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FERME BEAUREGARD - WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING

Posted on March 4 2018

Categories: #homestead, #wwoofing, #organic farming, #ecoconstruction, #vegetable farming, #Exploration, #selfsufficiency, #artichokes, #comfrey, #bread making, #kiwis

While staying with Jean-Francois and Annelyse, we experienced winter weather, summer weather and everything in between as is quite normal in March in this region of France! However, being that it is still technically 'winter,' we were still limited in...

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FERME BEAUREGARD - THE ROOTS

Posted on February 27 2018

Categories: #organic farming, #wwoofing, #vegetable farming, #homestead, #Bios, #ecoconstruction, #selfsufficiency, #bread making

Who: Jean-Francois and Annelyse, Lisa (mobile organic food shop and gardener), Marie (gardener) What: Organic Farm Homestead & Collective Where: Montbrun-Bocage, Ariege, France When: 25 February - 17 March 2018 and 6-13 April Website: https://app.wwoof.fr/host/1642...

DOUCEUR & HARMONIE – OASIS DE VIE

Posted on February 22 2018

Categories: #oasis, #permaculture, #agroforestery, #collective, #seed saving, #selfsufficiency, #Ecovillage, #cooking, #vegan, #non profit, #ecoconstruction, #snow

Who: Viviane, Sylvain, Bleuette What: Vegan ecovillage believing in the loving and ethical treatment of animals Where: Serralongue, French Catalonia, France When: 3-16 Februrary 2018 Website: https://www.ic.org/directory/douceur-et-harmonie, https://douceurharmonie.wordpress.com/...

FERME DE BEAULIEU - WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING

Posted on January 30 2018

Categories: #organic farming, #agroecology, #wwoofing, #vegetable farming, #orchard, #grafting, #pruning, #heirloom varieties, #apple juice, #no till practices, #Exploration

Because it is January, there is not a lot of work that needs to be done in the vegetable gardens aside from preparing the beds for spring (more about that below!). Winter is (luckily!) a time when farmers slow down after a busy season and recharge for...

FERME DE BEAULIEU - THE ROOTS

Posted on January 29 2018

Categories: #organic farming, #fruit trees, #agroecology, #wwoofing, #vegetable farming, #orchard, #heirloom varieties, #apple juice, #grafting, #pruning, #Bios

Where: Auzas, Haute Garonne (and various other nearby villages), Occitanie, France Who: Fred Mahe What: Apple orchards and other fruits and vegetabes When: 15-31 January 2018 Website: https://app.wwoof.fr/host/2407 The Roots: Fred has been farming organically...

ECOLONIE ECOVILLAGE - OASIS DE VIE

Posted on December 1 2017

Categories: #oasis, #permaculture, #organic farming, #vegetable farming, #collective, #selfsufficiency, #Ecovillage, #cooking, #kitchen, #non profit, #circularity, #Ecolonie, #Oikos, #festival, #camping, #tourism

Entrance of the main building Who: 12 permanent residents (Henkjan (founder), Johan & Ettjen (& their 3 kids), José, Casper, Miranda, Dirk, Edgar, Marya) and 13 long-term volunteers What: Ecovillage and Meeting/Vacation Place Where: Hennezel (Vosges),...

CITÉ ÉCOLOGIQUE ECOVILLAGE - OASIS DE VIE

Posted on November 4 2017

Categories: #oasis, #Ecovillage, #organic farming, #agroforestery, #collective, #seed saving, #selfsufficiency, #cooking, #kitchen, #non profit

QUICK FACTS Cité Écologique in New Hampshire, USA Where: Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA (with sister community in Ham-Nord, Quebec, Canada) Who: 33 permanent residents (spanning 3 generations) and 3 under trial period (approx. 85 members in the larger...

PEPPERFIELD PROJECT- WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING

Posted on October 22 2017

Categories: #Exploration, #pepperfield project, #permaculture, #wwoofing, #vegetable farming, #orchard, #seed saving, #selfsufficiency, #cooking, #kitchen, #non profit, #circularity

We first arrived at Pepperfield after a wonderful first day of volunteering at Seed Savers Exchange (SSE). We bounced down Pepperfield's long twisting dirt driveway surrounded by woods and following a dry creek bed, to open up into a stretch of prairie...

THE PEPPERFIELD PROJECT - THE ROOTS

Posted on October 21 2017

Categories: #permaculture, #organic farming, #agroecology, #wwoofing, #orchard, #vegetable farming, #seed saving, #Project, #heirloom varieties, #selfsufficiency, #kitchen, #non profit, #pepperfield project, #Bios

Pepperfield Project Palestinian dinner events Who: David Cavagnaro & Ellis Squires IIV What: Farm education & retreat center (farm-to-table, workshops, B&B) Where: Decorah, Iowa USA When: 13-28 September Website: http://www.pepperfieldproject.org/home.html...

SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE- WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING

Posted on October 18 2017

Categories: #organic farming, #seed saving, #Seed Savers Exchange, #heirloom varieties, #seed processing, #Exploration

Pocket melon, heirloom variety We have had a wonderful two weeks working closely with both the Preservation Team (made up of Corbin, Amy, Julia, and Brian) and the Evaluation Team (Stephen and Nora). We learned a ton about crop rotations, mulching, isolation...