Increasing Soil Health Naturally
COLLECTING FREE COMPOST MATERIAL It is October and we are expecting Winter snows to arrive and stay in the next few weeks. People are...
Swales, Using Slope and Gravity to Collect Water
DEFINITION Swales are water harvesting ditches on contour (Geoff Lawton). By etching these level ditches along your sloped property, you...
Enhancing Soil - Microbial Brews
TEAMING WITH MICROBES If you want to understand soil, I recommend a wonderful book called Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to...
Harvesting Apples
The other day we harvested our Goodland apples. Harvesting them is time critical. They go from tart to sweet to mulchy within 2 weeks...
Fruit Harvest
Last week my sister and Mom arrived at the house to harvest the last of our cherry harvest for this year. We have 3 types of cherry...
Intro to Permaculture Workshop
This last weekend I was a participating trainer in an Intro to Permaculture Workshop. Friday night featured a tour to three urban...