Project Flower
Why the Permaculture Flower?...
In my un/learnings, I'd like to have exposure to a wide variety of domains. The Permaculture Flower is a great framework for dividing the human catalog. I hope to dabble in each area to see what best suits me and for a better understanding of my boundaries and boundary partners. This will help when I am looking for complementary resources and business partners in areas that I have few strengths as I will better understand their processes and needs.
Zones 00-2: Personal to Professional
Specs: ..Bought February 2012 as design/build project $50,000 ..Andover, New Hampshire, USA. Town population 2200 ..Owned (legally) by parents; I pay mortgage and electricity, responsible for all work done ..Surrounded by 300 acres of land under conservation easement (Audubon Society) ..On Route-11, highly trafficked local road ..Built in 1948 from old school house located across the road. Owned by builder until 2012 ..3 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom, 2 floor, poured concrete basement
Installed Fujitsu mini-split, rebates complete
Fully insulated
All exterior walls hung with drywall Patches filled
Bathrooms
Kitchen and Downstairs bathroom: Paper bag Upstairs Bathroom: Tile/Tadelakt Wood floors refinished
Zones 3-4: Greater Community and Bioregion
Completion date: 19 Mar 2014
Completion date: 31 Jul 2014
Teaching Permaculture Demonstrations
Completion date: 24 Feb 2014
Election
Zones of Project Competence and Attention
Overview
What are the current challenges you'd like to address?
- My emotional intelligence and life-balance
- Food insecurity
- Energy consumption
- Lack of collaboration
- Economic instability
- Disconnection from Nature
- Rigid education
- Lack of biological and human diversity
- Ecologically insensitive policy
How will you address these issues?
- Grow diverse foods for sale--natives (80%)--and donate excess; design food forests for others' homes
- Demonstrations using my homestead; consulting
- Community gatherings/ events
- Alternative economy, gift-giving
- PDCs and re-wilding courses for youth and adults
- Creative courses involving many types of teachers and techniques
- Food forest, wildlife food sources and corridor
- Involvement (selectwoman/Andover Energy Group/Northeastern Organic Farmer's Association of NH Permaculture Subcommittee
2014
This year will be chock full of new un/learnings and transitions. I seem to acquire and complete a new project every couple of weeks. I am certain this OP will quickly become outdated as projects fizzle out and new ones accumulate. This timeline below shows a few of my tasks and adventures this year....