by Alan Post | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
The first time I encountered this video I was reading a a now-forgotten comment on a blog or reddit. It shows a heroic, unskilled, energy intensive attempt to wrangle a goat: At the time I didn’t understand why a video of catching a goat was relevant to the...
by Alan Post | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Starting in the spring of 2012, Rev Tsolwizar and Alan Post constructed a 1,500 gallon aquaponics system at Sunflower River. This project is a ‘test system’ to evaluate the suitability of aquaponics in a desert environment. It become known as “The...
by Alan Post | Mar 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sunflower River has a garden that is thematically composed of dye plants. This is my place to experiment and experience a garden unfolding: to learn when I should leave it alone, when I should help it along. It is with this garden that I develop my own eye for how the...
by Alan Post | Jan 16, 2012 | retrospective
This weekend I attended the first two days of a 7 weekend course on Permaculture Design. This is the local Permaculture Design course taught by Scott Pittman. Unlike the traditional 2-week intensive, this course spans 3 months and is only scheduled on the weekends. I...
