This year at the Ranch they have had some challenges growing a good tomato harvest. Chelo (the agroecological specialist) gave the...

There are many ways to prepare a garden bed, but this is the way they do it at Rancho Lum Ha'! We dig out the bed and add organic...

Moxviquil campus At a Slow Foods event in Chiapas I met a young woman, Adelina, who is studying at the Institute Moxviquil  where she is...

The pesky white butterfly!! The white butterfly is a pest whose larva loves to eat leafy greens and cabbages. This butterfly is a problem...

This syntropic garden that has a diversity of plants-- squash, sunflowers, sugar cane, cappuchinas, buckwheat, mustard plants,...

Mar showing us their worms for sale! Would you like some pet worms? My friends Chelo and Mar from the collective JAMA can teach you how...

Mountains and Cornfields. The drive to Rancho Lum Ha' I'm currently volunteering on an agroecological farm called Rancho Lum Ha that...

Chelo teaching producers from Honduras to make organic fungicide If we want more farmers to be able to practice agreocological methods,...

Today we needed to replenish the liquid bio-fertilizer (biol, in Spanish) because it was running low. Liquid bio-fertilizers contain...

Fernando and I flipping the Bokashi Every morning Chelo and I catch up on each other's lives as we toss shovels full of Bokashi...

Preparing a Garden Bed at Rancho Lum Ha' After three months in Guatemala, I decided to return back to Chiapas, Mexico. Since Southern...

To finish the course and receive our Permaculture Design Certification (PDC), we had to complete the final task of making our own...

Our Permaculture course group holding medicinal plants after our course with the Guatemalan natural medicine expert, Dr. Armando Cáceres...

Homes and hives of native bee species that Granja Elisa conserves ALL bees are important. Not just those that produce abundant honey. We...

I've always wanted to learn how to use the A-frame to make contour lines! Now I'm excited to say I know how. In farming, contour lines...

Analyzing the intricate Mesoamerican art by the Beehive Collective "What do you all see in the canvases hanging in the room?" Andrés...

Visualizing when to plant/ propagate different types of plants according to the moon cycle Throughout my time living in Central America I...

The avocado plantation surrounding the pathway entry to the community Pachitulul where IMAP is located When you first arrive to the...

Making a garden mandala design June 21, 2024   Huertos Familiares: Building a Family Garden The rain poured and pounded all night long...

June 25, 2024 Stomping down the microorganisms to store them anaerobically Microorganisms!! I wrote some about microorganisms during my...