Overpass
Category: art
Permaculture Utopia
As my final, I’ve created a permaculture utopia for South Anchorage High School.
The plan includes: communication changes, outdoor classrooms, and a continual feedback loop from students, staff, and the community.
What would your ideal high school look like? Thanks for taking a moment to check out mine. Feedback is always welcome!
It’s Dressember!
Dress #5 – getting a self-portrait is a PITA
Beauty rests on utility
Reuse – file drawers
Earthships use recycled material as building materials but most of us just use recycled or up cycled material where we can, and to save money.
I bought these gigantic file drawers at the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore (this is one of my favorite places to shop – I bought a bunch of old cabinet doors to finish off the coop there too) several weeks ago to use as planters. All three of them were only $5 and look interesting against the side of the garage.
The drawers have holes in the bottom, but I put them up on old cinder blocks and added gravel to the bottoms for better drainage. I planted them with zucchini and marigolds for some color and variety. The middle drawer has a couple bundles of firewood in it instead of plants because I needed someplace nice to put it. 🙂
The planters face west and get a little to dry to suit me so I added straw mulch to them yesterday.
Earthship walkthroughs
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Natural dyes
Here are last week’s Easter eggs. Top to bottom I used onion skins, orange peels, blueberries, paprika, and grape juice.
I think they turned out well and were easier and less stinky than traditional egg dyeing.
Plein Aire Oil Painting
This is the most difficult form of painting, and not the most “Green,” however, it is the best. I am about to purchase an EasYl so that I can go out in my new minivan and get some true colors of Alaskan summers. Wish me luck!
Art and Ideas
This was inspiration to me. I want to make an archway in my garden that people can see from the street. The sun would stream in and back-light the arch, inviting people to walk into the garden.
Pragmatic Permaculture 