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Would you rather visit your permaculture hero or have your permaculture hero visit you?

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Would you rather spend a week on your permaculture hero's property or have your permaculture hero spend a week on your property?

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Unfortunately I am between properties right now, so I would rather go to their property.

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I want my permaculture hero to come to my place.

Though he or she might just shake their head and say `No way`...

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I believe I would want to go to their domain. Listening to people talk about their passion and what they have done can inspire my own designs.

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Maieshe Ljin

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Unfortunately my “permaculture” hero (Masanobu Fukuoka) can no longer visit me in the flesh, but I feel that it happens now and then in the spirit—especially when Nature laughs at me gently for thinking too highly of human effort.

I would like to visit the farm. But it’s on the other side of the earth, and airports are scary places. So if I could ride there on a dragon’s back, then I’d be delighted.

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Hi Maieshe,
The question doesn't specify HOW the travel would take place... I think the dragon airlines is a great idea :)... I want to take one when I visit my hero.

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My place. Then I be like we building a 7ft hugel by hand :)

Seriously though I’d much rather get perspective on my place and ideas for here. It’s pretty rough but it’s coming along over the last 3years.

Then again they might just call me an idiot and say there’s no way to fix all my screw ups…

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Theirs, for much the same reason as Timothy said, I'd learn by them being excited about what they have, and by seeing what end result would want to be like. Then I'd go back to my place with a clear view of what I'd like to work with, or what would not work for my situation.

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Two of my permie heroes have been to my place (Pearl & Mike Haasl), and I've been to one of theirs (Pearl). Seeing what they're doing is very helpful - but getting them to my place means they can see what I'm facing, and be able to help me problem solve whatever I'm facing. So, while both options are great - if I can only have one, I'd rather they come to me!

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My prodigious ignorance of the uses of perennials is the one thing that intimidates me about doing any level of Permaculture on my property. What would educate me more: a Permiehero to come to my property to advise me on some things that are highly optimal for my property particularly, or for me to observe examples of what has been done and go home and tailor it? I don't know!

Probably I would gain more knowledge from visiting the hero's property if s/he had a climate very similar to mine, so in that case I would choose that one.

(I seem to be answering these either-or questions with "BOTH!"--sorry. I promise I am not trying to be contrary!)

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If it is a hard decision... then I know we got a good question :)

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Come to mine. Not even a question. But would likely frustrate them as to how little I have done.(need that magic fairy)

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Last year I was gifted a trip to Auroville, India, Solitude Farm with Krishna McKenzie. Krishna introduced me to The One Straw Revolution, Masanobu Fukuoka.

I have full intention of visiting Missoula for at least a couple weeks this year. (can't make before May 10. hopefully June) But the ultimate joy would to have Paul or one of his crew come to Chambers and give me advice on how to make this endeavor abundant with the least resistance. (secret bucket list is to talk world domination with Paul and crew)

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Its easy, I'd go to theirs, since I don't have anything other than a patio with potted plants

I'm hoping someday my husband and MIL and I can go to Wheaton Labs to visit, or something similar. Fortunately I have a local permaculture hero too, her name is Rachel and she lives in Portland and teaches classes and I like to go when I can.

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For a short-term visit, I think the value of having them walk my land would be immense.
In other words, having their expert eyes on my property for a short time would probably do me more good than having my inexperienced eyes on their property for a an equally short time.
I wouldn't necessarily understand all I was looking at, and it would take time (like a longer-term study/work visit) for me to really grasp what they had done.

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Matt McSpadden wrote:Would you rather spend a week on your permaculture hero's property or have your permaculture hero spend a week on your property?

visit theirs, so I can see imagination in action!

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My property of course, so I can get good info on what and where I need to work on.

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