Construction of the new greenhouse at CRMPI, the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in Basalt, CO, is underway:
http://www.crmpi.org/
Over the past 25 years, Jerome Osentowski's permaculture institute has become world renowned as a great place to learn the arts of "permanent, sustainable agriculture", as permaculture is known. Here Jerome weaves together the plant, animal and insect communities into an orchestra, playing together to produce food for us. Using greenhouses and outdoor "forest gardens" CRMPI is a veritable Garden of Eden, located on an arid mountainside here.
In the Autumn of 2007, Jerome's tropical greenhouse, the largest of his four indoor growing spaces, burned to the ground in the middle of the night. Were it not for the Basalt Volunteer Firefighters and their speedy mobilization in the wee hours of a Sunday morning, Jerome's house and his Mediterranean greenhouse, home of his famous mature Fig Tree, would also have been lost.
Now, the old Nexus greenhouse Jerome helped plan and build for the Planted Earth Nursery in Carbondale 30 years ago, which they gave to him because they are no longer using it, is being re-assembled where his tropical greenhouse stood. Jerome gave half of the parts to the town of Carbondale, and we hauled the rest of them up the narrow, cliffside mountain road leading to his paradise, and we have begun to erect the frame for it's next incarnation as a renewed tropical house. It took us a long time to build a new foundation for the old trusses, but now the trusses are finally rising from the ashes. Before Winter sets in on us again, the banana, pomegranate and other tropical fruit trees and shrubs will be sheltered comfortably in their new home.
Big thanks to Eric, Jack, Kelly, Chris, Andreas, Zack, Brian, Danny, Deanna, and everyone else who are donating their time and energy to help bring "Pebble Beach" back to renewed life!
http://www.crmpi.org/
Over the past 25 years, Jerome Osentowski's permaculture institute has become world renowned as a great place to learn the arts of "permanent, sustainable agriculture", as permaculture is known. Here Jerome weaves together the plant, animal and insect communities into an orchestra, playing together to produce food for us. Using greenhouses and outdoor "forest gardens" CRMPI is a veritable Garden of Eden, located on an arid mountainside here.
In the Autumn of 2007, Jerome's tropical greenhouse, the largest of his four indoor growing spaces, burned to the ground in the middle of the night. Were it not for the Basalt Volunteer Firefighters and their speedy mobilization in the wee hours of a Sunday morning, Jerome's house and his Mediterranean greenhouse, home of his famous mature Fig Tree, would also have been lost.
Now, the old Nexus greenhouse Jerome helped plan and build for the Planted Earth Nursery in Carbondale 30 years ago, which they gave to him because they are no longer using it, is being re-assembled where his tropical greenhouse stood. Jerome gave half of the parts to the town of Carbondale, and we hauled the rest of them up the narrow, cliffside mountain road leading to his paradise, and we have begun to erect the frame for it's next incarnation as a renewed tropical house. It took us a long time to build a new foundation for the old trusses, but now the trusses are finally rising from the ashes. Before Winter sets in on us again, the banana, pomegranate and other tropical fruit trees and shrubs will be sheltered comfortably in their new home.
Big thanks to Eric, Jack, Kelly, Chris, Andreas, Zack, Brian, Danny, Deanna, and everyone else who are donating their time and energy to help bring "Pebble Beach" back to renewed life!
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