New Name, New Life! Autumn 2024 Update

Matt and a baby
Matt and his daughter Apple foraging Autumn Olives in the park!

If you’ve noticed that we’ve been quiet for a while, we have a very good excuse.

As of 2023, Matt is the father of a new baby. It’s taken a little time to adapt to the miraculous chaos of parenting while also starting a new homestead!

Having a child has renewed Matt’s fire for teaching care of the earth and each other. Now that he’s finally feeling rooted, he is more ready than ever to share this art that has always been for the ones who will live after us.

We have also renamed our little Permaculture practice! Golden Egg Permaculture is now Slow Fire School of Permaculture – or just “Slow Fire” for short. You will always be able to find us at slowfirepermaculture.org. If you’re curious what’s behind the name, you can read about the change.

We are now open again to seeing a small number of clients in NC and Southwest VA and preparing to teach a whole bunch of workshops in 2025! If you’re interested in workshops, sign-up below. If you’d like to work with us for a permaculture design on your own land, contact us here.

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Little posts on Permaculture from Matt Tracy
Woman charring locally harvested bamboo fence posts to make them last longer

Our New Name

In the photo above, Sheilah uses a small fire to char the ends of bamboo poles for our low-cost deer fence. We are not our names; and yet, what we name a being calls in Read more…

Raised Bed Rebellion

What if we have everything we need? How does a garden begin? Past the first dream of ripe and gnarly heirloom tomatoes, and after finding the perfect space in whatever land we are lucky enough Read more…

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Slow Fire School of Permaculture

Matt Tracy

570-688-6940

Centered in Chapel Hill, NC and Floyd, VA

Teaching in NC and Southwest VA

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