I was working in my garden since I was a child. I have childhood memories of helping my mother in the garden, I’ve always loved being and working in the garden, but like many others, as I got older, I lost this interest. Things like back pain from manual digging and heavy work that the garden required felt too much for me, and not a natural way to garden. I got around this by only doing the bare minimum, and got away with this for many years. Then I had the opportunity to meet many people from different countries, and I met a young traveler who told me about a different way of gardening. This way was easier and more natural. He told me about the keyword “Permaculture”. Naturally, my next step was to get online and start researching Permaculture where I found a lot of instructional videos as well as books for this method of gardening. In 2012 I began to study it more seriously.
From spring in 2013 I made a real change in my garden, and my gardening system, it became a lot simpler, which meant the physical demands on me were greatly reduced allowing me to stop working so hard. I was really happy and joyful that I discovered Permaculture and how I could collaborate with nature, enjoying gardening at my home. I learnt so much about Permaculture and it was very easy to adapt my methods, and start incorporating those I was learning about. This was the perfect way to collaborate with nature, a system that meant organic material from my land, stayed on my land to regenerate new life, and these Permaculture principles meant I was able to bring a greater diversity to the organization of my garden. As a young person, I really understood that I could live in the village gardening in this natural way, having my own fruits, vegetables and herbs. Then more ideas connected to my mind. I wanted to share this knowledge with young people. Telling them that this is possible and they didn’t have to run or escape to the city to survive. Also because Permaculture gives us much freedom and independence in life, starting from eco‐gardening and eco‐buildings, there is still much to develop in this direction.
Now I am on year 6 of the Permaculture challenge in my garden and everything continues to grow very well. I am now enjoying fruits, herbs, vegetables from my garden as part of my daily meals. All of this I monitor monthly through pictures and short videos that I post on my blog PermacultureMoldavia to share with others. These last few years, guests and travelers have stayed at my home, and when they saw the nature of my garden they had many questions of which I was more than happy to answer, and to share knowledge about the Permaculture principles I am using. They enjoyed the learning and made me realize that I could go further and start to teach this way of gardening, with now having a lot of experience. Because I am using online travel networks, a few times guests have joined me specifically for experiencing the Permaculture way. I am know online and localy with the name LaCostel, or keywords Permaculture Moldavia, anyone is welcome here. Every season I can have guests who want to study permaculture gardening. I already created one powerpoint presentation of the last few years of gardening. Now I teach Permaculture theory also online via Skype. If they wish then people can visit me during any season so they can learn hands‐on methods. These days, I see my garden thriving, and understand that I will see many young bushes and trees, so I plan to sell them also different heirloom seeds. People will be able to find me online and travel here to choose what they would like to purchase. Many times I used to share more with those who made purchases as well. Link is personal web page where you can find more information about change in my garden and lifestyle.
How very impressive. Are those beans on the table in the first picture?
I will follow you as I feel you have a lot to offer that I can learn.
Thanks for the post.
Thank you! Yes, there is green beans, I eat steamed or raw. The seeds are black color and small. Is a variety from jungles.
Cheers from Bulgaria! Great looking vigna beans!