How to Build Rain Barrels
Are you ready for your mind to be blown my friend? Get ready, cause here it comes. I built rain […]
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ecology, permaculture, rainwater harvestingCalling All Portland Bloggers
My sister sent me this in an email and I’m intrigued. Since many of the readers here have their own
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garden, green living, permacultureHighs and Lows
The budding urban food forest has a recent success: the fig tree is alive! In case you missed the earlier
Mulch Matters
I recently had a reader share with me some of the important benefits of incorporating mulch into permaculture gardens, to
In Loving Memory of Mabel
My sister, Anne, moved into her new house recently and decided it was finally time to get her own backyard
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backyard livestock, chickens, permacultureNW Vegetable Planting Chart
As I’ve probably mentioned before, I spent my winter months pouring over seed catalogs and various books on growing veggies
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garden, modern homesteading, permaculturePortland Permaculture Workshops
This is just a quick post for those living in the Portland metro area. Portland City Repair will be coordinating
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modern homesteading, permaculturePop Goes the Garden – Really?
In Toby Hemenway’s book on permaculture, Gaia’s Garden, he has a chapter called “Pop Goes the Garden”. I could only
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garden, permacultureFood Forest Arrives
After setting the stage, it was time to plug in the bigger pieces of the food forest. We went to
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design, food forest, garden, permacultureNesting Outside
I ride the bus to and from work, so I must have been a site to see in January and