Plants
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City Kids Move to the Country (and One Moves Back Again) – Part VI
Pit-falls, projects and laughs from our Permaculture journey. Ah… Autumn… beautiful! “It’s just too hard!” the voice in my head…
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My Beloved Weeds
by Mari Korhonen I’ve been exploring the world of edible weeds, and so found a new layer of bounty in…
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What Happens When We Stop Observing?
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself. —…
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Hemp for Victory?
I figure this video will stimulate some potentially useful discussion. It features portions of an interesting WWII-era production, titled Hemp…
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From the Bottom Up – A DIY Guide to Wicking Beds
by Rob Avis Wicking beds are a unique and increasingly popular way to grow vegetables. They are self-contained raised beds…
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From Grass to Habitat Garden – Our Front Yard 2005-2011
A detailed account of the transition from a sparse and chemical dependent landscape to an ecologically diverse and resource efficient…
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Planning Our Organic Market Garden
I never thought we would get excited about, let along plan to do, the whole market garden thing. But while…
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The Nature of Nature
A central point of permaculture is to cooperate with nature, rather than fighting against it. But what does that mean…
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Martin Crawford’s Forest Garden
Yesterday we were talking about the great need to transition our agriculture (and our culture for that matter) to be…
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