Also check out Frances's goal statement below.
- Anya's Goals •
- Values Statement: We grow as much food for coop as possible on site in a self-sustaining system that provies for people (food for house and rent for grower) and other life (soil, plants, animals, etc.).
- I'm growing as much food for coop as possible on site
- Land is under culitvation around house producing abundance of food for coop
- What food?
- How much of each food?
- Which land?
- How much land?
- Storage food that last through spring
- Which foods?
- Which varieties?
- How much of each?
- Chickens provide eggs we eat
- How many eggs do we eat?
- How many chickens do we need?
- What do they eat?
- Where do they live?
- How are they protected from predators?
- What else do they need?
- It is a self-sustaining system
- Most of additives to garden/soil from surrounding area
- What is needed?
- Where can we get them?
- Closest?
- Cheapest?
- Composting toilet exists, smells good, works
- Where located?
- How does it work?
- What does it require?
- I am practicing seed-saving on site
- Which crops?
- How?
- What tools do I need?
- All open-pollinated plants in system
- Fencing keeps out deer/rodents, trellising, beauty
- What kind of fence is used for this?
- Low cost
- Low maintenance
- Easy to build
- Where is it?
- All water for garden/animals stored on site, not in well
- How much water do I need?
- Where are systems located?
- Building, maintenance, use?
- Replenishing the soil
- Compost
- Mulch
- Soil-fixing plants
- No-till gardening
- Preventing erosion
- Where is erosion a problem?
- What am I planting there to help?
- Greenhouse
- The system provides income for me and part of my rent
- I am growing surplus that covers costs of growing season
- Cost of garden itself
- Cost of living
- How much surplus?
- Surplus of what?
- Who am I selling to? For how much?
- Garden serves as workshop space for learning, and income
- How do I arrange garden to accomodate learning?
- how do I make it easy to maintain garden so that it's presentation-worthy?
- Building and upkeep is inexpensive
- Strengthens community and provides for people
- Garden strengthens community of coop and adds to beauty and sustainability
- Trellis fruits and flowers provides privacy in courtyard
- Which plants?
- How are they trellised?
- Loved outdoor cats have home and keep rodents away
- Where do they live?
- How to keep them away from chickens?
- Is this ok with Common Fire?
- What do they eat?
- Outdoor social & private areas for people.
- Where?
- What?
- Fire ring?
- Rendevous/outdoor sleep space
- Garden is beautiful and simple
Hope you're all doing well and getting excited for next week's course!
-Anya
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