Tag: food forest
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Spreading Mulch, Building Sponge (Take Two): Our Paid Workday is Back On!
Well, river valley friends, the sky had other plans for us last weekend. If there’s one thing a garden teaches you pretty quickly, it’s that the weather runs the show. We can’t control that and I believe it was Marcus Aurelius who said, “Get over it, Bryan.” No? But the heat is still coming, our…
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Spreading Mulch, Building Sponge
Join Us for a Paid Workday This Saturday! If you’ve been wanting to see permaculture and food forest principles in action—or if you just want to spend a Saturday evening doing some grounded, community-focused work—we’d love to have you out at the Truck Patch. This Saturday, July 11th, we are hosting a hands-on community workday…
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Rethinking Careers: Why Designers Should Explore Gardening
Reflections on transition from graphic designer to a multifaceted role encompassing gardening, homeschooling, and community service. We explore the idea of using graphic design skills in permaculture and the like, advocating for a deeper connection to nature and community during unstable times.
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Community Efforts: Bringing Wood Chips to Build a Food Forest
The future of SSTP will involve a lot of trees. Planting trees, giving away trees, chopping and even chipping trees. Right now, it’s mostly planting. And with a little help from the community, chipping. The reason we need to be chipping wood (and are soliciting unwanted wood chips) is because part of the process of…