Reverdecer

Re-green
Revive
Reanimate

This spring we moved to a thirsty, rocky 1.5 acre on the outskirts of Morelia in central Mexico. We're honing vandwelling skills and striving to increase the health of this place.
Permaculture gets spellcheck's red lines, but it's an ancient idea. The interconnected nature of life is as old as life itself; I believe life is divinely designed thus. Permaculture honors these interconnections in how we grow food, get and use water, change landscapes, interacting with all our neighbors.
One version of permaculture principles in Spanish

My uncle bought this land 20 years ago and has planted 50 trees so far. When we moved here, the only human-ish thing here was a huge water tank (filled occasionally by truck and not even close to potable).

Here's a video from day one.

We intend to revive and reanimate ourselves, too, in our living here. So far we've been daunted by establishing adequate shelter in this extreme climate, wearied by the rough roads and language barrier and taxed by dogs. Still, spending all day outside and using our whole bodies and minds is healing.

You may have read my blog posts at http://www.annalisagross.com but I'll be blogging about El Terreno Reverdecer here from now on. More soon!!