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Anchorage Cooperative Grocery Store 21 Replies

Started by Mary M. Ernsberger in Garden and Site Design. Last reply by Cindee Karns Apr 8.


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Introduction from Cordova 2 Replies

Started by Meadow Scott in Uncatagorized. Last reply by Dustin Vin Zant Mar 19.


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Intro 4 Replies

Started by Nate Bocker in Garden and Site Design. Last reply by Leslie W. Tose Mar 18.

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What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is a holistic design process, using ecology as a basis for designing integrated systems: food production, community, economics, housing, with an embued ethic of caring for the earth, caring for people and sharing the surplus. That's asking us to limit our consumption and design for abundance and then share that abundance with each other.

We can also apply the principals to design our life. Using thoughtful observation look at your daily practices. What elements contribute to a healthy life and which do not? Waste= food. What areas of your life are there wastes? How can they feed into another system?

This is not just organic gardening, it's the garden of our lives. Understand how nature works and then apply it to our lives. Cleaning waste water. Experimenting with alternative fuels. How can we change the patterns of our behavior to match nature's systems?

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Alaska Permaculture Network

This social network is meant to catalyze connectivity and information sharing between Alaskans interested in practicing permaculture.

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In addition, the Anchorage Permaculture Guild, a subgroup of this network, meets on the first or second Sunday of the month at various people's houses. Please check the events to see when the next one is. The mission of the Anchorage Permaculture guild is to nurture a resilient, sub-arctic community by promoting, teaching, and practicing permaculture.

People in other communities are highly encouraged to start local groups of their own!

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Anchorage Member

Great New Seed Company in Palmer!

Foundroot Seed Company sells only open-pollination seeds appropriate for our cold climate. Check them out:

www.foundroot.com

Posted by Christine Wilcox on May 13, 2013 at 10:17am


Interior Member

Red Express Rocks!

This evening we pulled a Red Express cabbage out of our root cellar after over 7 months of storage.  The head is tight and crispy...and...it tastes great!  Red Express is going to be a storage staple for us.  It is an heirloom variety available from Sustainable Seed Company.…

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Posted by Patty Burns on April 25, 2013 at 9:36pm — 6 Comments


Anchorage Member

Liz Holmgren: permaculture and Spirit

Hi, I am an architect and LEED and Permaculture certified. Currently I am working with clients to create a circular "natural" home (post and beam structure with clay-fiber walls) in Eagle River.  Lasse Holmes from Homer is our adviser.  I encourage all my clients to make their homes as close to net-zero as possible and to employ permaculture principles.

On my own property, I am doing home-scale permaculture by adding sheet mulch gardens. I incorporate sacred geometry because I am…

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Posted by Elisabeth Holmgren on April 21, 2013 at 4:43pm — 1 Comment


Anchorage Member

Available now- Birch twigs for permaculture beds!

Birch tree twigs available!

Hi Permaculturists! 

 

A medium-sized birch tree on my property needed to be taken down.   In addition to birch logs (which we will use), there is alsoa quantity of large and smaller-sized twigs that have been stacked up.

 

These may be just what you would need…

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Posted by Valanne Glooschenko on April 21, 2013 at 12:12pm


Mat Su Member

Self Watering Container Garden

Anybody that is interested in making their own self watering container garden is welcome to download FREE DIY instructions at alaskagrowbuckets.com  You can usually find cheap or scrounge free materials to build your own system. I have been using this for several years in my backyard greenhouse and I am always open to suggestions for improvements. The system is gravity fed and uses no power - so is perfect for remote locations in Alaska. And you…

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Posted by Jim Lister on April 11, 2013 at 5:30pm

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March against Monsanto May 25, 2013 at 10am at Downtown Anchorage

May 25, 2013 from 10am to 2pm
I thought this was so pertinent to what this group is about, I'm posting this event here. We are hoping to have some activities at the end of the march and wanted to see if we could get people to donate seeds, soil and planting cups suitable for children to be able to plant something that will grow and is not tampered with by Monsanto. Here's the link to the facebook event:https://www.facebook.com/events/156492317845438/Please come!…See More
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Permaculture HITS Hometown Alaska! at KSKA

May 22, 2013 from 2pm to 3pm
Wednesday afternoon (5/22/13) tune in to HOMETOWN ALASKA on KSKA at 2pm.   You will hear Cindee Karns, from the Bioshelter and Leah Wagner from Foundroot Seeds in Palmer talk about the rising interest in permaculture.  Please call in with your comments or questions!  See More
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Lisa Humphreys is attending Cindee Karns's event
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Permaculture HITS Hometown Alaska! at KSKA

May 22, 2013 from 2pm to 3pm
Wednesday afternoon (5/22/13) tune in to HOMETOWN ALASKA on KSKA at 2pm.   You will hear Cindee Karns, from the Bioshelter and Leah Wagner from Foundroot Seeds in Palmer talk about the rising interest in permaculture.  Please call in with your comments or questions!  See More
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Eagle River MemberSue commented on Cindee Karns's event Permaculture HITS Hometown Alaska!
"I will be working, but am THRILLED...and hope they record this show so I can get online. One can live listen to the radio via computer from all over the internet from their webpage I think, and I found link which is live playing…"
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