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Speargrass- creating intentional community

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Commenced:	01/09/2019
Submitted:	05/09/2019
Last updated:	05/09/2019
Location:	speargrass, via Mt Wells Rd, Burrundie, Northern Territory, AU
Phone:	889754679
Website:	https://www.speargrass.org
Climate zone:	Wet/Dry Tropical

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Speargrass- creating intentional community

Project Type

Rural, Intentional Communities, Community

Project Summary

We are searching for people who want to create and build intentional community through - food growing, animal/land/water/fire management, experiential learning, natural building methods with recycled/reclaimed/reused materials, dam building for water security, and to create the future we want to live.

Project Description

Building up soil matter within a harsh environment with abundant compost/manure/mulch/biochar - cutting and collecting mulch from surrounding bush and grasslands, collecting dead fallen trees and branches before the annual bushfires to make biochar, collecting wild cow/buffalo poo from nearby floodplains; Building small private sleeping huts with timber cut from timber mill and reclaimed metal from local old abandoned mines; Collecting local stone for garden walls; Searching for wild feral European bees in the bush to relocate into hand built (with local timber) top bar bee hives; Managing free ranging Maremma dogs and dairy goats - milking and making cheese and yoghurt; Food growing, harvesting, seed collection, propagation, making potting mix, slow food cooking and preserving; homeschooling children with Natural Learning methods; constant philosophical conversation to better connect with ourselves, others and our environment.

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