This blog post is dedicated to natural disaster resiliency. We first owe a shoutout to one of our readers, Phebe, for inspiring this post! She… Sprouting up are dandelions– going full speed ahead! If you’d like to make yourself a salad bursting with nutrients and flavor, this is for you!… The land where the […]
Posted on abril 28, 2021junio 8, 2022 Composting! This article is going to talk about the why, what, and hows of composting. Compost is any organic material that should be added to soil rather than end up in landfills, where they take up space and release methane, a greenhouse grass. Why Compost? The EPA’s municipal […]
Description The name skirret comes from the Dutch word “suikerwotel,” meaning “sugar root.” It is a taproot, meaning the main root grows downward and absorbs nutrients and water, with smaller lateral roots growing from the main one. Skirret is considered a low yield crop and is sometimes considered difficult to harvest and prepare due to […]
Description Garlic mustard is an herbaceous biennial plant that grows mostly in the understory of deciduous woods, but it can also be found in un-mowed clearings or along roadsides. In its first year, garlic mustard stays low to the ground and grows in rosettes of serrated, round leaves. These leaves will smell of garlic when […]
Posted on September 3, 2018October 18, 2018 Seeds. For much of our history, seeds were considered to be some of the most valuable possessions. If asked what they would take from their home in an evacuation, most of our ancestors would say the seed bank, as their livelihood was contained within those tiny capsules. Many […]
Time: 1 hour Serves: 8 Steamy rocket, kale, & potato soup with crispy white bean socca bread Ingredients: 4 tbsp unsalted butter 2 medium onions 6 medium potatoes 1-2 pints mushrooms (see note) 2 large cloves of garlic (or four smaller) 2 cups turkish rocket leaves 8-10 large kale leaves (curly and sea) 2 tbsp […]
Posted on August 15, 2018October 8, 2018 By: southsidep *For more on this topic, see our post “Human/Nature Dualism, Contradictions, and the Energetics of Society“.* Ah yes, Nature. Eternal and pure, Nature (with a… Posted on August 8, 2018July 18, 2019 By: southsidep Fungi are largely ignored and misunderstood by modern society, though their abilities […]
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 […]
Posted on agosto 16, 2019julio 15, 2022 This blog post is dedicated to natural disaster resiliency. We first owe a shoutout to one of our readers, Phebe, for inspiring this post! She recently sent us a link to a Natural Disasters Map, where you can look up your specific zip code and learn about the […]
Welcome back. Over the last three weeks we have explored the basics of permaculture, social fragmentation and power dynamics in the context of industrialism, and… Welcome back to the Philosophy of the Southside Permaculture park post series. Part 1: Introduction to Permaculture and the SSPP Part 2: Social Fragmentation, Power… We come here through the […]
Starting Seeds Indoors Many of our summer plants we start in our greenhouse. This means we can start them from seed earlier, and we can… This blog post is dedicated to natural disaster resiliency. We first owe a shoutout to one of our readers, Phebe, for inspiring this post! She… Sprouting up are dandelions– going […]
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 […]
Posted on noviembre 21, 2018noviembre 30, 2018 Yesterday, as I was about to take a nap, I heard the forest calling to me. I quickly threw on some jeans and boots, made some tea in a thermos, grabbed an old shopping bag for foraged goods, and headed out the door. I had many positive exchanges […]
Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour Servings: 4 This vegan jerky is made with the highly medicinal Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) mushroom. Chewy and meaty, this snack is packed with immunomodulatory polysaccarides that help regulate a wide range of immune system functions [35]. Extracts from the Turkey Tail mushroom have even shown to […]
