tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30831978420187170782024-02-20T22:05:34.673-08:00Capital District Permaculture GuildAn Exploration in Urban/Suburban SustainabilityCapital District Permaculture Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01937473441942872460noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083197842018717078.post-38766566669126126982009-07-28T07:04:00.000-07:002009-07-28T07:15:37.594-07:00Biochar with David Yarrow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKo5b7U-fzuXZjlWXF7MZCFO52dtUzDTi7RnjWZTrEbP1emScOhiUkiylF8yNygG6_wFgNmV4QWOn8W3ITPuxpbWyqnz1aawH-98UOZR4IuaHLSUXn79thQpx_kb9oWEs2thaufS2H9yi/s1600-h/DSC04833.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKo5b7U-fzuXZjlWXF7MZCFO52dtUzDTi7RnjWZTrEbP1emScOhiUkiylF8yNygG6_wFgNmV4QWOn8W3ITPuxpbWyqnz1aawH-98UOZR4IuaHLSUXn79thQpx_kb9oWEs2thaufS2H9yi/s320/DSC04833.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363514421911712098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8TPQfM9gtdgpqcPYgZ13nUfypQBqhWnQQEDUcKw69nSjfb4j5aQJSFqJGreWRjS0_6bh0omDr1ODlFk-ghDSRAGh5CScrzDwpDX4M9keKV2Bu2hH3asieNky1yDH7m0RNBHmMO3FDh1h/s1600-h/DSC04844.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqnXNnsVj3EkdX4TIc6zT3EcxH89QaNg6-Fn24CfKiALBvgNOa5v7UyMR4RGF2VHQDCKep9EfcKCH97BhP6PRrTTz713caaC5pNeMV64qUBgMy7uT_iZAhTHmZ4Ng96gDw_3VqZscQQ7t/s320/DSC04821.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363513405314186146" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Capital District Permaculture Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01937473441942872460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083197842018717078.post-56876971863520045742009-07-24T13:22:00.000-07:002009-07-24T13:51:11.658-07:00Normanskill Farm Site Visit<div><div>July 24th, 2009 members of the Capital District Permaculture Guild met with Friends of Normanskill to take a visit of the old farm and to explore the potential of creating a Permaculture demonstration site. </div></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-Hif3bh56XSB9TO1KkOqAbUmBT9XA1eeOtSY8H3S9Sfm-mPylSDaSxmKZ_n2vkLwpP1YXMPBfLCJMyTjLvHwYpiEiel_RURDj-BMizRZEH-6xpmx16VHjp8V2AST2FUuXc4vwBel8MVQ/s1600-h/DSC04770.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-Hif3bh56XSB9TO1KkOqAbUmBT9XA1eeOtSY8H3S9Sfm-mPylSDaSxmKZ_n2vkLwpP1YXMPBfLCJMyTjLvHwYpiEiel_RURDj-BMizRZEH-6xpmx16VHjp8V2AST2FUuXc4vwBel8MVQ/s320/DSC04770.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362127908888951058" /></a><br /><div>The now vacant tenant farmer building once housed 3 families. <br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6ytjBCopeU_riZm-WewwX2wQPLUHN-yUlQpWFm8GsIt6EVPxNacc9YW7zfRCEn2GkeWLyB9ga-EE4QekZIW0hwoEMP5h9Rty1j6wNoosXRBtfEvaZB1xOUfKCqkBeRFJuEgWUeM5y-UV/s1600-h/DSC04773.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6ytjBCopeU_riZm-WewwX2wQPLUHN-yUlQpWFm8GsIt6EVPxNacc9YW7zfRCEn2GkeWLyB9ga-EE4QekZIW0hwoEMP5h9Rty1j6wNoosXRBtfEvaZB1xOUfKCqkBeRFJuEgWUeM5y-UV/s320/DSC04773.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362127899548214306" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We startled a flock of wild turkeys that were roosting in a tree adjacent to the original turkey coop.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlb3HeUW2XGIXsIC36y204tYzS-aDE1CuGDERaiRfxG5syum1NTHjdmUal3IASBI5ciTpv4KsE55WSDOqaIowtYJBwcyPVdXdMierzCTPCA82AWU9BG23vrPXazhEs4AJkK1OFI5eE1ZmD/s1600-h/DSC04759.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlb3HeUW2XGIXsIC36y204tYzS-aDE1CuGDERaiRfxG5syum1NTHjdmUal3IASBI5ciTpv4KsE55WSDOqaIowtYJBwcyPVdXdMierzCTPCA82AWU9BG23vrPXazhEs4AJkK1OFI5eE1ZmD/s320/DSC04759.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362127896655311810" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Milk, was just one of the many agriculture products of the farm. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFstuHnuQ7_IpalqCQ2KRg4C7-zVNbN2RD0G72QBVfhIuzR2PNqJXcZxEzuwxNKBDNNbbTeVVWJUmVkr6_NejyMB7qEN0hzcPrdd54TpR3dkSn0SJtnr9zN_wdkllwdtlZ-DoIVrIEbKsa/s1600-h/DSC04778.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFstuHnuQ7_IpalqCQ2KRg4C7-zVNbN2RD0G72QBVfhIuzR2PNqJXcZxEzuwxNKBDNNbbTeVVWJUmVkr6_NejyMB7qEN0hzcPrdd54TpR3dkSn0SJtnr9zN_wdkllwdtlZ-DoIVrIEbKsa/s320/DSC04778.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362126492612752674" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Albany Police Department uses the barn and pasture to house their equestrian & K9 unit. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQThIMjLpmDeIbvrMyh1FdruyTJ115KByklGYxUU4vyX631x8rqWbcAtjPqxleaTiTMWnU6v4n6LveZh-G8X11qTpTHoYV1bqimnEy9UZ4hm5O0CCZVR6kHoe446B6jKMVKWTCPWy3AgN/s1600-h/DSC04765.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQThIMjLpmDeIbvrMyh1FdruyTJ115KByklGYxUU4vyX631x8rqWbcAtjPqxleaTiTMWnU6v4n6LveZh-G8X11qTpTHoYV1bqimnEy9UZ4hm5O0CCZVR6kHoe446B6jKMVKWTCPWy3AgN/s320/DSC04765.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362126489062604130" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>One of the first projects of Friends of Normanskill was to renovate the forge. It is now used for elementary education and by local blacksmiths.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7GP1aSiLP_Bp26AoN7c1jw8L1aTFvVuvkVfDJnVAgCLfm_IG3XkdAckkyaReQuP45_DFk0KrAsW2V8Ipqi-GHFBbvtUp2nNI1dIYwDOhbhKuqQhJxyEsaPft-Ww_Y61VduUFb1nbfMVC/s1600-h/DSC04777.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7GP1aSiLP_Bp26AoN7c1jw8L1aTFvVuvkVfDJnVAgCLfm_IG3XkdAckkyaReQuP45_DFk0KrAsW2V8Ipqi-GHFBbvtUp2nNI1dIYwDOhbhKuqQhJxyEsaPft-Ww_Y61VduUFb1nbfMVC/s320/DSC04777.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362126485032942434" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>An underutilized greenhouse.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bEt02HW8vckva1bGUpQ4eSmghMg2f1X08WEOaKEx46WdR-dUeBGFbmj0OhnzxtnNY1tfgILrJpwxWLU2sdozzNo8jtXcW1Ix4PUXfuJZzMMD3RhfaoCJ1sB2BVxwSGbTccV0Ue2LEWqn/s1600-h/DSC04774.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bEt02HW8vckva1bGUpQ4eSmghMg2f1X08WEOaKEx46WdR-dUeBGFbmj0OhnzxtnNY1tfgILrJpwxWLU2sdozzNo8jtXcW1Ix4PUXfuJZzMMD3RhfaoCJ1sB2BVxwSGbTccV0Ue2LEWqn/s320/DSC04774.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362126480412999826" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Juglans nigra (black walnut) adjacent to the hay barn which is used mostly for equipment storage.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Uo3W5ANLbgofnuuPN-AnLunRgR-ojNj3cfWZzXNet9Lzp5qp3tY3C2UiiZAZ7SEWxHOO56XQR7CaBYzvuVci-WCPBwJqKPe__aNTjvAxW0gLI5KnWbd5Kl_iQxgFUNLXJbPxkASlEx4r/s1600-h/DSC04761.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Uo3W5ANLbgofnuuPN-AnLunRgR-ojNj3cfWZzXNet9Lzp5qp3tY3C2UiiZAZ7SEWxHOO56XQR7CaBYzvuVci-WCPBwJqKPe__aNTjvAxW0gLI5KnWbd5Kl_iQxgFUNLXJbPxkASlEx4r/s320/DSC04761.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362126472409436802" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Customized milk delivery box. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Capital District Permaculture Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01937473441942872460noreply@blogger.com0