Monday, June 9, 2008

Potluck, April 2008

Beautiful People

Potluck, Spring 2008

Bradley

Potluck, April 2008

Playin' music by the fire pit.

Potluck, April 2008

Peter, Katherine, and Leah.

Potluck, Spring 2008

Inside the house you'll see Dez, and Anna, Seorsha and many more.

Potluck, April 2008

These are the crazy people you will get to meet if you visit the Blacktail Permaculture house!

Potluck, Spring 2008

Salvador, Chad, and Timmy.  At one of the fire pits at the farm.

Potluck, April 2008

Nathan and Izzy by the campfire.

Planting Trees, April 2008


Tree Planting, Spring 2008

A meeting.

Tree Planting, Spring 2008

Peter's using the pick axe to break up the soil.

Tree Planting, Spring 2008

Michael is thoroughly content.

Planting Trees, April 2008

Johnathon's so happy you all helped to plant new life into this land!

Tree Planting, April 2008

Some of the volunteers who were at the potluck and stayed to help plant trees. (from left to right: Timmy, Salvador, Noah, James, Crustin, Kelly, Kayne, idk, idk)

Tree Planting, April 2008

Salvador is planting a baby tree in the soil.

Tree Planting, April 2008

There's Ray and James and a whole bunch of other people too.

Tree Planting, April 2008

holding the bare root tree on the mound while others help backfill. 

Planting Trees, April 2008

Crustin is holding the roots in the microrhizae.  A fungus that helps the roots fixate nitrogen and draw nutrients from the soil. 

Tree Planting, April 2008

Many volunteers.  A lot of the dirt they've been using is coming from decomposed wood piles. 

Planting Trees, April 2008

Chad using the pick axe to break up the center mound before planting.

Planting Trees, April 2008

We had to carry water in 5 gallon buckets across the field to water the trees.

Tree Planting, April 2008

working together out in the blazing, morning sun

Potluck, April 2008

Bradley and James at the kitchen sink.  James was cooking some chili and it was delicious. 

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

The Rules, the rules, the rules, the rules

Looking East, September 2007

A view looking East from the Zone 1 garden. The poplar tree in the
background has been innoculated with oyster mushrooms.

Johnathon Holding His Oats, November 2007

Here's Johnathon himself holding a jar of rolled oats

The Oyster Mushroom Poplar Log, November 2007

You can see the drilled hole, filled with mycelium oyster mushroom,
and filled with cheese-wax in the upper left hand corner. [photo by
Network_b]

Monday, April 14, 2008

Katherine Saatjian, digging the fire pit October 2007

Katherine wanted a fire pit, so she started digging one.

Peach Tree in North Forest Garden, Summer 2007

This is a Peach Tree in the North Forest Garden. On July 23rd, 2007
(or 24th?) a few volunteers came out to help plant twenty container
grown fruit trees donated by the Sherwood Project out of Denver, CO.

Johanthon's Worm Bins

Johnathon checking in on our worm-mates. Let us know if you are
interested in starting your own worm bin at your home or co-operative.

Michael moving in, Summer 2007

From Left to Right: Michael, Mellissa, Stubs & Harvest, Kinsey,
Johnathon, Nick, Travis. This is the day Michael came by to meet
everyone and check out his new room.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

February 2008 Potluck

Some folks listening to Adam Reiss at the February 2008 Monthly Potluck music jam.

Volunteers (July, 2007)

A few volunteers came out on July 23rd, 2007 to help plant a few trees in what is now becoming the north forest garden.