New to the forum and to
permaculture.
I've been reading about
permaculture for a few years now, as my husband and I have prepared to transition from
city life to rural life. We are now on our own
land, a modest 9/10ths of an acre on San Juan Island. We're working on getting a larger place, but it can be tricky to get residential mortgages on larger acreage up here, so it might be a year or more before we can do it. Meanwhile, we're settling into our almost-acre and beginning to develop it along
permaculture lines. It feels great to finally be putting all the stuff I've read about into action!
I'm a professional novelist (mostly historical fiction) and my job only requires me to work about 25 hours a week, so that leaves me with plenty of time to get dirty outside. Our near-future goals for the almost-acre include setting up
hugelkultur beds, getting
chickens and geese (maybe ducks, too, if slugs prove to be really problematic here), and putting in some raised beds for
root crops. I've always been big on canning and other
food preservation, but it will be excellent to preserve food I raised myself! <3
Looking forward to getting to know you all and learning from those with more
experience!
-Libbie
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There are amazing people here with tremendous amounts of information, you're sure to enjoy it.
