Sunday, August 10, 2008

Intro to Permaculture



Last weekend, we had a great multigenerational group for our Permaculture weekend. It was a combination of hands on and theory. Here's the group.



We were ably led by Ethan Roland, a PoHo youth graduate. Ethan is explaining what each plant offers to the plot, from ground cover and bushes to trees.




What the 2 patches looked like before we started our permaculture plots.




Hard at work clearing for the planting.



As you can see, we divided our tasks up, with some people soaking the cardboard that was going to be put down after the compost.




Compost is under the cardboard layer which will keep the weeds out. You can see the planting going on.



The cardboard was then covered with wood bark. Doesn't it look great?

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