The town of San Fernando In the midst of the fast-paced Permaculture Design Course, we got one day off. I was tempted to stay back and...

Final PDC Presentation To finish the course and receive our Permaculture Design Certification (PDC), we had to complete the final task of...

Our Permaculture course group holding medicinal plants after our course with the Guatemalan natural medicine expert, Dr. Armando Cáceres...

Homes and hives of native bee species that Granja Elisa conserves ALL bees are important. Not just those that produce abundant honey. We...

Visualizing when to plant/ propagate different types of plants according to the moon cycle Throughout my time living in Central America I...

Seeds from around IMAP that Gregorio collected for our workshop When we think about seeds we usually imagine little tiny things we hold...

Gregorio smiling proudly in his food forest July 10, 2024 Gregorio's retirement plant is to have a food forest of healthy,...

July 7, 2024 Preparing the ceremony Nawales  During the Mayan ceremony each of us participants were given our nawal. According to the...

Small-Scale Production Plots for the Local Community, Pachitulul In the evenings after I finish work at 5pm, I walk down toward the lake...

Making a garden mandala design June 21, 2024   Huertos Familiares: Building a Family Garden The rain poured and pounded all night long...

June 25, 2024 Stomping down the microorganisms to store them anaerobically Microorganisms!! I wrote some about microorganisms during my...

June 22, 2024 Native Kitchen-- Amaranth Colorful, red and yellow stalks of amaranth create a beautiful scenery throughout the garden...

June 14, 2024   The Mesoamerican Institute of Permaculture I boarded a bus to the towns of Lake Atitlan and, while the first half was a...

Bus ride to Guatemala May 2024 Traveling from Mexico to Guatemala After two incredible months in Chiapas, Mexico, I traveled back down to...