Network with people interested in permaculture design within any of New York's counties located north of New York City. Permaculture practitioners are welcome to join, share ideas and projects, and promote local events. Please limit your contributions to messages directly related to permaculture ideas and activities.
Andrew Faust to speak on permaculture and sustaiable water systems at Unison in New Platz this Wed at 7.
Folks-please consider attending. Andrew Faust is a brilliant thinker and orator and not to be missed! Homeowners, municipal and elected officials, non-profits, community organizers, and everyone else should come! Guaranteed to learn much, build community, and be inspired!
Last chance to order shiitake mushroom logs
When can I pick up my log 
?
On May 1, 2013 11:00 AM, "Steve Gabriel" <steve> wrote:
Agroforestry Solutions is offering for sale inoculated shiitake logs for 2013. Grow you own gourmet mushrooms at home! Logs come ready to go you just set them up in a cool, shady spot. Full instructions included. Shiitake logs can be fruited on a reliable schedule with soaking 24 hours in cold water. Each flush produces 1/4 – 1/2 pound of mushrooms or more.Wondering how many to get? SEE THIS POST
All wood was harvested sustainably from forests, where cutting was done to improve forest health.
NOTE: Because of state firewood hauling restrictions logs cannot be sold beyond 50 miles of Mecklenburg, NY.
OPTIONS:
Shiitake (Logs are 4 – 8" in diameter, 36"long)
- 2012 (will fruit this year): $20 each, 5 for $80
- 2013 (will fruit next year: $15 each, 5 for $60Logs will be available for pick up in early May. $25 extra for delivery within 20 miles of Mecklenburg, NY.
TO ORDER:
Email steve or ring 607.342.2825
Jonathan Bates @ TCPL TONIGHT!
Jonathan Bates, contributing author of “Paradise Lot: Two plant geeks, one-tenth of an acre, and the making of an edible garden oasis in the city,” speaks about his 10-year-old edible forest garden in Holyoke, MA.
Tompkins County Public Library
101 E. Green St., Ithaca, New York 14850
6:00pm until 8:00pm
By using the principles of permaculture design, Jonathan and co-author Eric Toensmeier created a thriving edible ecosystem from a blighted dead landscape. Enjoy learning about our delicious uncommon fruit and perennial vegetables, a year-round food bioshelter greenhouse, raising micro-livestock like black soldier flies and aquaponic fish, using microclimates for growing figs and kiwis, starting a successful backyard plant nursery (www.foodforestfarm.com), and enjoying the cornucopia with friends and family. Jonathan will present his challenge-to-opportunity story through vibrant pictures and enlightening discussion.
Signed books will be available for purchase.
Natural Building Workshops in upstate New York
Hello,
My name is Thomas Heikes and I want to let everybody know of a few natural building workshops, two of them are on our property. I shall inform you a little bit about the projects so that you have a clearer idea of whether or not you would be interested in joining us for these educational natural building workshops. We live on a small farm outside of Berne, NY where we grow most of our own food and live quite a sustainable and organic life, but mostly we grow medicinal herbs for medicinal products. This summer we are expanding our operation and will be constructing an earth bag and straw bale building and finish it with plaster in the form of workshops for the public. The workshops will be carried out as an educational training workshop, and we are still searching for our participants. These workshops are being carried out by a non-profit natural building organization with whom we are friends. And through this non profit, there is also another workshop being held in July, an Off-Grid House. You can also check out the workshops in way more detail on the non-profit’s website: http://www.motherearthbuildings.com.
I hope all is well and that we can share in this experience which brings us closer in harmony with the interconnectedness of all things, especially the earth! It is so liberating to work with pure materials to craft structures that provide our needs in a conscious manner. I hope to see you there, and let me know if you have any further questions and I look forward to hearing from you!
Thomas Heikes
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via http://fingerlakespermaculture.org/?p=2167
Jonathan Bates, contributing author of “Paradise Lot: Two plant geeks, one-tenth of an acre, and the making of an edible garden oasis in the city,” speaks about his 10-year-old edible forest garden in Holyoke, MA.
Tompkins County Public Library
101 E. Green St., Ithaca, New York 14850
6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
By using the principles of permaculture design, Jonathan and co-author Eric Toensmeier created a thriving edible ecosystem from a blighted dead landscape. Enjoy learning about our delicious uncommon fruit and perennial vegetables, a year-round food bioshelter greenhouse, raising micro-livestock like black soldier flies and aquaponic fish, using microclimates for growing figs and kiwis, starting a successful backyard plant nursery (www.foodforestfarm.com), and enjoying the cornucopia with friends and family. Jonathan will present his challenge-to-opportunity story through vibrant pictures and enlightening discussion.
Signed books will be available for purchase. (In the meantime, Home Green Home has copies if you’d like to read “Paradise Lot” before Jonathan’s talk.)
This event is free.
Hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County (www.ccetompkins.org) Ithaca Children’s Garden (www.ithacachildrensgarden.org)
Cornell Garden-based Learning (www.gardening.cornell.edu)
Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute (www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org) Home Green Home (www.homegreenhome.com)
Groundswell (www.groundswellcenter.org)
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Earthen Clay Oven Workshop in Rhinebeck
Come join us for Mud Hen East’s Clay Oven workshop led by John Corcoran inRhinebeck NY.
This workshop will lead participants through all the stages of building an earthen wood-fired bread/pizza oven.
In this workshop we will begin with a discussion of the basic elements of building with earth. This will cover aspects of soil composition, suitability for construction, and methods for testing. Next, we will go through the steps of design and construction of our project, culminating in hands-on work as we mix local mud and actually construct the earthen oven.
Come prepared to get your hands – and everything else – muddy.
This year’s workshop will be held at the home of Georgia Dent 27 Lamoree Rd, Rhinebeck, on June 8th, rain date June 15th. The workshop will run from 10AM-3PM, and includes a delicious lunch made by Georgia. Please RSVP info@johncorcoran.net and to hold your place, send check to John Corcoran 225 Kidd Lane Tivoli, NY 12583.
We will meet again later in the summer to fire up our oven and make pizza.Date to be announced. Bring friends, drinks, pizza dough and/or toppings.
Cost of workshop: $45 Barter welcome.
Last chance to order shiitake mushroom logs
Agroforestry Solutions is offering for sale inoculated shiitake logs for 2013. Grow you own gourmet mushrooms at home! Logs come ready to go you just set them up in a cool, shady spot. Full instructions included. Shiitake logs can be fruited on a reliable schedule with soaking 24 hours in cold water. Each flush produces 1/4 – 1/2 pound of mushrooms or more.Wondering how many to get? SEE THIS POST
All wood was harvested sustainably from forests, where cutting was done to improve forest health.
NOTE: Because of state firewood hauling restrictions logs cannot be sold beyond 50 miles of Mecklenburg, NY.
OPTIONS:
Shiitake (Logs are 4 – 8″ in diameter, 36″long)
- 2012 (will fruit this year): $20 each, 5 for $80
- 2013 (will fruit next year: $15 each, 5 for $60
Logs will be available for pick up in early May. $25 extra for delivery within 20 miles of Mecklenburg, NY.
TO ORDER:
Email steve or ring 607.342.2825
