IM moving back up the mountain in March. Lost of projects to get done; while the garden is sheetmulched and ready to plant, the fruit trees all need pruning, the pigbarn-come-cottage will be getting SCADS of attention (I have most of the siding gathered, and the materials to finish the foundation are stockpiled) and then there is the issue of the road...

during the december deluge a hole about 6' diameter and 8 feet deep appeared in the road on the first creek crossing. the culvert was undercut and the road above it collapsed. So I need to either finagle a backhoe or Ill spend two weeks with a pickaxe and a spade rebuilding it. a mess. cant even drive in!

still, nice to be returning home, despite the heartbreak of the clearcut behind me- I keep looking up there and seeing orchards.

so what ive learned is that despite adversity, and loss of what I had for 15 years thought was my vision, I remain an optimist with a vision :)

Ill be posting work party dates for April soon. you know the drill- i dont charge admission or for teaching. You bring food, we work, I share what i know of permaculture and ecology and natural building, maybe throw some aikido, and rather than that old consumer oriented corporate model we re-create and cultivate something more substantial: relationship with each other and place.

Hey, ill have a website up soon! perhaps with two weeks!



lots of work to do!

more sooner,

agape,

D.