Sharing resources, giving the earth a break
We practice low impact living, and strive to minimize our strain on the earth. We use limited solar power and share resources with simplicity in mind. We look towards nature for examples on how to live with a light footprint. We burn wood for cooking and heating farm structures. We provide education about humanure and composting outhouses.
Food Forests, cultivating edible landscapes
We enjoy stewarding many perennial fruit and nut trees. We harvest blueberries, peaches, pears, chestnuts, passion fruit, and other delights. In the summertime, our garden is a wondrous smorgasbord for grazing. Though we do not drink alcohol in our community, we allow for an exception (with council approval) of home brewed wines and ciders. In this way, we are able to enjoy our bounty of fruit through the fall and winter months. We continue to propagate perennial food plants, which we sell through the Perennial Crops Nursery We are involved in initiatives to plant food forests in other areas as well, and this is an important part of our movement.
Gardening, let’s compost capitalism
Our gardens serve many purposes. They offer us a sense of sovereignty, and an opportunity to experiment with permaculture practices. We grow & preserve as much as we can for our community kitchen. Each year we sow and harvest squash, cabbage, tomatoes, herbs, okra, and other seasonal vegetables. We share this labor as a community, and delight in the abundance of our fields.
Our tribe, organizing and co-creating
The organizational structure at The Garden is focused on creating alternatives to hierarchies and power structures. We value autonomy and self sufficiency, and do not have managers or time-sheets. We use consensus-based decision making in the form of weekly councils. Many of our community members are nomadic, which means that things are ever-changing in our social sphere. An important part of our culture is the aspect of movement, and networking to create similar opportunities in other places.
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