On New Ground

Well, here we are. It is July 2017. From all outward appearances, my forays into the world of organic, sustainable gardening and farming have gone kaput. I didn't really post anything here all last year, except a summary of the permaculture program that I completed the year prior. Tap, tap. Is this thing still on? Well friends and blog reader(s), the answer is yes! Don't be deceived by what you don't see. The truth is, I did a lot of agricultural-ish stuff in 2016, guided mostly by the question of “What and where should I do and go next?” After completing the permaculture program at RDI , I was hanging out in Selmo without a real project. We were renting and didn’t have tons of outside space, and truth be told, I was feeling tired of building gardens in places that I would leave behind . It was nice to pass them on to the next person, but I wanted to sink my teeth in more, set up water catchment, turn the plumbing into grey water, sheet mulch and plant cover crops, in