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Fall in the permaculture garden 🪴. Even though

Fall in the permaculture garden 🪴.

Even though we are still unpacking, and remodeling the lower level into my new office, we are making time to prepare the garden beds, orchard and grounds for winter (so that we have a head start on spring).

It’s all about building soil and soil life for a low work garden.

#permaculture #growyourownfood #organicgardening #strawbalehouse #sustainablebuilding #gyo #gardeningknowhow #gardening #passivesolar #greenhouse #permaculturegarden #homestead #growyourfood

The Truth Window - seeing what’s inside the wall

The Truth Window - seeing what’s inside the walls of a straw bale home.

Swipe to see inside the walls —->>

#strawbalehouse #sustainablebuilding #permaculture #strawbale #homestead #sustainableliving #southwesternstyle

Warmth without much heating. The straw bale home w

Warmth without much heating. The straw bale home was built with many interior walls that are made from hand made Adobe bricks 🧱 sourced from clay down the road.

So far it seems that the straw bale and brick combo really regulates temperatures well.

We have seen almost 90 in the day and as low as 32 at night in the couples weeks we have been here and the home stays in the 68-72 degree range so far!

#strawbalehouse #naturalbuilding #permaculture #southwesternstyle #sustainability #selfsufficient #sustainableliving #interiordecorating

We finally bought our straw bale home after a disa

We finally bought our straw bale home after a disaster of a summer!

The deal to buy the southwestern home we were renting fell through, despite doing everything we could to make it happen (apparently money can’t buy you everything).

And we couldn’t re-rent it as the owner was moving back in, and we couldn’t find another house to rent that wasn’t trashed.

So we packed out belongings into a storage unit, moved out farm and equipment to friends properties and rented an AirBnB in Utah and moved there until something opened up.

A month later we found a short term rental back in Colorado and at the same time this straw bale home came on the market - working out perfectly so that we could come home to CO and take care of purchasing our new farm.

It has taken almost 2 years since the decision to sell out yurt homestead in CA to become stewards again.

And the circle of it all, while immensely trying, is funny.

We sold our homestead to people who we knew would appreciate it all and carry it forward; here too we bought this home from an older couple who built it all themselves and have spent the last decade building gardens and more.

Seems like a good place to pick up our journey to me...

#permaculture #strawbale #growyourown #rurallife #sustainablebuilding #selfsufficient #naturalbuilding #organicgardening #homestead #homesteading

What kind of gardener are YOU?? The frustrated ga

What kind of gardener are YOU??

The frustrated gardener?
The overwhelmed gardener?
The overworked gardener?
The too-little-space gardener?
The _____________ gardener?

Comment below, let me know, and tag a gardener friend!!

#organicgardening #gyo #permaculturegarden #growyourown #veggiegarden #growyourownfood #gardeningknowhow #gardening #sustainableliving #selfsufficientliving #gardening #garden

I want to help you grow your easiest, most abundan

I want to help you grow your easiest, most abundant, and sustainable garden EVER and make it a reality this year.

In fact, my goal is to take over the world teaching people how to create nature-aligned gardens that nearly tend themselves... ***bwahahaha!!***

The kind of garden or landscape that requires less work with bigger harvests and is resilient against an ever-changing world and climate.

Does that sound like something you want to be part of?

Well, I want to give YOU the chance to WIN free enrollment into my new and upcoming "Low-Work Permaculture Gardener" Online Course + Private Community & Coaching (a $697 value)!

It's PACKED with hours of permaculture teachings right out of our international recognized PDC program that will get you fast-tracked to healthy soils, biologically diverse gardens, abundant harvests (the permaculture way).

All you have to do to enter the contest is take 3-5 minutes to answer some questions for me.

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Ten people will get free enrollment when the course rolls out this October.

BUT hurry up!

Entries are due by this Thursday, Aug 26th at midnight! Because Friday we will be emailing the winners...

So if you want help getting your garden bumpin' with permaculture to create peace, fulfillment, sustainability, and security for your family, then click the link in my bio!!

#permaculture #gyo #organicgardening #veggiegarden #permaculturegarden #growyourownfood #growyourown #growyourownveggies #ediblegardening

Is there something you want? . Maybe it’s to sta

Is there something you want?
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Maybe it’s to start your first garden and grow your own food.
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Maybe it’s something else...
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All I know is that what comes tomorrow is only based off actions we take today.
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I’m all for manifesting, but manifestations only materialize from action.
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So, what single action are you going to take today to make tomorrow closer to what you want it to be?.
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#permaculture #growyourownfood #organicgardening #sustainableliving #selfsufficientliving #manifestation #healthylifestyle #nature #gyo #veggiegarden #permaculturegarden

You can't grow your own food, raise animals, or ca

You can't grow your own food, raise animals, or capture rainfall in a small space - right?

This is one of the BIGGEST obstacles keeping people from attempting their desire to live a more sustainable life!

Find out my thoughts and comment below to let me know if you agree or disagree...

#permaculture #growyourownfood #sustainableliving #backyardgarden #healthylifestyle #healthyfood

Permaculture gardens take less time, energy and ca

Permaculture gardens take less time, energy and can yield more food in less space. Why? Well, how much time do we have here… 😉

A permaculture garden is alive with soil microbes allowed to flourish through no-till practices. This garden has lower water needs because of mulch and densely planted canopies that keep the soil moist. It has beneficial insects working in harmony with nature to minimize the destructive pests.

A permaculture garden is not perfect rows but a diverse array of vegetables, herbs and perennial plants that help one another through companion planting, successions and symbiotic nutrient exchanges. It requires less work because there is more focus on healthy soil, which in turn creates healthy plants, which of course gives larger yields with foods that are more nutrient dense.

Growing your own food shouldn’t be complicated or take all of your time. Starting with the proper foundations and a permaculture plan is the easiest way to grow more using far less.

#permaculturegarden #permaculture #permaculturedesign #permaculturefarm #permaculturelife #offgrid #offgridliving #growyourownfood #growyourfood #organicgardening #organicfarming #gardenlife #gardening #permacultureliving

Do you have the ability to design your life? . If

Do you have the ability to design your life?
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If life is made up of choices, minute by minute, and what we choose dictates what happens, then is it not most likely that can design our outcomes?
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For me, permaculture extends way beyond the land, and I use the principles to intentionally create a life that I love.
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It’s hard as shit to do, but the alternative in my opinion, is infinitely harder...
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#happiness #intentionalliving #lifedesign #beard #garden #gyo #growyourownfood #organicgardening #permaculture

Are you growing a garden 🪴 this year? If so giv

Are you growing a garden 🪴 this year? If so give me your favorite plant in the comments!
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My favorites are multi purpose plants, which even includes “weeds”.
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Focusing on multi purpose plants is part of the strategy in creating an ecological garden 🌱!
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#growyourownfood #organicgardening #permaculture #homestead #sustainableliving #selfsufficientliving #permaculturegarden #gyo #veggies #veggiegarden #ecologicalgardening #healthylifestyle #heathlyfood #backyardgarden

Bringing garden scraps to the chickens! Connecting

Bringing garden scraps to the chickens! Connecting the work you do in the garden to other elements on site (like the chickens) is a win-win. A place for unused greens or weeds that they then turn into eggs and compost and makes for happy chickens.

Closing loops of needs within your home and land it’s the easiest way to reduce time, money and effort in the permaculture landscape.

Later, the compost they make will the be moved to the garden - each step of this process is another key to self-reliance, in not needing off-site resources. 🐔

#permaculture #permaculturechickens #selfreliance #offgrid #offgridliving #offgridlife #chickencoops #chickencoopsofinstagram #permaculturegarden

Beautiful spring Colorado skies and happy low-work

Beautiful spring Colorado skies and happy low-work chickens makes for a great day!

This coop has been one of my favorite chicken set-ups thus far. Automation, making connections and mindful design make its so easy.

• Solar door opens and closes on the main coop - no manual input from me
• Rainwater collects and gravity fills their water reservoir
• they have access to both sunny spots and shade
• they get all our yummy food scraps and make compost for the garden

Permaculture tools stacked on top of each other make for less work - more yield.

If you’d like to take your permaculture knowledge to the next level, there’s still time to catch my FREE MasterCourse “How to Fast-Track your Permaculture Landscape and Life without Confusion or Overwhelm (in as little as 2 weeks) using the P3 Method”

Check out the link in my bio! Hope to see you there.

#permaculture #permaculturegarden #permaculturechickens #permaculturedesign #offgrid #offgridliving #offgridhomestead #chickensofinstagram #chickencoop #sustainableliving #sustainable

Are you familiar-ish with permaculture but find it

Are you familiar-ish with permaculture but find it confusing?
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Have you yet to actually apply any of the tools and strategies to create a low-work sustainable life?
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And have you heard how the P3 Method is the clearest and quickest way to master permaculture?
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Well I’ve got a free MasterCourse for you happening right now!
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👉 link in bio and I’ll see ya there
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#sustainableliving #permaculture #selfsufficient #growyourown #permaculturelife #permaculturefarm #permaculturegarden

What are you planting this year? Not just in your

Are you a person who wants the "have it all" susta

There’s always more time that you might believe

There’s always more time that you might believe - if it’s something that really matters to you.

Trust me. I get it! there is so much calling for our attention in our lives: work, kids, house, dinner... but what I do know is that we always find time for things that matter the most.

For us, attention on having the self-reliance of growing our own food is one of them. This was exactly 3 years ago to the day of baby Sequoia just 1 year old helping water the starts in the greenhouse.

He’s been with us in the garden from day 1 - and while it’s not always been easy with a little one, our permaculture story is far more meaningful because we’re doing something we love and sharing it with the next generation. ❤️

#permaculture #kidsgardening #greenhouse #permaculturegarden #permaculturelife #naturekids #offgridliving #homestead #homesteadinglife #growyourownfood

Slowly but surely making compost! . After all of t

Slowly but surely making compost!
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After all of the different ways I’ve kept chickens this composting system is by far the easiest.
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The only issue is without a bumping garden we are short on greens to add!
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PermacultureProblems...😆
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#chickensofinstagram #permaculture #homesteading #sustainableliving #selfsufficientliving #chickens #chickencoop #compost #homestead

The simple life isn't simple, its just different.

The simple life isn't simple, its just different.
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Years ago I thought that by wanting to get back to the land that life would slow down and become easier.
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Instead my life became busier - not only did I want to grow food, raise animals and the like, but I also wanted to teach others the same.
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And with that our online permaculture business was born and grew exponentially, requiring massive amounts of my time and therefore spending less time out here.
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Funny, I find teaching and helping others more fullfulling than the style of life with the land we have built and continue to build.
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But life is cyclical, and here at least, we are outside working with all of the bare root trees and shrubs that showed up.
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So I encourage anyone who has anything to share to share it with others. The mear fact that you have something to offer means there is someone out there who is looking to hear it.
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#homestead #rurallife #permaculture #growyourownfood #homesteading #gyo #selfsufficientliving #growingahomestead

Chicken food or green smoothie?? . Probably chicke

Chicken food or green smoothie??
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Probably chicken 🐓 food. We can’t eat these greens fast enough from the aquaponics system!
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Despite the cold climate this little aquaponics system grows a lot of food!
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#growyourownfood #homestead #permaculture #sustainableliving #gyo #aquaponics #homesteading #selfsufficiency #veggiegarden

Whoops! We were NOT ready for these bare root plan

Whoops! We were NOT ready for these bare root plants so Beth is potting them up until we can get them in the ground.
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It's all about low-work and efficient choices and planning - this is what permaculture teaches us.
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We can either be consumed with our gardens or we can create low-work gardens and get the yields without all the work.
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I'm all for spending time in the garden, but prefer it to be on my terms, not because it takes hours of unnecessary maintenance!
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#permaculture #permaculturegarden #growyourown #homesteading #selfsufficientliving #gyo #youarewhatyoueat #homestead #sustainablefashion #selfsufficiency #foodforest #foodforestgarden

The secret to permaculture? . Making connections.

The secret to permaculture?
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Making connections.
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I added a water harvesting system onto the composting chicken run that is fed into an automatic watering system.
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Connections make living this life less work and more efficient which means more sustainability and self-sufficiency.
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#permaculture #chickencoop #sustainableliving #selfsufficient #waterharvesting #selfsufficientliving #chickensofinstagram #sustainability #homesteading #homesteadinglife

Someone forgot to collect eggs 🥚 yesterday, and

Someone forgot to collect eggs 🥚 yesterday, and the day before!!
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The downside to automation is that you might miss the reward! Thankfully these chickens 🐓 don’t eat their eggs.
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#chickensofinstagram #backyardchickens #permaculture #permaculturelife #homestead #homesteading #sustainableliving #selfsufficient #selfsufficiency #selfsufficientliving

Fresh greens all winter here in the aquaponics roo

Fresh greens all winter here in the aquaponics room. There are also two big heads of cabbage also, ready to harvest!

As we transition to spring and planting outdoors, we will refresh this system and do a whole new round of plants - just as the outdoor ones get going so we’re never without our salad greens. 🌱🌿

*this message approved by Popeye 😉💪

#permaculture #aquaponics #saladgreens #kale #spinach #growyourown #growyourownfood #permaculturegarden #permaculturelife

Have you connected with nature today? When is the

Have you connected with nature today? When is the last time you were just present outside - no phones, no task at hand - just wandering, listening, observing?

It’s easy to forget this is a big part of our connection with the land. Observing moments of the season, what animals are present, what’s blossoming, what’s different from last year.

It all paints a picture that helps us make the best choices about our gardens or homestead because of you have become in tune with your surroundings - you can be in tune when something isn’t quite working and have a better idea for what or how to change it.

This is a fort Sequoia has been building, gathering sticks each time we visit this location on the far end of our land. Adding more each time, discussing what is new and different with this visit. Even at 4 he has a keen eye to see and notice the little details.

#permaculture #observation #permaculturedesign #fort #forestschool #unschooling #unschoolinglife #offgridliving #offgridlife

Permaculture Chickens 🐓 doing their thing makin

Permaculture Chickens 🐓 doing their thing making compost!! After all the different chicken systems I’ve tried, this is bar far my favorite.
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Less work and more play makes me a happy guy.
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#permaculture #chickensofinstagram #permacultureliving #chickens #sustainableliving #selfsufficiency #soilislife

Finishing touches on the rain water harvesting set

Finishing touches on the rain water harvesting set up! This screen catches and filters any larger material before it goes into the system.

The water fills then tank behind me and from there the tank feeds inside the coop direct to the chickens.

So as long as there’s rain, the chickens have water - all with no input from me! Now that’s #permaculture

#waterharvesting #permaculturefarm #permaculturedesign #offgridliving #offgridoffgridhomestead #offgrid #chickencoop #chickensofinstagram #chickens #rainwaterharvesting

Special delivery! Bare root elderberry, blackberry $Special delivery! Bare root elderberry, blackberry and wild plum! Can’t wait to get these perennials growing. For years to come they will produce food and herbal remedies, with little work. That’s what I love so much about perennials, plant and let nature do it’s thing! By ordering bulk bare root stock, you can spend a tiny fraction as you would if you got this many at the nursery. It’s just another way growing lots of healthy food doesn’t have to be as costly or overwhelming as you might think. #permaculture #permaculturehomestead #permaculturelife #permaculturedesign #growyourown #growyourownfood #organicgardening #organicgarden #elderberry #plum #blackberry$

Cold frames ready to plant! About to put some seed

Cold frames ready to plant! About to put some seedlings in these cold frames for some spring greens. 🌱

They are a great way to extend the season in cooler climates. Right now it’s quite warm, but we’ll be getting back into colder nights. Protection from frost is key to being able to utilize more of your growing season!

#permaculturehomestead #permaculture #growyourown #permaculturedesign #organicgardening #coldframes #greenhouse

🌱Sprouting 🌱 just a small sample of the emer

🌱Sprouting 🌱 just a small sample of the emerging seedlings starting to show their greens!

This flat is full of cooler-weather crops: spinach, lettuce, chard and kale.

What have you started from seed this year?? Share below!👇👇👇

#permaculturehomestead #permaculture #permaculturegarden #growyourownfood #growyourown #organicgardening #growfoodnotlawns #gardenlife #gardenersofinstagram

Let’s talk about how mulch improves your garden

Let’s talk about how mulch improves your garden 🌱🌾🌿

Do you want to water less, yet still have moist ground? Do you want to build soil and suppress weeds?

I’m going to guess your answer is a “yes”since these are some of the elements you want in your garden to give the plants a strong foundation to grow and thrive.

Permaculture teaches us that bare uncovered soil is much like a wound with no covering for protection. Various types of mulch (not just straw like you see here) can be used simply and easily around your plants to ensure maximum water retention and soil health.

So... are you mulching your plants??

#permaculture #permaculturehomestead #organicgardening #growyourown #permaculturegarden #gardening #gardenlife

Starting new seeds in the aquaponics! This system

Starting new seeds in the aquaponics! This system has been so rewarding and something I wish I would have started years ago... so, I want to inspire you. What are the biggest questions you have about aquaponics??

Let me know below 👇👇👇

#aquaponics #aquaplants #aquaponicsystem #offgrid #offgridliving #offgridhomestead #permaculture #permaculturegarden #growyourown

Water harvesting: so easy a kid could do it? Well,

Water harvesting: so easy a kid could do it? Well, maybe not quite - but it's not nearly as complicated as you might think.

Collecting rainwater is an effective strategy permaculture teaches for self-sufficiency and sustainability. This 300 gallon IBC tote Sequoia is sitting one is a great way to get started.

With grid-down situations happening more often (looking at you California during the power safety shut offs, or the recent situation in Texas just to name a few), finding ways to still have access to one of our most precious resources - water - is critical.

If the grid goes down, you can still flush toilets, wash dishes, clean and even have water to drink (*but only if you have proper filtration, of course*)

So, do you collect rainwater yet or if not, I'd love to know, what's holding you back?

#permaculture #rainwaterharvesting #selfsufficient #sustainability #offgridliving #offgrid #offgridhomestead #offgridlife

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