Hayden Wilson and Bethany Gardner of Midwest Permaculture
Hi Friends of Midwest Permaculture.
Bill, Ernest, Hayden and I ( Bethany) are at our farming PDC course here at Fox Hollow Farm in Ohio. Bill is doing most of the teaching while the three of us support the delivery of the course along with the Rickard family (the farmers) and staff.
Bill asked me and Hayden to make a brief photo-log of the course and to drop the pictures here into a single blog post.
We’ll break it down into daily selections which we hope will give you an idea of what happens at a typical PDC course along with the unique aspects of this wonderful farming course. We’re having a great time.
Hope you enjoy…. Bethany
Day 1
![Students](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Students.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Outside shower](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9466.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Composting Toilet](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9462.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Pastured raised pigs](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9489.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Permaculture students.](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chatting.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Day 2
![A-frame in action.](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9493.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Students working with the A-frame](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9519.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Students Looking through the site level](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9527.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Cooking](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9532.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![cooking](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9534.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Day 3
![Bill teaching](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9535.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![mob grazing](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9542.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Midwest Permaculture PDC Course at Fox Hollow Farm, OH, 2014](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Midwest-Permaculture-PDC-Course-at-Fox-Hollow-Farm-OH-2014.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Load Up the Truck](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9567.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Looking at the pasture](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9586.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Lunch Time](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9588.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Day 4
![Day to day](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9592-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Day to day](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9591-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Day to day](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9640-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![day to day](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9652-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![rocket stove](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9668-640x480.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![rocket stove](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9680.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Day 5
![Woodlots](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9683.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![woodlots](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9686.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Variety show](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9701.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Variety show](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9709.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Variety show](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_97121.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Variety Show](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9721.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Day 6
![swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9759.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Hugelkultur Swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9769.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Trevor](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9800.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Hugelkultur Swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9782.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Chainsawing](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9803.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Hugelkultur Swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9805.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Chainsawing Lesson](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9830.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Bill Working](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9840.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Hugelkultur Swale](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9842.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Day 7
Today the students are working on their design projects. I want to take a little bit off of the students today and have some pictures of “Behind the scenes” Staff and a few foliage pictures that I could not resist.
![flower](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9861.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Jesse and Hayden discussing design work for the students.](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9843.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![students](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9870.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Chelsea](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9875.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![kitchen](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9873.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![flower](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_9848.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Day 8 – Graduation Day!
![Bill awarding a Midwest Permaculture hosting award to Chelsea and Jesse](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Bill-Chelsea-and-Jesse3-480x640.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
![Here is the entire support team. This is how many people it took to deliver the course and keep the farm running for the entire week.](https://b2792463.smushcdn.com/2792463/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Support-Team-Copy-640x486.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1)
Thanks for viewing. I enjoyed taking and posting these pictures.
Maybe you can join us for one of our future courses…!!!
Bethany
2 thoughts on “Pictures of PDC at Fox Hollow Farm”
Very valuable overview. I am glad to see the process using cleared land, although our land is deeply forested, so I am working back the other way.
Thank you for showing us the daily events at Fox Hollow Farm’s permaculture design course by Midwest Permaculture. I appreciate your documentation of the week’s events. God bless you!