Hello Permaculture People,
We all know the expression “Water Is Life.” The same can be said of soil: “Soil Is Life.”
Soil needs life in it in order to have the right mix of nutrients to be available to plants and plants are needed for our life.
Soil Matters. Here is a video from Kiss the Ground that explains Why Does Soil Matter?
In permaculture, one of the primary goals is to “create the conditions for life.” With your help we can achieve that goal.
Your help is needed to transform clay soil into a living soil, teeming with life. In fact, transforming soil is key in achieving the goals of carbon sequestration AND also to feeding the world. Here is a short article to read called: “Healthy Soil Is The Real Key to Feeding the World.”
Please come next Sunday to be part of the transformation!
Transforming Clay Soil Workshop at Our Global Family Farm at City Farm
Sunday, April 7th – 12noon to 3pm
1221 Calle Joaquin Road, SLO
Cost: $10
Amanda Smith, M.Sc. of Soil Harmonics, (https://soilharmonics.com/) will be teaching about clays soils at Our Global Family Garden starting at 12noon on April 7th. First we will discover more about the physical properties of the soil at City Farm and discussing why these properties are different or the same. Then there will be discussion about how unique clay is and what it has to offer to a garden and what types of challenges it can present. Lastly, ways to enhance all the great things about clay will be shared.
MeetUp invite: https://www.meetup.com/San-Luis-Obispo-Food-and-Farm-Adventures/events/259430757/
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/2308308269414261/
And there’s more….
April 13 – Work Party at City Farm
https://www.cityfarmslo.org/engage-community
April 20 – Building the Cob Playhouse roof – 10am to 4pm https://www.ourglobalfamilyfarm.com/
Come see the 805 Carpenters Union build a roof over the cob playhouse at Our Global Family Farm at City Farm SLO.
Please join San Luis Obispo Food and Farm Adventures MeetUp Group to find out about upcoming field trips and educational programs at local farms and homesteads. We would love to “MeetUp” with you on the next adventure.
Please donate to our GoFundMe for the Mud Hut Cob Building project so that we can finish the children’s playhouse this spring. We are using the clay soil to show the next generation of young people how to build with natural materials.
Please spread the word that FARMGIRLS Summer Camp is happening! It is June 25-28th at Our Global Family Village. Flyer is attached.
Registration link: http://www.permaculture.us.com/farmgirls/farmgirls-summer-camp
And we are still open to having “villagers” at Our Global Family Village – people to tend the land with GRATITUDE, EMPATHY, STEWARDSHIP,
and RESPECT. There is no cost to get your own plot. See attached flyer and get in touch with me, Tree Lees.
Thank you,
Teresa Tree Lees
SLO Permaculture Guild
SLO Permaculture Guild - https://www.facebook.com/SLOPermacultureGuild/
Permaculture in SLO County - https://www.facebook.com/groups/permacultureslo/
