Posted on marzo 26, 2019 Title: Trees of Power: Ten Essential Arboreal Allies Author: Akiva Silver Rating: 10/10 Recommendation: Would definitely recommend! Buy it here. Overview This is one of the most inspiring and most practical books I have ever read. It begins and ends with powerful visions of a better world and provides philosophical foundations for a new, […]
Posted on febrero 16, 2019febrero 26, 2019 With the polar vortex bringing bone-chilling cold this winter, it seemed like spring couldn’t come soon enough. But after some crazy cycles of freeze and thaw, it seems spring is finally creeping in. A walk into the garden yesterday to observe and interact revealed many happy perennials with […]
Posted on septiembre 24, 2018julio 31, 2023 By: southsidep Welcome to the Southside Permaculture Park’s official website. In this 4-part post series, we will dive deeper into the many of the topics that we… Posted on septiembre 12, 2018septiembre 14, 2018 By: southsidep In the absence of human intervention, species of plants, animals, fungi, and […]
Similar to the Blackcap raspberry, this plant grows as a cane-forming perennial with pinnate leaves with five leaflets on first-year canes, and three leaflets on second-year flowering canes. Leaves are dark green on the top and a pale, almost bluish green on the bottom. First-year canes are pale blue-green, but become woodier and golden brown […]
I had an interesting conversation with an old friend the other day while hiking through the woods we played in as kids. We both come from formal backgrounds in science and engineering, and we are both cognizant of things like climate change and other environmental issues, but we seem to have very different ideas about […]
Posted on marzo 26, 2019marzo 26, 2019 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 different environmental factors and dynamic relationships between all the different elements and the environment and create a comprehensive plan that will account […]
Posted on julio 18, 2019julio 23, 2019 It’s mid-July and the plants in the Southside Permaculture Park are thriving. It’s been awhile since a post has been added to our website, so let’s go over some updates for the garden! This week sees the start of an exciting new construction project: the Herb Spiral. This […]
Posted on febrero 23, 2019febrero 26, 2019 With lots of snow followed by warmer weather, there’s lots of water flowing everywhere. Here on the mountain, that water rushes with gravity downslope towards the river, but on its way it picks up a little something extra. As the snow melt accelerated down the mountain along the […]
Chickweed is a common annual that people usually want to round up (with Round-Up weed killers). But chickweed has loads of health benefits and uses for your garden, livestock, and kitchen. Since it is considered a ‘weed’, it is relatively easy to grow, emerging in the early summer in nutrient and nitrogen-dense soils. The plant […]
Scientific Name: Solanum lycopersicum Description: Tomato plants can spread from 24- 72 inches wide, and generally have multiple branches. The plant’s flowers are yellow with five petals. They are almost an inch across and come in clusters. Tomatoes can range vastly in size depending on the type of tomato plant you are growing. The smallest […]
Carrots are a biennial vegetable with a large, starchy taproot. Most often, the taproot is orange, though yellow, white, and purple varieties also exists. In its first year, the carrot grows a rosette of pinnately compound leaves, similar in shape to parsley or cilantro (to which it is related), that are arranged in a spiral […]
Welcome to the Southside Permaculture Park’s official website. In this 4-part post series, we will dive deeper into the many of the topics that we… *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… Human civilization may seem so […]
Food is the cornerstone of our society, and in fact, all life. As such, it is paramount that our food supply be secure and resilient, even in uncertain times. An inability to provide a stable food supply would certainly drive hungry people into civil unrest, and could lead to the failure of the state to […]
Not to be confused with the banana relative with the same name, Plantain species are low, sessile herbaceous plants. They are perennial with broad (P. major) or narrow (P. lanceolata) leaves arranged in a rosette with fibers running the length. The flowers and seeds are green and produced on stems up to 30 cm tall. The flower of […]
