Edible Forest Permaculture Workshop @ Blue Heron Farm

This December, My good friend, Perrin Heartway, got together with some of his like minded neighbors at Blue Heron Farm, and decided to convert the emtpy meadow behind his house into a forest! But not just any forest. An Edible Forest...

And to do this, he enlisted the help of anyone willing and interested!
First, he, and local BHF Herbalist Tony Mayor selected plants that could feed humans.
Meanwhile, local BHF Illustrator Extraordinaire Stacye Leanza whipped up a knock out poster summon the army!
(This poster yours truly posted around). To this call, 30 Permaculturists answered!

And so it was, that on a crisp winters morning, 30 strangers converged at Blue Heron Farm.
As we each arrived, Long Time Blue Heron Barbara Lorie, seeted, greeted us, and commanded us to park our cars in the meadow, and park our potluck dishes at the Eriksons'. I don't know about you, but I do as Barbara tells me.

 Once we had duely deposisted our dishes, we trickled into the ever-cozy abode of Bruce and Sue Saunders, where hearty smells filled the air.

Breakfast Is Served!

There Bruce and Sue, were cooking up a pan cake storm!

Kiss The Cooks!
 (Bruce and Sue Saunders worked all morning to
refine the recipe, and make bitter acorns into pancakes.
The result, absolutely DELICIOUS! 

A Satisfied Customer: Jasper

Next, We all gathered in the space that Bruce and Sue have created to play music in (where I should be right now, at band practice, incidentally).

There, Perrin led us through the days activities, with Co-organizers Tony Mayor and Murray chiming in as needed.

Pre-Workshop Discussion led by Perrin Heartway

CHARGE!
Then we marched up to this empty meadow, where Perrin had layed out our weapons for waging forage, for man and animal alike.

Earth-Moving Equipment

ADULTS AT WORK

Horticulturalist / Herbalist Tony Mayor surveys his materials

And Then, my friends, we got down to business..

Some made stakes

Others Shoveled Leaf Mulch

Some of us Shlepped

Eric Yablon, Laborer In Time

Youth and Work

ADULTS AT PLAY!

Adults At Play

Adult At Play 2

At the edge of the split

Gotcha! Adult At Play 3

Trying to breed Wheel Burrows
(unsuccessfully, stubborn things)

ACCOMPLISHMENT!

As Perrin well said:

Someday, our children's children might know this field as a forest, 

and enjoy the sweet fruits of our sweet labor.