Orchard Tour this Weekend
My favorite local nursery, One Green World, will host their first of two orchard tours this weekend! I might bring […]
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events, food forest, plants, trees, vinesPotato Tires: Final Stack
This summer I am trying out the method of intensively growing potatoes in old tires. I wrote about it back
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food forest, potatoes, vegetablesSummer Garden Transition
The garden is undergoing the late summer change. I am allowing the lettuce to go to seed, so I can
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beneficial insects, ecology, food forest, garden, vegetablesBee-Keeping Workshop
Last Sunday at the Lents International Farmer’s Market, they had a guest speaker come to talk about bee-keeping in the
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backyard livestock, beekeeping, beneficial insects, ecology, lents, permaculture, workshopPotato Tire Stacks: Progress
This past winter I decided to try growing potatoes in tires. I have never grown potatoes before, mainly because it
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food forest, potatoesBackyard Permaculture Layers
The design for our urban landscape is based on the food forest concept stemming from permaculture principles. One of the
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design, food forest, permacultureGarden Pests
The last few days I have begun to notice some pest damage to my plants outside. This morning I took
Birds in the Garden
Birds are an important addition to the backyard food forest. Although they will steal some of my berries and fruit,
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ecology, permaculture, wildlifeTree Generations
A local arborist said the lilac tree in our backyard was one of the oldest he had ever seen. It’s
May Sprouts
April flew by this year and everything seems to be growing along quite well. I took a turn through the