Ashley and Amanda Manitowabi hosted a permaculture farm tour in Wiikwemkoong, sharing traditional land stewardship, food forests, and sustainable growing practices with local gardeners.
WIIKWEMKOONG鈥擶inter may be for dreaming, sharing stories and starting seeds, spring may be for planting and hopefulness, but summer into fall is for the bearing of fruits and flowers, a reward for one鈥檚 season-long efforts.
A particularly active group of gardeners, plant enthusiasts and principled permaculturists were on site at a farm in Wiikwemkoong recently to learn about one particular land caretaker鈥檚 journey into permaculture and renewing old ways of living with the land.
Dotting the immediate grounds close to Ashley Manitowabi鈥檚 home are wide cedar trees, wide enough around that hugging one is more than a challenge. The varied raised beds and in-ground gardens beyond the main house are lush with raspberries, comfrey, goldenrod, yarrow and other soothing plants. The forests beyond these are layered thick with more old growth cedar and at least one giant basswood that pushed its way above the cedar canopy.
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