “the wetland plant”.
We have cattails growing in our swale, and for a long time I looked at them mostly as “the wetland plant”.Then I read Braiding Sweetgrass, and I started seeing them differently.Cattails can open so many doors in a morning with children. We can begin simply by meeting...
Há tabúa a crescer na nossa vala de infiltração, e confesso que durante muito tempo olhei para ela quase só como “a planta do charco”.
Há tabúa a crescer na nossa vala de infiltração, e confesso que durante muito tempo olhei para ela quase só como “a planta do charco”.Depois li Braiding Sweetgrass e comecei a vê-la de outra forma.A tabúa pode abrir tantas portas numa manhã com crianças. Podemos...
Garden Explorers is coming in August!
Garden Explorers is coming in August!Nature mornings for children aged 6 to 12, here at the quinta in Salir do Porto.A small group (max 6 children) explores the garden, the forest, the outdoor kitchen and the music space. There's time to move, cook, care, build and...
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