hi

here are some fotos from the past year

Tour de Coop - neighborhood tour of chicken habitats, this is my back yard, 40 people on the tour

neighood summit in april, a great event, i was on the organizing committee,

anyone involved or know about neighborhood programs where you live?

roof top garden, great idea, did not produce much, some new approaches for next time

new park down the street, neighborhood potluck, pesticide free thanks to me and neighborhood support

it was a great year for peaches

cats at work

neighborhood meeting - creating resilient neighborhoods, safety and security is becoming a bigger issue, turning front yards into gardens offers a great deal,,,

a permaculture class comes for a visit and work party, i removed 70 feet of ornamental hedge along my west property line last summer

working on global trends - local choices, inside the bungalow, where i sit at this moment,,,,,

neighborhood bike tour, heiko explains the newly planted food forest, i started bike tours of green properties 5 years ago, this past summer there were 9 tours, i only organized 2, its a great way to see what others are doing to go greener

my place from the street, former driveway looks really good, new paint job

a city meeting discusses climate change and peak oil, focus on sympthoms will not cure the source of the problems

the bungalow and garden in july

 

asha and other friends came over to celebrate a home grown pineapple, it was extremely good,,,

sunroom in november, we did not have a good freeze up to early december, then, boom! 3 nights in a row down to 10

one of my water features

frozen water feature, ice 3 inches thick! i could step on the ice

close to start, debut of global trends - local choices, first showing of my narrated slide presentation, dec 17 at tsunami books

site for new 3000 gallon water tank, more gravel to fill up to the edge, the cylindrical tank will rest on top and will put me up to 6000 gallons storage, enough for outdoor needs

Visit to seattle for a conference on co housing, time for biking

singing xmas carols a couple nights ago

 

making bees wax candles last night, a yearly occasion, lots of fun! this is a tradition friends have been sharing with friends for years

so, thats some fotos from the past year, i would be glad to see yours