The Land of Plenty
A quick bit of self promo, letting our friends and customers know that we’ve been featured in a couple of publications recently, and that we’re super stoked to have received some recognition of the large volumes of work we’ve put in to making a permaculture livelihood.
I feel I should caveat this promo by acknowledging that there is still a way to go in our journey, and like any normal person, I suffer from motivation during times of cold; drawn inside to the warmth; the screens; the convenience of the supermarket, and the inexplicable draw of the mountains – a long long way away.
Firstly; you can grab a copy of the July/August “Good Organic Gardener Mag”*, and find us featured on page 30! It’s a four page spread about what we’re up to, what we’ve created and some top gardening tips! I was especially humbled by the title: “A Land of Plenty”, which is the literal definition of my name; ‘Goshen’ being a fertile valley in a region of ancient Egypt.
* Not to be confused with “Organic Gardener” mag, I know, it all gets a bit confusing, and not sure myself why there are so many gardening mags seemingly doing the same thing. Personally, we subscribe to PIP magazine, and that’s about it.
Also, and even more humbling, is to be featured in a number of photos in David Holmgren’s fantastic new book: Retro Suburbia. We’ve also been featured as a case study on David Holmgren’s retro suburbia website.
The book is subtitled “The Downshifter’s Guide to a Resilient Future”, and I really do hope that’s exactly what we’re creating here in suburban Belmont. I’m still in the process of reading the (500+ page!) book itself, so won’t write much about it now, although there is a quick review of it by Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins.
I don’t go blowing our trumpet very much at all; but in this case I think it’s worth a bit of tooting.
