Upcoming Local Permaculture Trainings
This past fall, I had the chance to spend an educational and enjoyable weekend doing the first two days of the world-renowned permaculture design course, led by Dick Pierce and hosted by the Green Grease Monkey guys at their HQ in Brighton.
Though I’d been reading about permaculture and talking to permaculturists for a few years, there’s really no replacement for spending some concentrated time going through a well-ordered learning process. In particular, some of the basic concepts about energy flow and the benefits of different sorts of edges had previously escaped me, but now I’m starting to see them all over the place.
Based on my experience, I heartily endorse the two-day course for anyone interested in the stuff I write about on this blog, and I’m happy to pass on the news from Dick (after sitting on it for quite a while) that the same two-day course is being offered this coming weekend, April 12-13, and as of a few days ago there were still a few slots — more info here (PDF).
If that’s not an option or not enough permaculture for you, Dick is going to be doing two full-length (nine day) courses later in the year, one in June in Greenfield, NH (PDF) and one in September on Martha’s Vineyard (PDF). Of special interest for people such as myself who’ve been through the two-day course, is that having done so cuts the full course down to seven days. Although getting the time free will be a challenge, I’m fixin’ to find a way to get out to the Vineyard course — maybe I’ll see some of you there.
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Very interesting. I’m currently building raised beds and was curious about the pvc pipe in the picture. Is that for a tunnel/hoop system? And is that Schedule 40 PVC or some other material that is flexible?
It’s PVC pipe, though I’m not sure what type exactly — perhaps the markings here would help identify it?
This was a demonstration of how quickly & easily one could make a frame for your raised bed that could hold up a sheet of plastic or row cover fabric.
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