Permaculture Certification with the Yeltons

Its been quite a while since I last blogged. Since June so much has happened. I took the Permaculture Certification course with Julia and Charles Yelton. (You can visit their website here: www.permaculturedesign.org. This course really helped. Reading the books and getting to know the materials is one thing, but getting the practical hands on experience and getting to ask specific questions really makes the difference. I've been a certified Permaculture designer now for just 6 months and developing a few designs.

Preparing for the 7-legged spiral Food Forest at Aberdeen Farm in Dutchess County, New York.

The beginnings of a food forest as it grows in the following season.

Since November, I've also been living at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Woodbourne, NY and working with them in their Permaculture systems. There are some really incredible projects underway including flow forms, a food forest, living structures, swales, a newly built movable greenhouse and we've got a lot of designs/projects underway for this season including terracing (perhaps with keylines), installing more ponds, living structures, outdoor earthen oven, Vermiculture, keyhole garden and an urban Permaculture demonstration site on the remains of a run down basketball court. (I'll be posting pictures as soon as I have the chance!)


I'm also very excited to announce that I will be teaching an Intro to Suburban Permaculture workshop on Sunday, April 20th at the New Light Sanctuary in Sayville, NY. It will be from 1 - 3 pm. And if anyone is curious about some of our projects, please get in touch and come visit at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram. We love to have volunteers come and learn a bit about Permaculture while getting real hands-on experience.

Thanks for reading!