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Photos from Spring Plant Circle and Herb Walk

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on August 5, 2014 by Heather HolmSeptember 25, 2014

Led by Clinical Herbalist Jeanette Poirier on June 6, 2014. Participants learned to identify cultivated, wild, invasive and volunteer (weeds) varieties of medicinal herbs pertinent to and available this time of year. They discussed the uses for each herb and … Continue reading →

Posted in Gallery 2014, Growing food | Tagged herbalism, herbs

Haskap Talk on July 8

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 21, 2014 by Heather HolmJuly 10, 2014

Liam Tayler of LaHave Natural Farms will be coming to The Blockhouse School on Tuesday July 8 to give a presentation about growing Haskap berries at 2 pm, during the Farmers’ Market and the Permaculture Design Course. These highly nutritious and … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Growing food, Past events, PDC 2014 | Tagged haskap

Greenhouse Building Workshop May 10-11

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 6, 2014 by Heather HolmMay 21, 2014
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In two days, Saturday and Sunday, learn how to build a greenhouse quickly, cheaply and effectively! At The Iron Cauldron Farm Co-op in Parkdale The course includes classroom theory and hands on setup/construction. Learn to: Source materials. Build the frames. … Continue reading →

Posted in Courses, Green Business, Growing food, Past events | Tagged building, greenhouse, Iron Cauldron

Coldframes to extend your gardening season

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on April 24, 2014 by Heather HolmMay 10, 2014

We have coldframes for sale! With a coldframe, you can eat your own salads in April, keep greens going through the winter, start seeds at all times of year and more! Set it up in a sunny spot, facing south, and garden … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Growing food | Tagged cold frames, coldframes

Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) in May-June 2013

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on January 16, 2013 by Heather HolmJuly 2, 2013

[singlepic id=269 w=300 h=225 float=right]May 25 – June 9, 2013: Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) residential intensive. The Permaculture Design Certificate course is an internationally-recognized, seventy-two hour course resulting in a Permaculture Design Certificate. It provides an introduction to permaculture design as … Continue reading →

Posted in Courses, Gardening, Growing food, Past events, PDC 2013, Permaculture, Permaculture design | Tagged Graham Calder, PDC, permaculture course, Permaculture design

Kitchen mandala garden

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on August 27, 2012 by Heather HolmApril 24, 2013

The round vegetable garden behind the school was started during the implementation week following the PDC course in May 2012. Sod was dug up from the paths and placed on the future beds. The central circular path was leveled and … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Growing food, Progress on site | Tagged keyhole garden, lasagna garden, mandala garden

Cuisine for Life Workshop September 22

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on August 26, 2012 by Heather HolmJuly 2, 2013

Learn how to harvest fresh greens all year long, enhance your diet & preserve the harvest goodness for your winter crock-pot! Join Georgia Barnwell & Helga Gruner at The Blockhouse School on Saturday, September 22, 2012, 10 am to 4:30 … Continue reading →

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Building Coldframes

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on July 23, 2012 by Heather HolmAugust 7, 2012

We got a couple of coldframes started on July 22. We used pallets for the base, and covered them on the bottom with landscape fabric to help contain the soil, as these coldframes will be sitting on gravel or asphalt. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Growing food, Reuse and Recycle, The building | Tagged cold frames, coldframes

June 10 Workday accomplishments

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on June 12, 2012 by Heather HolmJune 22, 2012

Between downpours on Sunday, June 10, we made good progress in the gardens behind the school. (1) We did more planting in our “fruit forest”. This “fruit forest” area is designed to take advantage of nature’s tendency to transition from … Continue reading →

Posted in Growing food, Progress on site, Work parties | Tagged Graham Calder, lasagna garden, mandala garden

PDC Day 5: Water

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 19, 2012 by Heather HolmJune 6, 2012

Permaculturalists design for water before anything else. Water is the limiting factor in many landscapes. Even in wet places like Nova Scotia it could be, and often is the limiting factor in late summer. As the climate changes, we can … Continue reading →

Posted in Growing food, PDC 2012, Permaculture | Tagged Graham Calder, keyline ploughing, Nova Scotia, permaculture, water

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"What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical groups that are doing that."
            ~ David Suzuki
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