Planning and progress for our orchard guild plants.

Shortly after moving into our home, my husband and I enrolled in a permaculture design course. Over the course of sixteen weeks and various (detailed) assignments, we applied our learnings to our own particular corner of the earth, studying the sun and the wind, the waterways, the usage of the space, and the opportunities contained within it.

Adventures in sheet mulching an arid, weedy area at the bottom of our property where we established our orchard.