Native Earth Teaching Farm

Permaculture

Permaculture (from ‘permanent agriculture’) is a system of sustainable design. Our current project is planting and tending an Edible Forest Garden which mimics the structure of the forest while providing food and other useful products.

before the beginning

The first planting day  we ‘planted’ spawn for three varieties of edible mushrooms to benefit the soil.Our next planting day focused on nuts.

If you would like to know about future planting days and other ways to get involved, leave a comment below.

algae and fungi in love

Volunteering

Would you like to be a farmer someday? Or maybe you would enjoy a new experience. Talk to Rebecca. Planning ahead gets you the more fun chores, but there’s always something to do on a farm! Chores will be custom selected according to your skills and interests.

TYPES OF JOBS FOR DIFFERENT MOODS:

TO BE HAPPY: TAKE YOUR TIME

  • pick some flowers and herbs
  • hand tame baby goats
  • play with people much younger than you
  • do some nature observation

TO IMPROVE YOUR FUTURE: SHOW GENEROSITY

  • plant seeds and trees
  • spread compost
  • preserve produce
  • do science and research

TO CLEAR NEGATIVITY: BE STRONG AND BRAVE

  • shovel some manure
  • weed the garden
  • sweep out the stand
  • take out the compost

TO ATTAIN MERIT: LIVE YOUR TRUTH

  • feed and water animals and poultry
  • advertise (spread good words)
  • be honest
  • demonstrate and educate

Sassafras Flower

Have you noticed the beautiful sassafras flowers along the up-island roads? this is one of the easiest trees to recognise, with it’s shiny green twigs, brown bark, and distinctive root beer taste and smell. Later on it will have three different kinds of leaves, sometimes on the same tree!