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on 7~11  Beth commented  Sending me to  the book The Fifth Sacred Thing.  Starhawk….   Saying:  "i know you don't read a lot of fiction"

and i followed her thread from there to a UTube  Permaculture and the Sacred:  A conversation with Starhawk  where i came to the word i'd been searching for for months now…..ecotones…..such a simple word…but i couldn't connect the thread but now,  through all this i have…Ecotones:  where things meet.   a region of transition between two biological communities,  ie forest and grasslands

and i went again to the Oroville Saturday Market and i talked to the young man who is so enthusiastic and knowledgeable and ENTHUSIASTIC in a soft and loving way,  and i got 2 milkweed plants for the Monarch Butterflies and a Yarrow  and in the conversation i found that it is $100 for a 2 hour consultation.  And i gave my phone # and email address and it was said that they would contact to come this next week,  Wednesday or Thursday .  A Walk Through and general consultation….I am BEYOND  happy about this.    And it is right at the point where we are going to let the Goats …..Run Loose.  Perfect Timing

treetoppermaculture.org

 

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18 responses to “regions of transition between two biological communities. ecotones. Starhawk.”

  1. Mo Crow Avatar

    where you are looks like an open woodland, is it regrowth from previously cleared land?

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  2. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Earth Magic! Sounds well worth the investment to have found this knowledable person come and look over the Hill situation!

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  3. Liz A Avatar

    We did this when we first moved in … there is such valuable knowledge to be gained by the naming of things and how they interact from a knowledgeable guide. And thank you for this new-to-me concept of ecotones.

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  4. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Total win win situation .. people helping people! I look forward to reading about what you all learn.

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  5. beth Avatar

    Oh this sounds good. It looks like he started where you are ten years ago so he’s likely to be a wealth of ideas of what works and what doesn’t work. Connecting to this type of local community may open all kinds of connections and sharing.

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  6. joanne Avatar
    joanne

    I went to a Permaculture lecture by the Heritage Garden Society here in Maine. It felt “right” and I now have been trying to change my ways and methods to be more in step with Nature.

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  7. jaime Avatar
    jaime

    Thank you so much for sharing your “threads” of though and how you got to where you are. And are going to be. Starhawk was so important in my younger years. She has the ability to logically explain things. Like what she said about patterns in nature and how the energy flows both ways.I am excited about your consultation and what you will learn. Is it appropriate for Eeeeeeeeee? Yes!

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes. Very much. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee!
    and today, again. Signs.
    it’s late. I am tired. But still, the EEEEEEeeeeeeee
    The plant person….Aztec Spinach. Brought in, a stalk of it. for breakfast, but putting the very much so wilted stalk into one of the pitchers of water. The MAGIC that happened…a pic for tomorrow

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  9. Kristin Avatar
    Kristin

    So much beautiful magic showing itself to you in this wonderful piece of earth..and someone to share knowledge and steer you in good direction with so many pieces of the ideas for developing the homesteads, gardens and goat land.Following along your process on this land is every day a delight.

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    am trying to find that out. I don’t know for certain,
    but i think not…previously cleared…but somehow
    just naturally occuring.

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes. he is very committed to sharing all that he can

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    ecotones….don’t you just LOve that?

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…a large part of what he does is community building

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar

    he is “urban”, which is of great importance to him.
    But i think before that, not. So….

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…it is. Really great

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar

    i smile softly….thinking of your blueberries

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  17. grace Forrest Avatar

    Hello Kristin….i hope all is WELL in your Garden

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