tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42362570424459506932012-02-16T07:39:18.016-05:00Designing and planting food forests in southeastern Pennsylvania, and growing permaculture plants.Aaron Gumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01801934696393103336noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236257042445950693.post-70208142589958905722011-07-24T20:46:00.000-04:002011-07-24T20:46:53.875-04:00Hey Folks -<br /><br />Welcome to the Guman Permaculture blog! This past spring and early summer season were full of garden designs and installations. Edible forest gardens and native plants have found their way into private residences in the city and country, as well as a local nonprofit, <a href="http://www.paradisefarmcamps.org/Home.html">Paradise Valley Farm Camp</a>. I attended a phenomenal 9-day intensive course in Western Pennsylvania on Edible Forest Gardening with <a href="http://www.edibleforestgardens.com/">Dave Jacke</a> - co-author of <i>Edible Forest Gardens</i>. My fiance, Monica, and I have started a small plant nursery specializing in permaculture plants, and are now up and running!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9l_X0B8z_os/Tins2TtYeiI/AAAAAAAAABo/hZccfRVr86M/s1600/IMG_1517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9l_X0B8z_os/Tins2TtYeiI/AAAAAAAAABo/hZccfRVr86M/s320/IMG_1517.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Me planting a grove of Paw Paw trees around an Oak</b></span></div><br />The Edible Forest Garden weekend workshop with Eric Toensmeier (advertisement was previous post) went really well. Eric really gave a grounded overview of forest gardening - very accessible! He answered both very "geeky" questions - <i>What species of air potato is that? Dioscorea batatas? </i>- and basic concepts with ease and clarity. He covered lots of useful plant guilds (look forward to a post on my trial of his Sunchoke guild) that he's found to work in his backyard food forest in Holyoke, Massachussets. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFD5PVL3M1Y/Tiy5cAY3XNI/AAAAAAAAABs/gSmLKmDujgc/s1600/IMG_2389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFD5PVL3M1Y/Tiy5cAY3XNI/AAAAAAAAABs/gSmLKmDujgc/s320/IMG_2389.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Eric Toensmeier demonstrating how to plant an Asian Pear</b></span></div><span id="goog_1309685398"></span><span id="goog_1309685399"></span><br /><br /><br />Regeneratively Yours,<br />Aaron Guman<br />Permaculture Designer, Grower and Educator<br />gumanpermaculture@gmail.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4236257042445950693-7020814258995890572?l=gumanpermaculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Aaron Gumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01801934696393103336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236257042445950693.post-27832109894279147682011-07-08T10:34:00.001-04:002011-07-08T10:35:01.254-04:00Hey Folks -<br /><br />It's been a real busy spring of installation, workshops, plant starts and searching for a farm to call "home." We're working on updating this site, and there will be much more here shortly.<br /><br />WE NOW HAVE PLANTS FOR SALE!<br /><br />We'll have our availability list posted here soon, but in the mean-time you can just email/call if you're interested in purchasing permaculture plants :-)<br /><br />We have over 30 kinds of plants available, helping to make the permaculture garden possible.<br /><br />Everything grown in peat-free organic soil from a local company in re-useable pots, managed with strictly organic practices.<br /><br />Thanks for your interest!<br /><br />- Aaron<br />gumanpermaculture@gmail.com<br />(cell) 610.308.4138<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4236257042445950693-2783210989427914768?l=gumanpermaculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Aaron Gumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01801934696393103336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236257042445950693.post-29184347044703879642011-04-12T14:14:00.001-04:002011-04-14T02:31:28.861-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2bOfmE9GJxU/TaSStlL8NCI/AAAAAAAAABk/ehqFRSkr5s4/s1600/Eric+Toensmeir+Workshop+Flyer+by+MJN+2011+amended.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2bOfmE9GJxU/TaSStlL8NCI/AAAAAAAAABk/ehqFRSkr5s4/s640/Eric+Toensmeir+Workshop+Flyer+by+MJN+2011+amended.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4236257042445950693-2918434704470387964?l=gumanpermaculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Aaron Gumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01801934696393103336noreply@blogger.com0