When I was 8 years old, My family visited Disneyworld. I vividly remember riding the boat through the land pavilion. It blew my mind. Today, I still remember watching the amazing displays of plants. In particular, the hydroponic demonstrations and fish farming room. It felt that like this was where all the amazing ideas from …
One of the most prominent features of my yard, and the most significant project this year will be my Food Hedge. This will be my first permaculture project. Shaped like an L, the bed wraps around my postage stamp yard and I’ll be filling it with perennial fruiting plants and a diverse understory planted as …
My big push for the start of the year is getting new beds into my yard. After 5 years of neglect, my back yard was a pretty big mess when I started paying attention to it last summer. My goals for the year were pretty mild. I just wanted to try and get something going …
I want to buy a piece of land and turn it into a beautiful place. I dream of a wonderous, wild farm that blends into natural habitats. A place of rich soil that feeds the soul as well as the body. Land that improves the world, nurturing biodiversity. Earth that cleans the water and air. …
Like nearly every other house on every residential street in America, a strip of landscaping transitions my foundation into the lawn. This is the piece of landscaping that has received the most attention from me over the past few years. In 2009, I put in two forsythias and we’ve added in a collection of self-fertile …