[net-gold] INDOOR GARDENING : GARDENING: Permaculture Institute Celebrates 25 Years in Basalt
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- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:21:52 -0400 (EDT)
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INDOOR GARDENING :
GARDENING:
Permaculture Institute Celebrates 25 Years in Basalt
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Permaculture Institute Celebrates 25 Years in Basalt
Scott Condon
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20110918/
NEWS/110919857/1077&ParentProfile=1058
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/3ozo3or
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BASALT There's a Garden of Eden carved into the pin and juniper forest on
the sunny south side of Basalt Mountain, a one-acre paradise where fruit
trees and grape vines flourish outside and greenhouses cradle everything
from fig trees to particularly prolific passionfruit.
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The Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI) is celebrating
its 25th year, an amazing feat considering permaculture's overshadowed
status in the gardening world and a catastrophic fire in October 2007.
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The paradise is the creation of Jerome Osentowski, who has been involved
in growing food in one way or another for more than 30 years and is
recognized as an expert in building greenhouses and successfully filling
them.
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Perhaps the crowning achievement of his career is what he has accomplished
with staff, friends and volunteers at the 1,800-square-foot Phoenix
greenhouse, so-called because it replaced a greenhouse that burned down
four years ago. It's an amazing place, 2.5 miles from downtown Basalt,
that makes visitors feel like they're in a tropical jungle, sans the
dangers.
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Along with the passionfruit vine, the lush overstory in the greenhouse is
completed with papaya, guava, avocado and dragonfruit plants along with
four types of citrus trees. The banana plants, with huge leaves drooping
down like elephant ears, command the entire west end.
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The understory looks like a Rocky Mountain garden gone wild. There are
common plants peppers, cucumbers and sweet potatoes but they reap the
constant benefits of a warm, humid environment.
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We take what's outside, put it inside and bump it up a few climate zones,
Osentowski said.
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The subtropical environment of the Phoenix greenhouse won't drop below 40
degrees at night, and it stays between 70 and 80 degrees during the day. A
sauna heated by a wood stove is attached to the greenhouse. Warm air will
be released from the sauna into the greenhouse during the coldest periods
of winter. Numerous vents keep it cool during warm weather.
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Solar panels provide the power necessary for the greenhouses; CRMPI is off
the grid.
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Mixed in with the veggies in the understory are exotic varieties of
plants: fragrant night-blooming jasmine, Chinese date trees and aromatic
medicinal plants like ginger.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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