{"id":1,"date":"2024-03-29T02:07:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T02:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smrry.com\/permaculture\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-02-08T01:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T01:15:34","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/smrry.com\/permaculture\/2024\/03\/29\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello world! Adventures in Rewilding and Environmental Stewardship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019m starting this blog mostly to keep a log\/diary of my adventures in permaculture, re-wilding and whatever other environmental areas I feel like rambling about along the way. I\u2019m continually learning as I go along so, a disclaimer for future rambles \u2013 I reserve the right to be wrong now and then. My main project in this area at the moment is on a croft in the Isle of Lewis. It\u2019s a slow but steady project on a croft which my parents\u2019 and grandparents\u2019 homes are built upon. Slow but steady, because I live in Aberdeen, so I only have a few weeks per year at most to do any work on the croft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tree planting on the croft, with help from a few companions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is the project? I don\u2019t have a solid definition of what I want the project to be, but loosely \u2013 I\u2019d like to make the croft a more productive and resilient spot of land than what it currently is (a typical Lewis croft consisting of lots of grass and a dozen or so sheep). When I say productive, I mean in terms of providing maximum benefit to whoever lives on it and also giving nature a boost along the way. To me, this means a plot which is able to provide natural resources \u2013 food, wood, materials for composting, etc. Resilient, specifically meaning resilient to the climate change-induced swings in weather we\u2019ve been having1<\/a><\/sup> \u2013 which are no doubt going to get worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, with all the above in mind \u2013 I think it\u2019s safe to call this a permaculture, sustainability and small-scale rewilding project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why am I doing this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Permaculture, rewilding, and climate change are all topics I\u2019ve been personally gaining interest in for over a decade now. These subjects have all been gaining traction over the last decade from what I\u2019ve seen, and with good reason. There are multiple overlapping reasons to undertake something like this:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n