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Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery ~ Come Visit

by  • March 14, 2013 • 1 Comment

EXOTICA#49Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery ~ Come Visit

2508 – B E. Vista Way, Vista, Ca. 92085 ~ 760-716-8831

Set in an Edin-like garden, Exotica has brought together a cornucopia of exotic edibles chosen especially for southern California. Everything we grow at Exotica is organically grown…and is guarded by wild butterflies.

Edible Landscape Consultation and Planning.

EXOTICA#5More photo’s of Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery!

Rare Plants and Trees From Around The World!

This is Yogi Zen Dude, with Om Peace Church, a path of kindness, visiting Steve Spangler at his Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery in Vista, California. I am here to connect with Steve Spangler to begin learning from him about exotic fruit trees and plants for permaculture and food forest for the Kins Domains that are a huge project for Bruce Perlowin. Plus exploring the three acres next to Steve, with over 800 20 yr old exotic fruit trees Steve has planted there, is a possible location for a satellite Kins Domain location for Bruce Perlowin’s other Kins Domain locations.

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Sound Healing at Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery

My Dad and I just visited Steve Spangler at Exotica again and got to spend a few hours hangin out exploring, and meditating on the 3 acres next door that might become a satellite Kins Domain for Bruce Perlowin…wad Blissful spot to set up and do some sound healing…O M M M…_/I\_

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Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery has been here for over 30 years, this is a couple photo’s Steve took from a helicopter many years ago.

More photo’s of Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery!

Exotic Rare Fruits Grown at Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery!

 

 

 

Come find out more about the Kins Domains Bruce Perlowin is creating!

These two videos are from a DVD that Steve Spangler of Exotica Rare Fruits Nursery gave me that are from 10 years ago.

This old video is an interview with Steve Spangler and his partner Jessica Leaf.

Steve Spangler walks us through Exotica, sharing about the many  rare exotic fruit trees they have, and the awesome rare bamboo’s they have at Exotica, along with some old photo’s of Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery.

More coming, will be adding more to this post…=)

P E A C E…L O V E  n  L I G H T…_/I\_

Yogi Zen Dude

What is a Kin’s Domain

by  • January 19, 2013 • 0 Comments

What is a Kin’s Domain?

1. General overview

Eco-villages are springing up all around the world as a response to the modern lifestyle. They offer a practical solution to many problems of our time. Humanity is facing the peak of resource growth, while our lives lack meaningful content. Scientist are discovering we need to go towards sustainability in order to survive as a species. UN has published a report;Global Environment Outlook 2000. It is based on the accounts of the UN agencies. 850 individuals and more than 30 environmental institutes came to the conclusion that the present direction of development is unsustainable and delaying with measures is intolerable.

20239_1299320119550_570825_nBruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp Inc. and his Kin’s Domain Video’s!

Eco-villages support a lifestyle that can easily be maintained in future. Life in eco-villages is organized in such a way that it allows successful and long- term self-sustainability for many generations. It also minimizes the environmental footprint of the individual. They are models of sustainability and a practical example of taking immediate measures. They are effectively opposing the degradation of social, ecological, and spiritual milieus. The increasing desire of many individuals and groups to live sustainably is a clear sign that people need to be given the possibility of living in eco-villages. Forming such villages should be undertaken in the spirit of research, and in support of the development of families that wish to secure the quality of life on Earth for generations to come, by living close to nature.

All eco-villages and its inhabitants bring many benefits to the area. They fill the vacuum in the abandoned villages, they manage the cultural landscapes, they improve demographic situations in the region, they add new contents/offers (tourism, agriculture, crafts, services etc.). The residents of eco-villages are environmentally aware, educated and creative people.

Read the rest here: What is a Kin’s Domain

P E A C E  n  L I G H T…_/I\_

Yogi Zen Dude

Bag Gardens

by  • January 18, 2013 • 0 Comments

Bag Gardens#1Bag Gardens

What an A W E S O M E idea, I Love this! So creative and Wonderful for growing in smaller areas!

 

NOTE:  This is an experiment in gardening by the designer Topher Delany at a Gunnebo Castle in southern Sweden.  The bags he used are for construction debris.  They are commonly used in Sweden instead of hard containers (they cost $15 a pop).

However, bag gardening is a lot more versatile and practical than these big yellow bags.  Here are some of the advantages of this method:

  • It’s very easy to establish a garden.  You don’t have to till the soil and you don’t even need good soil to start with.  All you need is a bag of rich soil.
  • The bags prevent cut worms and other weeds currently in the soil from killing your crops.   Also contaminated soil won’t harm your crops.
  • The bags help to retain water, reducing water use.

Here are some examples.

Store Bought Bag Gardens

A practical application of bag gardening is to use bags of garden soil to rapidly set up a garden with a minimum amount of effort.

Here’s an example of that:

Grow-Bag-Gardening

As you can see in this picture, these bag gardens are simply bags with slots cut into the top (this garden was built using a square foot method of planting).  Mix in a little fertilizer and poke the bottom of each bag with a dozen drainage holes and you are off to the races.

At the end of the season, remove the bags.  Next season, add more bags.  Eventually, the soil will be good enough to garden directly.

African Bag Gardens

These bag gardens are more versatile than the store bought gardens seen above.  Here’s a simple overview of the concept from an aide organization:

Bag-Garden-Dynamics

As you can see, African bag gardens are vertical instead of horizontal.  They are also made out of burlap any other handy material instead of plastic.

One of the most interesting additions to this method is a vertical drain.  This drain is built using small stones (as you fill the bag with composted soil, use a coffee can without a bottom as a guide for placing the stones at the center).   Seeds are added to holes in the sides and at the top.

The result is something like this bag from Uganda:

Uganda-Bag-Garden

A big advantage of a vertical bag garden is all of the surface area for growing food it provides.  A 1 cubic meter bag provides up to 5 square meters of growing surface.

Have you done one or more of these Bag Garden? Would Love to see some of your photos and hear your stories!

P E A C E  n  L I G H T…_/I\_

Yogi Zen Dude