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May 16, 2024
Community support - Cleaning the acequia
The people of the ‘irrigation community’ in the valley need to clean the water channels every spring in order to have access to...
Apr 7, 2024
Planting potatoes
We have been planting potatoes in different ways. Some potatoes have been cut, this is how they do it here, to get more harvest. Others,...
Mar 31, 2024
An outside kitchen
We've been feeling excited about adding more color and artistry to the gardens for a while now. Then the idea of using mosaics arose....
Mar 31, 2024
Baking and sharing bread for the first time in the renewed oven
Remember when we restored the abandoned oven last spring? One of the neighbors, who lives on the other side of the mountain, promised to...
Mar 21, 2024
Nature proves to be strong
This year, calendulas are sprouting everywhere, spinach is coming up for the 3rd time, the tobacco rebirthed itself and even the smallest...
Mar 14, 2024
The power of networks
Our climate is excellent for growing berries. The soil needs a bit of pine needles to make it more acidic, but there have been raspberry...
Mar 13, 2024
Time to sow
This year, I just follow my body to tell me what to sow and when to sow it. I’m going back within, learning to trust my own impulses...
Mar 2, 2024
A new natural farming vegetable garden.
Real food is one of the most important things we focus on. This 600m2 plot of land is being prepared to be transformed into a natural...
Feb 22, 2024
A new community cement mixer thanks to you!
On our support page, we mentioned that we wanted to invest in our own community cement mixer to make seed balls. We would share the cost...
Feb 15, 2024
A helping 'dig'
We found that after extended rains, there was a spot on our land, where the land got saturated with water and and it would stay there for...
Feb 15, 2024
Making cheese
A while ago we asked the shepherd if he made cheese from the goat and sheep milk and if so, if he would let us know when, so we could...
Feb 12, 2024
A fence for the new 600m2 natural farming garden
There are so many wild boars in our area that if you don't put a fence around your vegetable garden, they will destroy everything. Last...
Feb 5, 2024
Our exchange for the straw
Do you remember we received straw a couple of weeks ago? Well, today the shepherd passed by our house and asked if we could help him out...
Feb 5, 2024
In line with nature podcast
Isn’t it amazing when everyone can contribute their unique skills and they are truly appreciated for it? Matthias is creating a jingle...
Jan 15, 2024
A community compost worm farm
Due to the climate we live in, it is very difficult to make our own compost. We tried a worm farm in a gifted bathtub for over a year,...
Jan 12, 2024
Real trees
We are so happy we found a few ‘more natural’ trees. The root stock grown from seed and the insert has not been pruned. “Please don’t cut...
Jan 11, 2024
Straw bales
I woke up this the morning realizing we needed straw for the chicken coop, to protect the real trees we are going to plant, to insulate...
Jan 10, 2024
Food Wallet - Seed libraries in the Netherlands
After very physical days, we spend most of our evenings doing other things to support what is needed. ⁃ We just added 85 seed libraries...
Jan 4, 2024
Taking matters into your own hands
For many years, the vegetable gardens in our little hamlet have been on the other side of the road. The water from the spring flowed...
Jan 1, 2024
Cleaning up the next part of the community garden
Do you remember the video of the wild blackberry forest we were cleaning to start up a new vegetable natural farming garden last spring?...
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