The seeds are sprouting out...

Just to keep my promise to the ones who participated on the last PDC...
Here´s a picture of the mulch bed you all made... with 2 weeks they are already quite big :-)... even though Muxima tried to sabotage it several times :-)
you might need to enlarge the picture to see it , eh, eh... I just took it with my phone from the washing dishes place...

It has been raining like crazy again... Tsss... but the sun will come soon !!!
Love to you all

Resume of the Permaculture Course in March

Finally I'm writing about the week of the Permaculture course...even though I did wrote a bit on my blog ...
sorry about that, but after all the work and preparations I needed a little break and I was not so fond of seating in front of a computer :-)

Anyway, once again the course was brilliant... the people whom I got to meet are amazing and we had really good times together...

either in the teachings,
around the table during meals,

chopping vegetables,watching mind-blowing documentaries and
hanging out around the fire place at nights...lots of talented musicians I have to say ...really nice !!!

I missed a bit of the social aspect because I was also running around doing other things, and in the evenings I was just ready for an early sleep :-)...

I also had to take Christian to the hospital...ups...he was swinging with a rope and hit a rock with his knee...he actually moved the rock out of its place...Ouch!!! he was more excited with it than disturbed... he wouldn't stop taking pictures in the hospital...the nurse was fun too...it looked painful though...
but I did had really good times with everyone... And it was lovely to be with Lesley again... the more I know her , the more I have to say - She's great !!!
It was nice to see the ones I already knew, but most of them I didn't know... so different and interesting people... It's encouraging to see how the portuguese are really interested and involved in permaculture projects, or simply awaking to see the world with different eyes...and willing to do something about it...

The weather was not so bad, but we did have some rain and one day the wind was really annoying...
But everyone was fine with it... at least I didn't hear many complaints...anyway, what could we do?!!

ok, now I will just post some pictures...I have to say that I was rubbish taking pictures... I just forget to take them...
and if those who were at the course would like to leave a comment with your perspective on it, it would be great...
Thank you all ... I really enjoyed it !!!


getting ready to make the design!!!

preparing the mulch bed... even when the rain was threatening ...

another group preparing for the design...

...and another group...

a nice capture while I was filling up the water containers... :-)

one of many nice evenings around the fire...which I missed most of them :-)


first group presenting their design... Kin, Filipa and Ana...

really cool structures...

second group...Christian, Hilko, Sonia and Nina...

Each one explaining different details...

after each group presented their design we would all give our opinion... one thing we liked, and one thing we would make different (no negative opinions here...I like that )

After lunch the sillyness came :-), eh, eh..really fun!!! the sun helped the good mood !!!


the third group...Silvia, Valter and Susi...

nice ideas... lots of recycling bins :-)

and the final group... Ulli, Catarina e Irene...

lots of ideas for the garden and all sorts of plant's names...nice !!!


sunday night, we all went to the village to have dinner... it was really fun...

Kin brought the guitar and played some nice tunes... we even had a dance hall :-)

Anyway, it was a real pleasant week for all of us I believe... more seeds spread... more hope to see what will come out of it ... I'm already looking forward for the next one in August... and the Strawbale workshop, very soon, from the 27th of MAY to the 3rd of June...