How to Grow Elderberries for Food and Medicine
With the right growing conditions, it’s easy to grow elderberries. We’ll help you grow bunches of these superfood berries right in your own backyard.
Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds for Home Wastewater Treatment
“Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds: Designing, building and planting your treatment wetland system” provides the reader with detailed instructions for building an environmentally friendly wastewater treatment system. Wetlands are nature’s water treatment plants, and the author shows us how to safely adapt them on a household scale.
The Minimalist Gardener – Gardening with Less Work and Fewer Inputs
The Minimalist Gardener is a perfect book for those who claim they don’t have the time or space for gardening. Filled with colorful photos and easy to read essays, this book invites you to explore the possibilities of low input gardening. By using plants that want to grow and placing them to make it easy…
Future Food – Not One Solution, But Many, for How to Feed the World
When you think of “future food”, what comes to mind? Most information I’ve seen on the subject talks about lab grown “meat”, eating bugs, 3D printed foods and other synthetic options. It’s all about mass production and convenience. I think these ideas are missing some important pieces of the picture, and I’d like to offer…
6 Ways to Use Garlic in the Garden
This post is for the garlic lovers – or those who aren’t sure if they like garlic but do like to use natural and organic practices in their gardens. It turns out that this fragrant bulb is good for more than just cooking, and can be a real helpmate around the yard and garden. So…