Explore to Grow

SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE - THE ROOTS

Posted on October 17 2017

Categories: #seed saving, #organic farming, #heirloom varieties, #non profit, #Bios, #orchard

Soy beans Seeds Where: Decorah, Iowa USA Who: Seed Savers Exchange What: Heirloom seed production and distribution When: 13 - 28 Sep Website: http://seedsavers.org/ The Roots: Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) is a nonprofit group who collects, grows and shares...

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KINSTONE - OASIS DE VIE

Posted on October 1 2017

Categories: #oasis, #ecoconstruction, #forest garden, #permaculture, #agroforestery, #standingstones, #Kinstone

Hello friends, family and followers! It has been a while since our last post as we decided to move our agricultural exploration to the USA to check out some of the unique and inspiring farming systems it has to offer! We have had a lovely month of august...

TERRA DE LUTZ ECOVILLAGE - OASIS OF LIFE

Posted on July 18 2017

Categories: #Ecovillage, #permaculture, #selfsufficiency, #oasis, #Terra de Lutz, #collective, #cooking, #ecoconstruction

QUICK FACTS Le Carla-Place of the ecovillage! Where: Renne-le-Château, Occitanie Region Who: Nancy, Cathy, Michiko, Annie, Cécile, Bernadette, Alain, Thierry, Arthur, Adeline, Grégory, Aurelien,and Arnaud and Christophe who are undergoing a trial period...

THE ECHOS-LOGIQUES FARM - OASIS OF LIFE

Posted on June 30 2017

Categories: #oasis, #electroculture, #wool, #permaculture

Veggies field QUICK FACTS Where: Lies, Haute Pyrenees Who: Kevin, Linda, William, Pierre When: June 15-21 Website: http://www.fermedesechoslogiques.com The Roots: Echos-Logique is an ecovillage in the making, aiming to become self-sufficient through permaculture,...

BRIN DE TERRE - WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING

Posted on June 17 2017

Categories: #Exploration, #brin de terre, #draft animals, #mulching, #soil blocks

wwoofer's team! Our two weeks at Brin de Terre was full of hard work and lots of learning opportunities! As things turned out we ended up being there at the same time as 3 other WWOOFers: Melanie from the Alsace region, looking to start a career in sustainable...

BRIN DE TERRE - THE ROOTS

Posted on June 17 2017

Categories: #Bios, #agroforestery, #agroecology, #permaculture, #brin de terre, #hedgerow, #biodynamic, #draft animals, #forest garden, #collective, #seed saving

Where: Sansan, Middle Pyrenees Region The Farmers: Hélène and Nicolas The Project: Veggies and agroforestry with draft animals When: May 28- June 13 Website: https://www.lafermecanopee.com/2013/06/09/brin-de-terre/ The Roots: Brin de Terre is part of...

LE JARDIN DES DEUX MERS - WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING

Posted on May 31 2017

Categories: #agroforestery, #organic farming, #agroecology, #wwoofing, #vegetable farming, #Exploration, #orchard, #jardin des deux mers, #leeks

The sight was beautiful as we arrived in the early evening sun to the Jardin des Deux Mers (Garden of Two Ponds), a quaint farm nestled between forests and rolling hills. We were greeted by Nadine and two energetic kids (Robin, 9 and Eva, 7) while Gilles...

LE JARDIN DES DEUX MERS - THE ROOTS

Posted on May 31 2017

Categories: #Bios, #agroforestery, #organic farming, #orchard, #agroecology, #vegetable farming, #jardin des deux mers

QUICK FACTS Where: Labarthe in the Nouvelle Aquitaine Region The Farmers: Gilles et Nadine What: Orchards and Market Garden When: 13-26 May Website: http://www.grainesdeterroir.com/PRZETAK-Gilles#.WVJJr_mGPIU The Roots: Gilles and Nadine have been farming...

PERMACULTURE DESIGN & COMMUNITY BUILDING

Posted on May 14 2017

Categories: #Exploration, #permaculture, #Sociocracy, #community building, #PDC

And we are on the road again after spending a lovely Easter week with Agathe's family. We did a bunch of work in their garden before leaving including putting down a nice layer of manure and straw on the veggie beds, planting the perennial plants we got...

OASIS PAYSANNE DES MONTAGNES - OASIS OF LIFE

Posted on April 25 2017

Categories: #oasis, #oasis paysanne de montagne, #selfsufficiency, #organic farming, #wool, #cheesemaking, #wwoofing, #vegetable farming, #Ecovillage

QUICK FACTS WHERE: Cantal Region WHO: Veronique, her family and Stéphan WHEN: April 11-14 WEBSITE: https://www.colibris-lafabrique.org/les-projets/oasis-paysanne-des-montagnes THE ROOTS: Veronique started her mountain farm in 1999 with a desire to become...