Homesteading & Permaculture

At ViVerde we are building soil, capturing and sinking rainwater, growing climate-appropriate crops, and learning to read the landscape to design appropriately. We include “waste resources,” such as gray water and fallen leaves in our nutrient cycles and source manure from local farmers.

Designing orchards

Planting infant tree

Hugelkulture

Swale digging

Swale in action

Canistel guild

Bamboo planter

Check dam

Tree terraced, swaled, and dressed for success