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Rambles

What Earth Has Known

Mother Earth has been through changes far greater than those we are creating. At one point, her entire surface was a blanket of glowing magma. She was as near to a perfect to sphere as she has ever been, shining with the heat of her birth. Sometime after, another celestial Read more…

By goldeneggpermaculture, 10 yearsFebruary 22, 2016 ago
small ephemeral pond dug for regeneration and habitat
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Open Your Hand and Let It Fall

Seeds, Soil, Shelter, Water, Air, Community, Care, Health, and Spirit. These are our needs. Our seeds need to be open-pollinated, so that they can continue without proprietary hybrids. Our soil needs to be ours to learn from and restore, so that we can build soil organic matter and grow healthy Read more…

By goldeneggpermaculture, 10 yearsDecember 7, 2015 ago
Permaculture is deeply indebted to the rooted generational wisdom of the indigenous peoples of the lands where we work, live, and heal. We grow gratefully in the shade of the seed breeders, the land tenders, the song and story keepers, and all those who knew how to be harmony to the great music of earth.
 
We remember that great areas of the land we tend were already tended with work and wisdom for thousands of years. The presence of the wild food and medicine plants we benefit from were encouraged by the practices and presence of the ancestral peoples of these lands.
 
If you are inspired to support our local indigenous peoples, please consider giving to the Occaneechi Saponi, the Haliwa Saponi, the Tutelo Saponi, the Cherokee, the Lumbee, and the other indigenous wisdom keepers of this land that feeds and shelters us.
 
 


 
 
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Floyd, VA 24091
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