High on Permaculture in the Rocky Mountains

Peak Moment 156: Kris Holstrom's off-grid permaculture farm at 9000 feet high is living proof that food can be grown nearly anywhere. Managing with a very short growing season and water constraints, she and her interns have created magic. Tour the sun-warmed, insulated greenhouse where greens are grown year-round. It's home to a waterfall and pond with fish, trellises for grapes and seedlings, artwork for the soul, and mushrooms growing from straw. The outside garden offers herbs, berries, greens and prayer flags. Kris sees herself as a steward of the land, and delights in sharing it with kids and interns in a spirit of love and reciprocity.

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Entertainment

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• permaculture
• farming
• gardening
• community

[Illchangeitlater]

Ew, That woman always picks people's plants and fruits'n stuff and sticks it in her mouth, without asking permission or if it's even ok to eat. What if the next thing the farmer was going to say was: "...and we just fertilized the plants with fresh urine/chickenpoop/ some other gross stuff, this morning..." or "...don't eat it though, it's poisonous if it's not cooked..."

[peakmoment]

@Illchangeitlater, you're right. It could get interesting one of these times that I bite into their plants. Since we're taping organic gardeners, I figure the dirt is about as clean as it can get. I've learned from the farmers that they let urine/poop mellow for awhile before applying it to plants, not wanting to burn them. (Permissions are given before we tape). But keep watching -- one of these days I could get surprised! ~Janaia (host)

[AbattoirDream]

i hate it when people who claim to like and know about plants complain about carbon emmisions.. its the most backward logic possible.. carbon dioxide is what plants breathe.... wha..?

[peakmoment]

@AbattoirDream, it's about amounts - on an atmospheric level, not just on individual plants level. Too much carbon dioxide, plankton (sea animals) die and oceans become acid. Too much carbon and other gases trap warm sunlight high in the atmosphere: It melts glaciers and polar ice (thus rising sea levels in many areas), warms streams and lakes (uninhabitable for many fish).

[kcmhashadenuf]

Most of the strategies for mitigating global warming and those for softening the peak oil crash are complementary, if not identical. I don't think the question of GW being manmade or not is really that important; if it's going to be a sticking point in usage reduction, let it go. The important thing is to downshift usage of petroleum products.

[maynardhs79]

Agreed. One of the negatives of our online world is that the rush to judge has accelerated. Even mainstream media has, in the rush to publish first, overlooked basic journalistic techniques such as fact checking, confirming sources, etc.

[ienvan]

This is wonderful. I just love the concept of this being a Peak Moment both in a positive and a negative sense. Yes, we face Peak oil, etc. but we also have peak talent, peak communication, peak innovation! Thanks to the farmer, the interviewer, and all.

[cptnsmelly]

I've said it once and I'll say it again. This interviewer is one of the worst I've ever seen in my life. She says extremely stupid things, has terrible responses, and never fails to be unprepared. Rehearse for gods sake!

[OceanJeff37]

AWESOME AND JANAIA IS AWESOME...YES CAPS ARE NECESSARY HERE LOL

[kelpop12]

wow i had to pause the video after 42 seconds to think about all the of the programing (propaganda) that i have already been hit with.

1.warming: The Climate Gate emails and admissions show that the planet is not warming and has not warming for over a decade.  there is mountains of information that prove AGwarming is a fraud designed by the ruling elite to return the masses to a futile system of taxation and control to a global ruling body.

Other lies, overpopulation, peak oil, cheap fuel..

[TruthSmack]

All the planets are warming. Our dependence and emissions of oil is not good but Al Gore is a new world order profiteer. Raking in with his depopulation fake apocalypse agenda. Be ware of gmo foods and a global tax for breathing co2. The global elite are very deceptive.

[Quranite]

She needs to focus on nut producing trees instead of growing succulents.