by Levi Meeuwenberg | Mar 31, 2016 | Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Economics, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, Plants, Podcast
Episode 23, Permaculture Farming at Cooperative 518 with Alec Gioseffi and Lauren Nagy http://traffic.libsyn.com/permaculturerealizedpodcast/AlecandLauren_mixdown.mp3 TOPICS COVERED: Farm Cooperative 518 The lay of the land How...
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Mar 24, 2016 | Appropriate Technology, Farm, Heating Systems, Natural Building, Natural Resources, Permaculture/Homesteading
Two years ago, Brenda and I were renting an apartment and I would commute to the farm every day to take care of our pigs, chickens, gardens and plant nursery. This situation quickly made it clear to me how important it is to actually be LIVING on the land you’re...
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Mar 2, 2016 | Agriculture, Events/Workshops, Farm, Herbs, Permaculture/Homesteading, Plants, Podcast, Why Permaculture
Episode 19, Why Should I Take a Permaculture Design Course? with Rhonda Baird http://traffic.libsyn.com/permaculturerealizedpodcast/RhondaBaird_mixdown.mp3 In Today’s episode we talk about why you should take a...
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Jan 26, 2016 | Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Appropriate Technology, Climate Change, Events/Workshops, Farm, Foraging/Wildcrafting, Heating Systems, Natural Building, Permaculture/Homesteading, Plants, Podcast, Water Systems
Episode 15, Spiral Ridge Permaculture with Cliff Davis http://traffic.libsyn.com/permaculturerealizedpodcast/CliffDavis_mixdown.mp3 Today’s guest is another man. And I just want to say that I realize that all genders...
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Jan 3, 2016 | Animal Husbandry, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, YouTube
We put pigs together into a pen for the first time, and the mamma fights another pig for dominance while her piglet tries to nurse. Get out of the way piglet! This lasted for about 5 minutes, then we never saw them fight again, except the usual little...
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Jan 3, 2016 | Animal Husbandry, Appropriate Technology, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, YouTube
Here’s our winter pig pen made out of old pallets. It’s about an acre of fencing enclosing a thick patch of blue spruce trees. The spruce help provide shelter from the wind and snow for the pigs, and we give them straw to insulate from the ground. They use...