At 5500 feet elevation under the wide open sky of the High desert, in Apache County Arizona overlooking the Little Colorado River, here, Jonathan and Lillith Avalon, along with their daughter Zarah, are stewarding 40 acres into becoming a self-sustaining environment. In keeping with their desire to walk lightly on the Earth, the Avalons have integrated the ideals of Permaculture and adopted the use of technology such as French intensive gardening and controlled bio-dynamic growing environments. They seek to live off the grid, use renewable resources, and be in direct relationship with their food supply as they continue to build the infrastructure of their small family farm.

"It is our love and devotion for each other and the land that awakens our passions which in turn excite the day to day challenges that lead us to the creative problem solving necessary to create a different way of being in relationship with our environment." ~JA

The Avalons are now in relationship with free range chickens and have become one of St. Johns main suppliers of unclassified eggs. They have colony raised rabbits and are expanding an intensive vegetable gardening program that incorporates the use of greenhouse and season extending technology.

Future expansions of the Avalon Farm will be a passive solar house, vineyard of table grapes, raspberry plants, fruit trees, Guinea Hogs and Mules as well as the cultivation of the land necessary to grow organic feed for all the animals.

We invite you to read more about what we are up to on the various pages of this web site. If you have questions you can also write to us.

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