I have been a member of this forum for months...avid reader, podcast fan, wonderful videos...so much to take in here! Thanks for this site! Now it is time for me to "come out of the closet"! A couple years ago I "accidentally" ran into
Joel Salatin...back when I was a TV subscriber...on the TV show "Farm Kings"...that has
led me here! One thing kind of grew upon another...then I found
Bill Mollison,
Geoff Lawton, Mr. Wheaton and my favorite
Sepp Holzer! It just started growing exponentially! I have always had an affinity for nature and God's beautiful planet and actually thought I was a pretty good "steward" until I started learning
Permaculture principles and it has changed my thinking completely! Eventually, I hope to be able to afford a
PDC course...in the meantime I have purchased several
books, videos and trying to establish an infrastructure on our existing property which we have inhabited for over 30 years. It is an acre in a residential neighborhood close
enough to walk to Lake Allatoona in less than 3 minutes.
I have used container
gardening and had a
raised bed for very long time...I have used
rabbits for
compost tea and worm beds for a long time. Now, I have four rabbits who "float" around my back
yard on a "tractor" plus I have several stationary raised bunnies who do an awesome job keeping the grand boys supplied in fishing worms! I have added 6 ducks...which was more of an "OMG" moment than anything planned...we had one drake Pekin for years who thought he was a dog...even used the pet door! I truly lucked out...not knowing a thing about duck breeds...I ended up with a "matched set" of Black Swedish, a matched Pekin set and then a female Cayuga and a female white crested! The eggs are wonderful! They have truly been a blessing with their debugging and eggs! I have installed 2 hugelkultur beds...which has been thrilling! The first one was installed in the fall and planted in peas and oats to over winter, that spring I put in 2 blueberries and 6 asparagus...I was so thrilled so fast I built another one which is in its first year and I just filled it full of any annual seed I had that the animals will eat and then I put all my "fruit" seeds, etc out there. I have had a
greenhouse for years...which now has to finally have new covering! The wind really did a number on it this year! There is so much I have learned and so much to do around here every day I seem to "find something new"! I have started seriously shifting our yard out of ornamentals and this spring we can actually plant fruit
trees! That I am extra excited about! Until 2 years ago...90% of my yard was shaded...now I am down to about 30% shade...hence a boatload of azalea and hosta has had to be moved! And, still needs moving!
Anyway, I am very thankful to be here and am looking forward to meeting other permies! Hope everyone has a great day!
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