WALKING THRU WOODS - Learning the patterns of nature

Different Focus of self/guided tours

1. Seasonal pleasure walk to observe the beauty & changes in season

2. Present wildlife animals, flowers, birds, insects, waterlife & soil

3. Birdwatching - to study & IDentify certain species & behavior.

4. Trails - examine conditions, ecology, signs, seat, maintenence need

5. animal study - mammels, aqua-culture, worms, birds, insects, etc

species/family, behavior, groups, evidence of groups, tracking

6. Wildflowers usually bloom in groups in season, with exceptions.

7. Eco-Forestry - sees how natural, big, managed, selective cutting,

& its potential for sustaining mature growing in natural levels

to encourage restoring full diversity in local eco-zone growth

8. Forest Ecology - focuses on all living beings in cooperative or competitive, healthy or toxic environment/relationships to each other, from bacteria to giant ancient trees, animals, soil terrain, weather & human impact in a given watershed & bioregion now, including carrying capacity of any energy here

9. PC Permaculture - sustainable organic living on land now with a new natural design science of fertility elements flowing thru 4 level/stories, 5 zone/areas, trees, animals, rich-soil, insect & restoring fertility to maximize food creation, pleasure & peace.

the mineral content & water in soil is critical to growing food.

10. Geomagnetic survey of EMF(electromagnetic frequency) of local

energy grids works, disHarmony, changes, intensity, vortex &

anomalies/space warps, stress, natural elements, groundwater

PERMACULTURE - self guided walking tour of trails

1. Observe the spacing of species, zones, levelstories, guilds/groups, edges, waterways, natural mulch, Nitrogen fixing trees, etc

2. Design process of how to develop any area for our open or closed access to spaces & maxi food growing, with on-site research planning the needed stages to complete the present cycles here

3. Growing - how fertile & abundant are the soil, plants, animals, weather are in given zones, any way to improve it for what?

SOME QUESTIONS WE ASK OURSELVES & NATURE HERE ??

1. What plants are growing up & down(roots), animals live, come & go here? what light/shade levels, temperature, wetness, etc

2. Zones - PC zones - 1. around a structure, 2 nearby, 3. short walk,

4. longer walk, 5. big areas: pasture, orchards, fields, river, etc

Eco-zones: What plants & animals live together? any imported humans, migrated or invaded the area, birds, bugs, sediement?

a. natural areas evolving species mix, density & space apart?

b. planted areas, grazing zones, around a structure, water?

c. edges - borders between the zone/areas interfacing contact?

d. Needs air/wind, light/shade, water, soil, biomass, compost?

e. transition from overgrazed/overcut/overgrown to fertility?

f. organic gardens - beds, rows, food, herbs,

3. Waterways - what rain/snow here? when? any pooling/ponds, streams/rivers, falls, rapids, springs, bogs, marsh/wetlands, aqua-culture grows? channels, pipes, canals, culverts, pumps,

wells, quality/purity: color, chemicals, smell, life & pollution:

source, intensity, effects, solutions, prevents, recycling, etc?

4. Vegitation: all plants, fungus, moss, lichen, trees: size, species/

family, health, density, ages; herbs, native & imported how?

ivy, fruits, vegies, seeds, nuts, berries, biomass, down trees compost, grasses, flowers, needs water, sunshine or shade?

which are native, volunteer & cultivated in past &or now?

in seasonal creative cycles of growing up & seeding down?

5. Soils - depth, color, moisture, fertility, tilth/thickness, clay, acid &

base/Ph, humus/mulch, sand, sediment, errosion; worms & ?

6. Weather cycles in present & current season, effected by last season

daily changes of wet/dry, light/dark, warm/cool, water & sky?

7. Animals - seeing & identifying any wild & domestic: cattle, pets, birds, in what space now? mammels, birds, insects, worms, reptiles, rodents, preditors/prey, eating plants, symbiotic, needing each other, parasites, co-dependent, behaviors, territory, tracking trails, nests, movements thru space,

8. Touching vegitation & animals, to learn by sensing their smells, texture, soft, color, size, mass, growth, etc; hearing, feeling & tasting them, after asking permission for a taste or touch any plant or animal there, or take small sample to learn more later

ZONES - what are the main species/family of grasses, bushes, trees

*growing together in ground up to top-story/canopy?

*Vertical habitates: any climbers up trees, walls, rocks, etc?

*What evergreen/conifers, seasonal/disiduous trees/bushes?

*Any dying creatures found or evidence of past presense?
*What grows best in light & shade in certain area around here?

*how far can you see, hear, smell & sense plants & animals?
WATERWAYS: what direction is/was water flowing from & to?

*does water soak into soil/sand, run-off, erroding or what?

*what direction does rain/snow come from in seasons?
*is there an aquafir/groundwater table flowing or pooling?

*what water temperature is present in air, flow & gound?
*does water evaporate there, if so how fast, day & night?

*what aqua-culture: plants & animals live in/near waters?
ANIMALS - what ones now live there? did in season & recently?

*what preditors/hunters eat what prey/victims get eaten?
*is the species growing/flourishing there or endangered?

*what territories have animals stacked out, near others?

FERTILITY - what species grow best in this kind of soil here?

*what animals seek a certain plant/animal it needs to eat?

*how does the water flow effect the creature growing here?

*how does the presence of plants growth reveal the soil?

fertility, water supply, purity, animal traffic, waste?

*how can we increase the rich vitality of the soil biomass?

*what species can/do we wildcraft harvest to use at all?

*what skills do we need to learn/use to wildcraft herenow?

*do we have permission to harvest any dead or living thing?