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| Miha from Slovenia came to experience a vegan lifestyle with 'free thinkers'. He has been questioning for some time the way we treat farmed animals - he, more than most, should know as he grew up on a farm that reared cows for meat consumption ... he is looking for other solutions and is drawn to permaculture and the vegan lifestyle and principles. |
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| Harvesting the Cherokee Trail of tears ancient variety climbing beans ... |
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| Weeding and mulching in the round garden with Workaway volunteer Zoe, a plant scientist from Australia. |
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| Zoe harvesting potatoes. |
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| Alessandra, a dietician from Italy, scything part of the forest garden for mulch material. |
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| Helena, a Steiner school graduate from Germany, using the hand propelled cutting machine that we found in one of the barns here to make mulch from the nettles and ferns for the garden. |
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| She put the chopped plant material around some newly planted seedlings. The mulch will stop weeds germinating, will keep moisture in the soil and provide 'food' for the plants. |
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| Helena inspecting the compost bins ... we've got some mature compost to use in the garden now thanks to Andrea's hard work earlier in the year. |
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| Helena the bear foot mulcher .. |
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| Watering the raised beds ... |
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| A profusion of Peacock butterfiles on the sedum flowers. They lay their eggs on nettles - of which we have many!! |
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| And an as yet unidentified species ... |
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| The yoga lawn grass is coming on nicely .. |
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| The herb spiral in the foreground and ancient variety bean tipi in front of the house .... |
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| A cacophony of edible plants in front of the house. |
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| Smiling in the garden. |
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| Alessandra harvesting berries for breakfast ... |
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| Amy sorting through harvested apples from the orchard. |
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