Visitors at the school for our Permaculture Potluck. Credit: Camelia Frieberg

Our potluck and permaculture discussion on November 15 covered an interesting range of topics. We were pleased to welcome a group of woofers who have been working at Watershed Farm who shared their experiences. From the picture you can see that they’ve had a very happy time working and living together.

Some of the things we talked about:

• Good results from techniques such as no-dig lasagna beds and hugelkultur.
• What’s growing in the nursery bed (some real success there).
• Results of experiments growing quinoa and amaranth.
• The relationship between spirituality and permaculture, and how some see a spiritual relationship with the earth as essential if we are to not repeat the old mistakes, while others take pains to keep the actual course content technical.
• Plans for our 2015 Permaculture Design Course (PDC) next summer with Bonita Ford at Solomon Brook Farm.
• The healing effects of working in a garden.