Finca Morpho Newsletter #1 Nov-14

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FincaMorpho

November2014

FINCA MORPHO WITH ALL OUR POWERS COMBINE IN THIS ISSUE

Finca Morpho is a progressive farm

in which we are so progressive we have

simply started back at the basics. We start at

the soil and then begin to move from there.By starting at the soil and planting different

plants with different outputs, we are able to

replenish the healthy bacteria and fungi

within the soil to produce more healthy and

natural plants. We devote our time to

developing different environmentally

conscious practices. We are a simple farm

with extraordinary people.

There are 6 key players on the farm

all with very different personalities and

talents. Ticon Storay, Devon Storay, Colton

Lindeman, Stephanie Burrell-Lindeman,

Joshua Reed, and Maria Sarina.

help out.

Each of the farm members share a

common goal, taking care of our Mother

Earth. Here at Finca Morpho every week we

are all challenged with the opportunity tochange the world around us. We are

challenged by each other (the co-founders)

and our different ideas to make a better

change for today. Although our methods

here may seem strange we live the life every

No Trash Left BehindA new farm project started this past month. In an efto reduce our carbon footprint Finca Morpho has go

trashy!

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Maria gets a Cabina!

Maria before her new home. Farm group activity

helping Maria build raised beds.Page #

Just a bit about the FincabyStephanie Burrell-Lindeman


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FINCA MORPHO | Issue #1

Every week we all go to the grocery store.

wrapping for toilet paper, Plastic around the

cheese, a box of crackers, togo containers

from restaurants, lids, snack wrappers, food

waste. All of these things are put into trash

containers and carried off to dumpsites.

Here at Finca Morpho this was a very big

concern for us for many reasons.

Joshua Reed one of the co-founders for Finca

Morpho decided enough was enough.

Joshua then set into motion the

Environmental Resource Plan. This plan was

simple but created a solution to many other

ideas we dreamed of for the farm. From the

start the project was hot, stinky, and sticky.

He dove in head first. Ticon found him

cotton gloves, an old metal rod, and a plastic

bottle in the materials bodega. Joshua then

laid a plastic tarp across the ground; he

dumped all the trash from their bags and

began to sort: Plastics, Metals, Glass, and

Bio Materials.

After the trash was sorted, anything we

could not recycle or compost Joshua began

stuffing into old plastic soda bottles. He

would use the metal rod to pack the trash

each household on the farm to pack their

this mindset of consuming but no mindset as

to where the trash goes after it has been put

project just a few weeks ago we have already

seen great improvement. The trash cans in

the houses are always empty, we simply pack

as we go. This is a really exciting project for

the farm. We have gained new creativity

towards the trash or as we call it the

project. We reuse all containers

whether it be for planters, dog bowls, seed

collection, or storing other food products.

sustainable farm and to use the trash bricks

for our building projects. As we all started

this project, the more the project morphed,the more excited we all became. We have

gathered many ideas for building our new

earth ship sanctuary. We will use the trash

bricks as foundation and furniture

throughout our new earth ship and Finca

Morpho. This project will help us makeanother step forward in reducing our carbo

the way for a better today. Stay inspired

Finca Morpho the earth is proud of you.

JOSHUA REED NO TRASH LEFT BEHIND

JOSH BECAME INSPIRED TO DO THIS PROJECT

THROUGH ONE OF HIS FAVORITE ARTIST, THE

POLISH AMBASSADOR. ALSO THROUGH

DIFFERENT VIDEOS INC

JOSHUA REED

[email protected]

As you walk around the property you begin

to realize it is ever changing and growing.

Maria Sarina one of the Finca Morpho

members is on cloud 9. Maria now has a new

home. She has been working hard on her

new raised beds. The trails all around her

area and the horses look amazing. She also

has her very own space to stretch out in and

now she can get rid of her suitcases. Wish

her a congratulations if you see her.

ByStephanie Burrell-Lindeman

Maria Gets a Cabina!

Maria showing off her new raised bedsand enjoying her new space (right)


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Finca Morpho follows basic principles from

different ideas we take from readings and

videos. Some of the principles we have

come to adopt are from the book Holmgren

by David Holmgren. Below is a principle out

of his book that goes along with our

Environmental Resource Plan.

Trash bricks being used to form furniture.

Principle 6: PRODUCE NO WASTE

This principle brings together traditional

values of frugality and care for material

goods, the modern concern about pollution,

and the more radical perspective that sees

wastes as resources and opportunities. The

earthworm is a suitable icon for this principle

because it lives by consuming plant litter

improves the soil environment for itself, for

soil micro-organisms, and for the plants.

Thus the earthworm, like all living things, is apart of a web where the outputs of one are

the inputs for another.

THESE USEFUL

THINGS THAT END UP A

AS SIMPLY

CONSUMERS AND EXCRETERS MIGHT

BE BIOLOGICAL, BUT IT IS NOT

The industrial processes that support modern

life can be characterized by and input-outputmodel, in which the inputs are natural

materials and energy, while the outputs are

useful things and services. However when

we step back from this process and take a

long term view, we can see all these useful

things end up as wastes (Mostly in rubbish

tips) and that even the most ethereal of

services required the degradation of energy

and resources to wastes. This model might

therefore be better characterized as

simply consumers and excreters might be

biological, but it is not ecological.

The proverb waste not, want not reminds us

that it is easy to be wasteful when there is an

abundance, but that this waste can be the

cause of later hardship. This is highly

relevant in a context of energy descent. The

opportunities to reduce waste, and in fact

live from waste, are historicallyunprecedented. In the past only the most

destitute made a living from waste. Today

we should acknowledge those who creatively

reuse waste as the very essence of living

lightly on the earth. Apart from household

and industrial wastes, modernity has created

new classes of living wastes (unwanted pest,

plants, and animals) which proliferate in our

minds as much as across the landscape of the

affluent nations.

Bill Mollison defined apollutant as

component that is not

being used productively

by any other component

definition encourages us

to look for ways to

minimize p pollution and

waste through designingsystems to make use of all

outputs. In response to a questionabout plagues of snails in gardens dominated

by perennials, Mollison was in the habit of

replying that there was not an excess of

snails but a deficiency of ducks. Similarly

plagues of grass and forest tress lead to

devastation by bushfire of some regions,

while plagues of herbivores overgraze others.

Innovative ad creative ways to sue these

upwelling of abundance is one of the

characteristics of permaculture design.

A stitch in time saves nine, reminds us of the

value of timely maintenance in preventing

waste ad work involved in major repair and

restoration efforts. Although far less exciting

than creative ways to use unwannted

abundance, maintenance of what we already

have is set to be a huge and ongoing issue in

and energy descent world. All structures and

systems depreciate in value ad all ecological

and sustainable human systems devote

resources to timely maintenance.

Maria, Ticon, and Colton using a cobb mix wecreated to pack over the trash bricks and rocks t

begin to form a bench.

Maria using cardboard to help pad her garden a

provide a layer of compost.

Recycled glass bottles that made a pretty bord

for a flower bed.


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NURSERY PROJECTS

he Nursery before we screened it in. We are now

nishing up last minute touches inside. This is where

ur germinator is and where most of our delicate plants

an grow safely before transplant.

he Nursery is looking great. Ticon, Colton, and Joshua

ave been really working hard to make the nurseryeautiful. They terra formed around the Nursery to

etter direct the rainwater and utilize it for other plants.

olton built bridges out of scrap wood.

PERMACULTURE FUN INFO

30%Of what we plant on the farm we expect 30% to go back

o nature. Either as compost or food for the animals ofur ecosystems.

Activities:

Finca Morpho Team loves activities. Ticon

the farm likes to participate in: Volleyball,

Surfing, Mixed Martial Arts, Skateboarding,

Painting, Swimming, Snorkeling, Kayaking,

Spa Day at the River, Costume Parties,

Talisman, Horseback Riding, Horse Training,

Biking, Riding the Quad, Card games. The

list could go on and on. If you are ever

around our neck of the jungle stop by for

some fun in the sun.

E SUMMER CAM

AY

We also like to have FUN!

Ariel and Addie sharing the lov

Finca Moprho

14 km South of Bomba de

Osa, Puerto Jimenez, Costa

Rica.

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Colton with the chickens.

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