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Solar Springs · 4W ago

GREENS GATHERING AND SKILLSHARE

Cumberland Green  Bioregional Council Sonnenschein Spring Gathering and Skillshare May 4-6, 2012 Location: Solar Springs Permaculture Farm, Hohenwald (Rain or Shine) Event Description: Event focuses on strategically and powerfully engaging in the shifting world—helping people discover their purpose
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Solar Springs · 5M ago

Clay Slip, Lath and Plaster

This weekend at Solar Springs three walls of the new project received some attention. Carl covered the new kitchens west wall with local milled pine. The walls insulation was 6″ of clay slip (straw, clay and sand mixture). The clay … Continue reading →
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Solar Springs · 5M ago

Questions from Morning Sit Spot

Lots of questions arising this morning. Hopefully I’ll find time to follow-up with some research. Very warm for December 13, close to 40 degrees at 6 am. Foggy. Frost only in small patches and very scanty. It just can’t be … Continue reading →
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Solar Springs · 5M ago

An Icy Trail

Walking in the icy morning to my sit spot, I knew certainly that any animal or bird would hear me pass. The frozen raised ground crunched beneath my feet even with my slow gait. Looking back I saw too that … Continue reading →
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Solar Springs · 10M ago

Forest Garden Design Intensive

Edible Ecosystems Emerging: Food Forestry for the 21st Century A 9-Day Forest Garden Design Intensive With Dave Jacke, Matthew English, and Friends. At Spiral Ridge Permaculture Gardens and The Farm Community Center Summertown, Tennessee September 23-October 2, 2011 Forest ecosystems … Continue read
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Solar Springs · 1Y ago

Mischievous Mint

Today at Solar Springs I harvested a huge basket full of spearmint, a perennial plant that comes back in my garden each year with no effort on my part.  All of the harvest was collected from where the mint was … Continue reading →
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Solar Springs · 1Y ago

Free Talk on Biochar during Permaculture Design Course

Beyond Zero: The Biochar Solution FREE TALK with Albert Bates Location: Carothers Crossing, Nashville, TN When: August 14, 2010 4-6:00 PM How we can take the atmosphere from dangerously over-carbonated with greenhouse gas pollution back to safe, pre-industrial levels on … Continue reading →
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Solar Springs · 1Y ago

Chickens, Roosters, Clutches and Vegetarianism

I wanted to share our chicken story: Three years a go Matthew brought home 14 hens: 5 Black Australorpes, 5 Yellow Buff Orpingtons and 4 Rhode Island Reds.  We lost 1 black to a spider?, 1 yellow to a neighbors … Continue reading →
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Solar Springs · 1Y ago

Liberation Ecology and Gaia Radio

Gaia Southeast, one of Jennifer’s main projects, just hosted Gaia Radio’s first show on Liberation Ecology.  Gaia Radio from now through September will be in trial mode.  We’ll be offering content on culture, community, business, Permaculture and eco-social design. For … Continue reading →
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Solar Springs · 1Y ago

Upcoming Permaculture Courses in TN

Permaculture Design Course: This 72 hour course is vigorous and in depth. Students who complete all segments of the course and individual project assignments will receive a Permaculture Design Certificate. Includes class lectures, interactive class participation, design exercises, field trips, … Con
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