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A new video about permaculture

Gizmo

This is Gizmo, the baby peacock. I still don't know if it's a boy or girl. I enjoy having mom and chick on
the backporch area visiting me everyday. This morning I just put three more peacock eggs under a
broody hen. I'll know in 23 days if I get a hatch.
We are having very hot weather here now. It's very hard to be energetic in this sweat equity type of
weather. Last evening I went out and raked up a bucket of palo verde seeds and sat on the back porch
shelling them. They are dried beans not. I put the shelled beans in the coffee grinder and made flour.
That was this morning so it was nice and fresh for pancakes. I had some delicious pancakes with pumpkin
butter on them. I added some oldfashioned oats, whole wheat flour and fresh layed eggs with a little milk.
The palo verde seed flour has almost a cornmeal consistency and made a very firm, filling pancake.
Next bunch I'm going to cook like beans in the crockpot. I'll let you know how they come out.

THE RESCUE - COMPOSTING IN MEXICO

Another good video! I'm digging a bit and coming in and watching videos to rest and then out again to dig. Fish pond and swales are the order of the day.I hope you have the time to enjoy these.

THE MORNING WALK

An American couple moved to a rustic little village in Mexico. I love this video

Permaculture Ethics

Food for thought

Nature loving Great grand daughter

Amy is a true nature lover from the heart. She loves plants and would rather go
into the garden center at Walmart than the toy section. If we are driving in the
car and we are out of town she will say, "Oh, look at the beautiful cactus, or the
mountains. On a visit last week she set about watering the plants and
gathering eggs. That is her mother in the background and her uncle.
The boys, her brothers came latter with their grandmother. Amy's
pretty little face puts me in mind of my dad's mother who
influenced me greatly in my love for the more simple life.

Sustainability board meeting

Recently I met up with Melanie De Bo who is an activist and thinks sustainably.
She has tried to work on a program to better our county with forward thinking
and sustainable principles. When she and I got together we motivated each
other and got things rolling. This is the first board meeting at Melanies.
We will be reinstating a dormant non profit called "The Cerbat Learning Center"
Our mission statement will be "Promoting and Implimenting Sustainability
In Our Community"
In the forefront, Melanie, the new Director, Connie, (just behind her) Jack, ( Jack is off to Washington this week to speak about sustainability), me and Sharon.
Sharon is a lawyer in nearby California so said she might have a conflict of interest,
being on the board but will help out.
This is a new adventure for me and I'm looking forward to helping in the education
and promotion of sustainable lifestyles in Mohave County, Az.