Contributing to a new economy - Supporting local producers
When we want to see change around us, we need practical action to make that change happen. We repeat things until that moment when we...
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Contributing to a new economy - Almonds
We love picking our almonds by hand and throwing the shells, as a natural compost, back under the tree. Feeling the tree, connecting with...
Natural farming - a new gate for the community garden
The garden downstairs has something very special. It gave us a few zucchinis, tomatoes, a red beet and one pumpkin this year. And maybe...
Encouraging young people - English support for the local youngsters
We have been asked to give English classes to the young people in the neighboring village. Such a privilege to build bonds with these...
Step 6 September 2023: Autumn is sowing time
We hoped it would rain, but the storm passed us by and we didn't get a drop. Over the upcoming months we will regularly sow different...
Step 7 September 2023: An update and sowing the winter crops
Beginning of September. Time to sow the new winter crops underneath the summer crops. Well... Let's see how it went this summer. Update...
Encouraging young people - A video clip for Manu and Ruggero
After the video of the concert a couple of weeks ago, Matthias was encouraged to make a more intimate video for the young musicians who...
Community - Sharing land
While helping one of our neighbors with his apple trees, we spoke about our lack of irrigation water. “I have a piece of land you can...
Natural farming - Seeds for our community
We have been sharing enthusiastic about Natural Farming for a while now with everyone around us. This autumn, different landowners from...
Community support - Repairing broken systems
There is a spring a bit up on the mountain which provided drinking and irrigation water for many years for our little hub. As no one...
Supporting our local economy - building bonds
Yesterday, we saw someone working in the fields close to our home. The man was about to make sage essential oil from the wild sage...
Encouraging young people - video creation
There are many things you can do without money. What is needed in your community and how can you contribute? The creative group of young...
Contributing to a new economy - making different decisions
Doing things by hand gives you a completely different perspective on many things. You start to understand more about our economy, in this...
Step 6 end of July 2023: Cutting green manure
It is end of July and we decided to cut the green manure which was still growing. This will be an extra layer of mulch and food for the...
Supporting our local economy - buying local
This afternoon a neighbor invited us to join him to get some honey in town. Our first time scraping artisanal honey out of the tin. They...
Community - sharing resources
Yesterday we visited a friend his permaculture project and he gifted us a few real trees grown from seeds and a bunch of plums we will...
Step 5 July 2023: Cutting the green manure as mulch
It is time to cut the green manure, which has been making seeds, as a mulch layer for the soil. While the deep roots of the green manure...
Contributing to a new economy - building
There is an intense joy in building your own house. Although we helped a lot, our house has been built, but now we are closing the porche...
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