Day 2 Fun for us, and soon you too!

Day 2:

 

It is I, Colton, grabbing the reins on the typing tonight while Casey rides shotgun.

 

Dang, CRMPI is a pretty spectacular place. Our labors for the day primarily revolved around shoveling rabbit poop, so it wasn’t the most glamorous job but the rabbits sure are happy (and rabbit poop is an incredibly rich source of nitrogen so the compost was happy too). They have a pen with rabbits and chickens because animals are a crucial part of a permaculture approach, since they can recycle food scraps, provide fertilizer, provide food, mix up the soil, and sometimes be your friend J. The chicken is one of the most used animals in permaculture and helps out with virtually every aspect of food production.

We also got to meet a couple of cool cats named Dave and John who are working and living at CRMPI. Both had typical, boring jobs/lives and up and quit them to be closer to the land and learn how to grow food. What an inspiration! They are bettering themselves and learning valuable skills while also building community and helping out Jerome (the manager of CRMPI). If these guys could do it, then you can certainly do it. We have had all kinds of great conversations with them from conspiracy theories, to the prison of our economic and educational systems, to catastrophic geology theories, to astrology, to simply waking up and loving life.

Got to experience something pretty cool today, courtesy of Casey’s knowledge, which was the magic of Spilanthes. The flower of the plant can be chewed on and ingested, providing a whirlwind of different flavors and sensations (including numbing) that is reminiscent of Shnozberries (hopefully you have seen Willy Wonka). In any case, it is a powerful dental remedy that promotes healthy bacteria, destroys pathogenic bacteria, and generally promotes dental and gum health. Don’t expect to find this in your garden though, as this is a tropical plant.

We are going to create videos and post them to youtube at our earliest convenience with more information, but the magical part about this place is that they are growing tropical and Mediterranean plants year round in climate controlled greenhouses. Bet you never expected someone to be growing avocados, bananas, oranges, and figs in the middle of the Rocky Mountains at 8000 feet. We’ll include the video links later, which will show you how this alchemy is performed.

Casey and Colton signing off, stay tuned for CRMPI part deux...

 
Here’s some inspiration from past adventurers.

 

 

 

All those buckets are full of stuff from the bottom of the rabbit cages. That’s a lot of rabbit poop.











This here is a guide to one of the many permaculture “guilds” on the CRMPI property. These are edible/medicinal food forests that combine plants that benefit one another in symbiotic relationship and provide very little upkeep or maintenance, all the while providing plums, grapes, apples, berries, onions, bone/skin/stomach medicine, and food for the animals.