Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild

Permaculture Eco-Village in NE Washington has Openings - Potential Permanent Residency

We have openings for people to come plug into our Eco-Village project. Could be a couple or not, families or singles. We seek people for whom this opportunity resonates with their own vision forward in permaculture. The land here is calling out for Earth Stewards to come and be part of its ecosystem.

The Eco-Village is a 20-acre sanctuary seeking devotees, not in any religious sense, although it is often a spiritual quest that drives someone to embrace permaculture. The three of us are looking for people who are devoted to creating rural self-sufficiency for themselves, through permaculture, in community. We offer an environment free of economic rent and ask only for active mindful participation.

We seek farmers and builders to each contribute an average of 20 hours a week, or more if it moves you, with reasonable time off. Please note: This is not an employment opportunity. It is a lifestyle choice.

We are part way through a long, complicated process of establishing the Eco-Village land resource as a permaculture land trust and restoring the land to more resemble a commons and be collectively managed, permaculturally, in perpetuity. The Eco-Village is for demonstrating to our local community and the world what technological climb-down, humane re-connection to the natural world and voluntary simplicity look like– what permaculture looks like in practice.

We most hope to find folks who arrive open to the idea of joining the Eco-Village permanently if the situation feels right.

Interested? A couple of things: To start you would need to be debt-free and self-sufficient in terms of finances, shelter and domestic needs such as food (beyond what the Collective Farm and a personal garden can provide), warmth, electricity, waste handling and share in paying common expenses.

Applying for an apprenticeship at the Eco-Village is a two step process. Anyone can also apply as a volunteer and come to work as your schedule allows.

First there is a two-question pre-application. From those applications we will choose folks to answer a few more questions, get references, do a phone or Zoom interview and have a site visit, if feasible.

If we accept your application as an apprentice candidate, we will welcome you to join us on the farm.

All the details and the link to our pre-aaplication are at https://bzfarm.org.

Montana Herbal Festival
August 17-18, 2024

Gerald W. Marks Exploration Center & Rocky Mountain Gardens
in Missoula, Montana

ᐧ Classes ᐧ Demos ᐧ Plant Walks ᐧ Music ᐧ Art ᐧ Marketplace

The Montana Herbal Festival is an annual gathering in Missoula, Montana dedicated to the exchange of herbal knowledge, fostering connections with native plant medicines, and promoting respectful stewardship of our environment.

For more info: https://mtherbalfest.org/

TerraFlora, an established permaculture site "equidistant from Colville, Addy, and Rice, WA" created by long-time members of the Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild (and frequent contributors to Permaculture Design Magazine) Marc and Gloria Flora, is moving to CA. Here's part of their farewell message we thought we'd share:

Dept of Ag restrictions really limit the nursery plants and animals we can bring with us [to California]. We rather they go to responsible farmers and stewards than slaughter auctions or waste. We’d like to rehome them in the next month.

We have:

Navajo Churro sheep, a heritage breed with thick double-layer wool. Wide variety of colors and markings from cream to browns to black. They do well on browse making them ideal for keeping brush down along with the grass. We have 15 rams of various ages and 25 ewes, 17 of which are 2 years old or younger. Churros are easy to handle, smallish, and many are well-socialized. They have beautiful markings and coloration, easy birthers, and are good mothers.

Two Alpine goats (wethers), 5 years old, which we were training as pack goats (will include the pack frames, bags, and leads).

12 adult American Buff geese and will sell/gift family units (pairs with 1, 2, or 4 goslings) or pairs.

Chickens of various breeds, including some nice Bielefeld roosters.

Our farm is quite isolated so all the animals are very healthy.

We also have a lot of ‘resources’: garden pots, trays, potting soil, backpack sprayers, fencing, canning jars, glass gallon jugs, fire bricks, a coop full of chicken litter with biochar, and more. Much of this we’d rather trade for some of your labor than money. Prices are very negotiable; the better your farm, the better the discount!

Please help spread the word!

Contact info:
Marc and Gloria Flora
Equidistance from Colville, Addy, and Rice
509-684-6233
406-459-3486 (text)
[email protected]

Anyone who has not see their landmark farm should take advantage of this opportunity!

Thunder storms and rain showers. Oh well, you can't argue with Mother Nature. So our w**d smoking party (figuratively speaking) at the BZ farm is being scaled back. Maybe no dance tunes since we can't let the big sound system get wet, but a few die-hards have said they're still coming, so there will be pot luck lunches both days, the wood-fired hot tub is being lit right now and the w**ds haven't gone anywhere. Ready to rough it?? Come on out. Need Directions?? Text 914-246-0309 or email [email protected]. Participants get a voucher for free produce and discounts at our farmers' market stand in Colville. Liability waivers must be signed by each participant. BZ Farm is a non-profit, mutual benefit organization.

Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1191777085391256

So here's what the ten-day forecast from WeatherBug calls for at Leadpoint, WA (basically a ghost town just south of us). Not encouraging. However, note the tiny little sun peeking out. Weather forecasting is hit and miss these days of climate chaos. We'll keep checking, but if the weather looks bad, we'll have to postpone our w**ding party. However, if you're a die-hard, come on out in any case and if you are Alice and Nikita, come on out anyway.

Hey! If you're coming to our w**ding party on the 15th and 16th, PLEASE contact us so we can send you driving directions to the farm.

It's Time to SMOKE Our Weeds!!

Work Partay at the Bezaleel Israel Eco-Village

Saturday June 15 and Sunday the 16th, 9am to 5pm both days - unless it's raining :(

Folks! The w**ds are getting ahead of us. Please come help us get ahead of them so we can produce the lucious produce you've come to expect from the BZ Permaculture Farm Collective. We don't use any herbicides here. Just hula-hoes and busy fingers are our primary w**d defense and we need more fingers in the dirt just now. Can you make it? Can you help out? Let us know: bzfarm.org/contact

We could also use help planting, fence building, playing with our baby goats and sctratching Bu Bu the sheepdog behind his ears.

Bring tools!

Sound like fun? There will be lively dance tunes, pot luck lunches both days (bring something to share), awesome garden-fresh salads, a wood-fired hot tub and overnight camping for the hardiest among you.

If you happen to be a musician or in a band and you'd like to donate your time and talents, let us know well in advance and we'll provide the sound.

Housekeeping: Liability waivers will need to be signed by all participants.

The BZ Permaculture Farm Collective is a non-profit, mutual aid organization.

Hey! We've updated the photo galley on the BZ Farm website. Have a look:
https://bzfarm.org/photo-gallery

It's been a busy time for the Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild! The Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival was May 11th and it was an absolutely awesome and well attended event - we're already making plans for an even better one next year!

INPG was also at the Spring Okanogan Family Barter Faire this week with an information booth and connecting with family and all the irie vibes of this great community.

We'll be making an appearance at the One Earth Sanctuary Spring Fling event at the Happy Dell Park in Kettle Falls this Saturday May 25th and at the Thrivalists Fair in Addy, WA on Memorial Day.

Then on June 7-11th, we'll be participating in the Sasquatch Family Reunion at Locust Grove in Kettle Falls, WA where there will be workshops on various topics including permaculture and mushrooms.

We'll be participating in many more events throughout the summer, planning classes and work parties to prepare for the 2024 Inland Northwest Permaculture Convergence on September 20-22nd in Rice, WA.

If you would like to volunteer to help at any of these great events, please email Kelly at [email protected].

Thank you all for co-creating together with us and wishing you a blessed full moon in Sagittarius!

I’ll be offline with no phone service until Sunday evening.
Come see us at the Okanogan Family Spring Barter Faire on 400 Purple! I’ll also have some Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival t-shirts if you missed getting one last weekend!

Attention Vendors for the 2024 Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival!

I sent out emails to all registered vendors on Monday evening with all the details for your arrival. If you did not receive it, please check your junk folder or contact me at [email protected] so I can resend it to you.

Here is a map of the park and vending spaces as well as the schedule of activities. Please be sure to read all guidelines presented in the email I sent. Thank you and see you all soon!

Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival
Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild
Northeast Washington Permaculture Guild
Northeast Washington Permaculture Guild
Children of Earth Coalition

Here is the schedule of activities, presentations and demonstrations that will be offered at the 2024 Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival on May 11th in Kettle Falls, WA. We'll see you there and look forward to having a FUNgi time with you! 🍄

More information and contest pre-registration is available at https://www.sasquatchfamilyreunion.com/new-mushroom-festival.html #/

I’m looking for someone in the Colville area that has the equipment and skill to prepare tipi poles. They are dry and need the bark removed and smoothed out. This is to put up the Sasquatch tipi at the Sasquatch Family Reunion.

We are excited to welcome so many vendors at the 2024 Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival at the Happy Dell Park in Kettle Falls, WA on May 11, 2024 from 10am - 8pm!

FOOD AND DRINK VENDORS:
G&R goodies
Conscious Crave
WAKE n' BAKE Coffee & Bakery
Mad Hatter Lemonade
Tree's Mexican Cuisine

OVER 40 VENDORS WITH A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:
Angie's Magic Stones
ArtyMiss
B-Reys Rocks and Crystals
BZ Farms
Celia's Gourmet Foods
Cosmic Calling Gems
Crondo Glassics
Dancing Pine Soapworks
DDK Tapestries
Fairygenix Crystals
Fire & Fungus
FungiPermastead
Goofy Goats Homestead Products
Gracie Jewlery
Hippies at Heart
John's Woodworking
Journey Towards Wellness Center
Just Mushin Around
Lillekoi Creations
Mama Chupacabra
Maryanne's Crochet Crafts
Peace Within Botanicals
Rainbow Butterfly Wellness
Rainbow Soul Textiles
Renewal by Anderson
Rise and Shine Gem & Mineral
Riverwood Community Learning Association
Roubideaux DesignZ
StarFrog Permaculture
The Log Perch
The Oracle Spore Shop
Uncle Fungus Mushrooms
Victory's Organic Gardens
Wiley Ranch Creations
Wood N' Whimsy
Woodworker Network

The 2nd annual Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival is a free family-friendly event that will include a mushroom foray hunt, culinary contest, mushroom and fungi identification table, presentations, demonstrations, children's activities, live music, art and costume contests and much more! For more information about the Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival, visit https://www.sasquatchfamilyreunion.com/new-mushroom-festival.html #/

Join us on May 11th at the Happy Dell Park in Kettle Falls for a FUNgi time at the 2024 Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival! This free event features educational presentations, information, demonstrations, contests (mushroom hunt, culinary, art, costume), 40+ vendors, live music, children's activities, mushroom identification and a groovy vibes! More information and pre-registration is available at www.inlandnorthwestpermaculture.com

Hey everyone! The BZ Permaculture Farm Collective will be at the SEASON OPENING of the Northeast Washington Farmers Market this Wednesday, May 1, in Colville. We will have our large selection of vegetable seeds and we will have plant starts too! The farmers' market will be at its new/old location at Main and Astor in downtown Colville. We hope to see all our old friends and many new ones during this upcoming marketing season. The market opens at 9am and goes to 1pm.

Huckleberry Range Community Collective will hold a day of gardening classes at the Addy Grange on April 20. Topics: Regenerative Gardening (with Chrys Ostrander); Growing Garden Seed Crops (with BZ Israel); Bokashi Bran; and Gardening on a Budget. A panel Q&A session over lunch will be free (you supply the lunch!). Please share this info with anyone, especially those not on FB. Message us with questions, or send us an email at [email protected] (feel free to share the email address). Also on April 20, Addy Grange is hosting a flea market across the street. BZ Permaculture Farm Collective will be there with our locally grown seeds and plants for sale.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2258507931156349/