Creation Preservation

08/05/2016

Camping and projects 2016. Apologies we've taken a hiatus from posting on the creation preservation page for quite too long. More photos coming soon. Still kickin and moving ahead. Home construction coming 2017.

03/12/2014

Our friends at Fuse Washington are looking to sell 59 million brownies to fund our kids' classrooms in Olympia today. Wouldn't it be easier if the Senate closed the Big Oil Tax Loophole instead?

12/03/2013

Snow is falling.... Pictures coming soon. Shed is tarped and ready for the long winter. Summer Play things are put away, looking forward to spring abundance and wild flower blossoms.

10/17/2013

"I've come up with a few more items to add to my own criteria for good wood.

Does the wood support the growth of Sh*take mushrooms and other marketable fungi ? --- I've started a new thread based on the idea of inoculating log ends in a hugelkultur bed with desirable species so that they may help with decomposition while adding value to the crop.

Does the wood inhibit fungi production ? --- Some do.

Does the wood tend to promote the production of undesirable fungi ? --- Some do, but that wood could still be incorporated deep in the hugel bed with only the suitable mushroom substrate exposed. --- Sh*take does well on Oak, fruit woods, alder and other hardwoods. Fir and pine could still be used as water sponge and nutrient trap at the very deepest areas.

Does the wood impart a negative taste to the mushrooms ? --- Apparently some do and the prices of mushrooms on the gourmet market change according to the type of wood used.

So, for beds that will include mushroom production, the best quality hardwoods will be reserved for the upper area of the bed while lower quality woods need to go on the bottom. As luck would have it, those hardwoods contain more nutrients for the garden than the same quantity of coniferous wood.

With all of the conifers on the bottom, they will last a long time as both water and nutrient sponges so this is probably the best way to go, even if the bed were not going to grow mushrooms."

-Dale Hodgins
permies.com

Sounds like a plan! ;)

10/17/2013

Fall colors on the property. :)

10/15/2013

Everyone should check this interview out. You'll see the guy who inspired us and the origin of our name. Creation Preservation. Thanks Wendell, your the man!

In a rare television interview, environmental legend and writer Wendell Berry leaves his Kentucky farm for an inspiring conversation.

07/09/2013

Natural abundance- wild/native raspberries just doing their thing. Can't wait to see what happens when we actually give them water and love...

07/09/2013

Oregon grape berries and tiny wild strawberries!

07/09/2013

Wild black raspberries on our property. :)

02/10/2013

"Afristar Foundation utilises Permaculture design systems as the primary methodology of our community development strategy. Permaculture is an optimistic, action-oriented approach to the environmen...