Hello! As you may have seen in my Updates and Recent Happenings: Costa Rica! post, Joel and I have recently returned from the wonderful Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. Even though we were there on our honeymoon, we still couldn’t resist the urge to learn as much as possible about all of the awesome tropical…
Permaculture
Learn about transforming your garden or homestead with permaculture design principles! Permaculture uses integrated systems to help you maximize the food growing potential in your backyard or farm.
We'll show you how permaculture works and many backyard permaculture projects, such as installing a DIY rain barrel or making herbal comfrey tea fertilizer, to get you started with your sustainable permaculture garden.
How to Ditch Your Lawn and Grow Food
Grow Food Not Lawns! This is my new mantra. While lawns can be nice for playing soccer, rolling around on, or as a place for your dog to poop (don’t roll on it after that), all of those tasks can be done elsewhere. Beyond that, with the drought that we’re having out west, why would…
How to Make a Rain Barrel
Spring is coming! I know that this is when a lot of you out there get torrential downpours. April showers bring May flowers, right? When I was growing up in the Portland area I coined the term April showers bring May showers! It’s true, although thankfully here in Southern Oregon it’s not quite as dismal…
Permaculture 101: Zones
This is Part 2 in our Permaculture 101 series, check out Part 1: The Basics and Part 3: Forest Gardens! Here we are, on to the second part of our Permaculture series. This one is all about the different zones in a Permaculture landscape, and how you should try (as best as possible) to design…
Permaculture 101: The Basics
This is Part 1 in our Permaculture 101 series, check out Part 2: Zones and Part 3: Forest Gardens! I’m sure many of you have wondered, “What is this Permaculture I’ve been hearing about, anyways?” It’s a good question and today I’m going to hand this topic over to Joel (my other half) who has…
