So, one of the places the permaculture team is focusing on before the weather turns warm enough for seedlings to be transported to the ground… One of the hardest things about permaculture, or any project for that matter, is getting started. It can be so overwhelming to balance all of… “The most important thing we […]
Prep Time: ~15 minutes (5 before, 10 after) Cook Time: 1-2 hours There’s nothing quite like homemade soup, and this vegetable broth can be made easily with material that would otherwise go straight into the compost. As you cook throughout the week, save vegetable scraps in a container in the freezer. When the container is […]
https://www.monrovia.com/catawba-grape.html The Catawba grapevine (perennial) produces a dull purple-red, seedless grape from September to October on a deciduous vine. It is a cross between the Concord grape (Vitis labrusca) and the common grapevine (Vitis vinifera) that grows well in places with cold winters and humid summers. It is grown predominantly on the East Coast of […]
Coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the mid-1970s, “permaculture” intertwines “permanent agriculture” and “permanent culture” to be a holistic design philosophy based on ecological systems. It models land management and settlement design after natural ecosystems by drawing together diverse skills and ways of thinking about a sustainable future. Permaculture also extracts from indigenous […]
Posted on julio 25, 2019junio 8, 2022 For those that are unaware … Sand is the most extracted natural resource in the world. It is a “key ingredient for concrete, roads, glass, and electronics” and many other everyday objects like toothpaste and paper. Unfortunately, sand mining and dredging is extremely damaging to the environment and […]
Description Dandelion may be one of the most iconically famous (or infamous) plants in the park. Its bright yellow flowers and fluffy seed heads are easily recognizable, and their long, saw-tooth leaves form rosettes that most can identity even without the flowers. While dandelion has a plethora of uses, many people have been brainwashed by […]
Description Bronze fennel is a perennial herb that belongs to the carrot family. It self-seeds and grows very quickly and abundantly, causing it to often be considered a weed. It has bronze-purple stalks, which can grow up to 6 feet tall. It can span 2 to 3 feet horizontally. In the summer, flat, yellow flowers […]
Description Crimson clover is an annual flowering ground cover that grows about 20-50 cm tall. It’s leaves are light green, fuzzy, and composed of three heart-shaped leaflets. The flowers are produced in clusters around a stem and are a deep red. Each flower produces a single yellow/brown seed about 2-5 mm across. Cultivation Tips Crimson […]
Description Commonly called Chanterelle or Golden Chanterelle, these delicious mushrooms are more commonly foraged for than cultivated by hand. Chanterelles grow about 2-3 inches tall and are bright orange-yellow in color. The cap of the mushroom is inverted, similar to a funnel, and the underside of the cap has forked, ride-like gills. You will often […]
The land where the Southside Permaculture Park exists today, and much of the land in Eastern PA, northern DE, southern NY, and NJ, is part of the area of Lenapehoking, “Land of the Lenape”. The people of Lenapehoking (prior to European contact, that is) where a semi-nomadic bunch of families, largely decentralized and living in relative […]
Posted on December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 Yesterday I was going on a walk through the woods when I cam across a fallen tulip poplar tree. The first thing I noticed about this tree was that was full of turkey tail mushrooms. Upon closer inspection, I realized that there where also oyster mushrooms fruiting out […]
The future is uncertain. We do not know for sure what it will bring. Every model makes simplifying assumptions, and absolute information can never be attained. We do, however, have many methods that can tell us what is likely to happen and what is very unlikely to happen. We can use these methods of general prediction to […]
This herbal salve combines the healing properties of comfrey [37] and plantain [38] with the anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of dandelion [64, 65] and the cooling power of mint with raw bees wax [39] to create a powerful remedy for any number of skin ailments. Apply topically for scrapes, burns, bruises, and sore joints, as well as […]
Time: 30 minutes Serves: 4-6 Ingredients: ¼ – ½ cup fresh mushrooms (we used Auricularia, but any fresh shrooms will do!) 2 Cups almond milk 1 large potato ½ large onion 1 large carrot 2 stalks celery 1-2 cloves garlic Salt Pepper turmeric Instructions: Chop up 1 large potato, 1 large carrot, and 2 stalks of […]