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Big Foot Food Forest Gardens

Documenting the making of a permaculture farm in the suburbs of Boston

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    • Short how-to article on feeding chickens with scraps
    • Meet our raised-on-compost chickens!
    • New old-fashioned chicken theory
    • Screw it!
    • A lot can happen in between seasons
    • Big Foot Grew!
    • A grand seasonal overview
    • We collect trash, throw it in the yard, and call it permaculture
    • Root magic
    • A grand seasonal overview
    • The keys to happiness
    • Raising the food forest
    • Four levels of learning: reading, sharing, doing, practicing.
    • We make paths
    • Shoveling dirt
  • Big Foot Builds

Tag Archives: Community

Raising the food forest

When a very large project needs to be done, in traditional communities, everyone gets together for a day or a weekend, to do it together.

Posted bybigfootgardensApril 30, 2018September 21, 2018Posted inUncategorizedTags:Appropriate technology, Community, Happiness, Hugelkultur, NeighborsLeave a comment on Raising the food forest

Learning to share – again

When we are very young, our parents and our teachers teach us to share.  Increasingly, modern social sciences tell us that humans are, by and large, naturally inclined to be cooperative and collaborative, so the nudges given to us as preschoolers have fertile ground to work with. 

Posted bybigfootgardensDecember 14, 2017September 21, 2018Posted inUncategorizedTags:Community, PlanningLeave a comment on Learning to share – again

Community connecting

I go to a Boston Food Forest Coalition Meetup, mulch berries, and talk about (positive) global change.

Posted bybigfootgardensDecember 2, 2017September 21, 2018Posted inUncategorizedTags:Boston Food Forest, Community, Global impact, MulchLeave a comment on Community connecting

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