This page is currently in draft phase as we add more information and organize a bit. In the mean time we highly recommend the following resources on the subject: Gaia’s Garden by Tobi Hemenway Farming the Woods by Ken Mudge & Steve Gabriel Edible Acres youtube channel A forest garden, sometimes called a food forest, […]
Description Honey Locust is a fast-growing leguminous tree that can grow up to 100 feet tall and lives 100-150 years. It has pinnate compound leaves and produces long seed pods in the summer that mature in late September to early October. Some varieties contain thorns. Cultivation Tips Honey Locust is a rapid grower that will […]
The grass around our petal beds at the Southside Permaculture Park has been a nuisance since the lawn mower cannot get in between the beds.… 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… One of the hardest things […]
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 […]
Posted on July 25, 2019June 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 […]
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 marzo 20, 2019marzo 20, 2019 SPRING IS HERE!!! And while other gardeners have yet to even think about putting seeds in the ground, you can be out there harvesting bowls of fresh greens that just appear without any intervention on your part. Yesterday I biked over to a community garden in search of greens, […]
Description Mullein is a plant often found in the wild, consisting of silvery green, fuzzy leaves. It is biennial, meaning that it lives for two years. The plant grows to be 2 to 7 feet tall and 2.5 feet wide, and its leaves are 4 to 12 inches long and 1 to 5 inches wide. […]
¿Qué es un Swale? Un swale es una combinación de trinchera y montículo excavado y construido a lo largo de los contornos de la tierra. Las golondrinas se pueden utilizar para crear nuevas camas de jardín o para adaptarse a las camas de jardín existentes para aumentar su funcionalidad y productividad. ¿Por qué deberíamos construir […]
Project Summary The Southside Permaculture Park Calitheatre is an original design that attempts to integrate various lifestyles and activities into one structure. Its design is inspired by one of the core principles of permaculture: Every Element Serves Multiple Functions. The name of the project can be divided into two parts. The root “cali” refers to […]
Un nivel de marco en A es una herramienta simple que nos permite encontrar fácilmente contornos en la tierra, lo que nos permite construir camas de jardín que recolectan agua de lluvia y fluyen con el paisaje. Construir un nivel de marco en A es fácil y se puede hacer con materiales de desecho.. Obtenga dos […]
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… 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 […]
Scientific name: Romulea rosea Also known as: Wild Garlic Description: Onion grass is a perennial herb, meaning it grows back every year. It is a grass like plant that grows up to 30 cm high and 1-2 mm wide. Onion grass has about 3-10 leaves and 2-4 flowers per plant. The flowers range between pink […]
An elderberry with a few small, unripe fruit Elderberry is a fast-growing perennial shrub that can grow 2 to 3 meters tall, sometimes in a single season if well pruned! It grows opposite compound leaves with 7 to 13 serrated leaflets. In the late spring to early summer the plant will fill up with clusters […]
