Wow! Can you believe a whole month has passed since my last entry! It has been a whirlwind since returning from the amazing COSM land. We held our first annual Urban Agricutlure Day at the AREA which was a great success. We had 15 vendors of local Urban Agricultural goods from Cheese Making, Apples, Window Farming, Spin Farming, Permauculture, Chickens and more! We also showcased some great free talks and saw over 400 people pass through our cozy quarter acre property. Looking forward to a bigger and better event in 2013!
From there it was straight into the Garden. So far we have reworked the soil and freshened up the beds with some sweet compost and straw and have edged the beds nicely with some free cinderblocks. We have also planted some squash, peas, beans, salad greens, kale, spinach, swisschard, radishes, carrots, tomatoes and more. Yum! We also planted a variety of tea herbs and culinary herbs into our brand new herb spiral created during an awesome water management class. Next steps are to get the other organizations in to do their planting and then continue on with more exciting projects. I will be keeping you posted as things progress and adding pictures as things continue to evolve. Over the summer I will also be creating mapping package of the AREA which will show visitors details of the Permaculture implementations as well as many sectors such as water, wind, people and animals. The most exciting project at the AREA will be the installment of a new weekly market!! I can't share too many details yet, but it is just what Inglewood needs! Stay tuned :) It has been truly inspiring to see the way the space evolves and I feel super blessed to be a part of it.
I am also very excited to begin the process of an Advanced Diploma in Permaculture specializing in Education. This will be an amazing upgrade to my current education and I will be thoroughly documenting my progress and sharing as much as I can here on my blog. The amazing Delvin Solkinson is going to be mentoring me through my journey and if anyone is interested in Permaculture on the West Coast, I highly recommend checking out his many offerings at: http://gaiacraft.squarespace.com/ . Delvin is one of the most inspiring people I know and he strives to spread the love of Permaculture and Visionary Art. You can also see some of his other amazing projects here: http://elvism.squarespace.com/
I have been interning with Verge Permaculture for 2 months now, I can't beleive how time is flying. Its been a ton of fun and I have been learning alot including: Installing a first flush system, pollinating and pruning tomatoes, installing drip irrigation, building awesome vermi bins and so much more. Last week was the best when we guerrilla planted some potatoes... YAY!!! I am really looking forward to what we will do next and have taken on the special projects of creating some maps of the Verge Permaculture Headquarters and designing a cob bench!
Ok... so what else have I been up to? Art wise I have been feverishly creating some new Orgone Generators and Geometrical lanterns for Inshala Music Festival and Astral Harvest. I started working with some new products and after working through the kinks I have created some sleek generators. For those of you who don't know, Orgone Generators are sculptures made from resin, metal and quartz crystals that transmute negative energy, dispel EMF's and Chemtrails and omit all around good energy. Pictures to come very soon!
Not only will I have some art installed at the above festivals, I am most honored be sharing some Permie Wisdom at Inshala, Entheos, Astral Harvest and Shambhala! I will be evolving the talks for each festival so each one will be a little different then the next. Evolver will also have the dome set up at Inshala, Fozzy Fest and Shambhala. I hope to see you out for at least one of the amazing festivals. Here are postings for schedules at Inshala, Entheos and Astral Harvest. Shambhala schedule to come soon.
http://www.inshala.ca/storage/Sched2012.jpg
http://entheosgathering.com/2012/conference
http://www.astralharvest.com/2012-conferences/
Van living is proving to be pretty awesome with a few challenges like my fridge breaking down and my solar panel malfuntioning. It is pretty pricey to replace a camper van fridge, but I must do it as fresh veggies are super important to me! I will be putting the new fancy fridge in tomorrow and will be able to run it off of AC/ 12 V and Propane so that will be great for all my summer travelling and times when I can't plug in in the city. As far as the panel goes, I will be getting some help next week and hopefully learning some tools for trouble shooting with it in the future ;) All in all though it is pretty awesome and I do really love being mobile and having my own little sanctuary. I will keep you all in the loop as to how the repairs go :)
I think that is about it for today, looking forward to sharing more of my adventures with you as they come about and please feel free to share any of your awesome stories with me as well!!
Lots of love and infinite giggles,
Kym Chi
