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A Permaculture Site with over 100 Native Plant Species!

If I had to do it over again, I would have planted way more native species in our food forest. In the end, I got my native plant fix by converting my entire front yard into native and/or drought tolerant species (see video here) but when I was first installing my food forest, the popularity […]

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A Way to Practice Permaculture without a Garden – A Visit with Alissa LaChance from Dirt Rich Compost!

For those of you familiar with permaculture principles, Produce No Waste is such an important principle to practice in our communities. Whether it’s composting your kitchen scraps in your backyard, decreasing your use of single-use plastic and packaging, mending clothes, thrifting items or hosting repair cafes, there are countless ways in which to practice this

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Happy Little Accident in the Food Forest!

When stewarding food forests, I always like to remind my students and clients that a food forest, like a natural ecosystem, is dynamic. It evolves and changes over time. While your initial food forest design may act as guide to get you started, you’ll find that, as the system matures, some plants might outcompete others,

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Spring Greenhouse Soil Prep and the Importance of Soil Moisture/Rainwater

Spring is underway in Montana and even though there are still a couple feet of snow on the ground in my backyard, I’m starting the garden prep work in my greenhouse. In my video above, I discuss the steps I take to prep my greenhouse in the spring. Not only that but I cover why

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Greenhouse Soil-Building and Soil Rehabilitation Techniques

If you watched my last video about my Top 5 Lessons from this Season’s Garden, you may have seen that one of my lessons was that I needed to pay better attention to my greenhouse soil. As promised, here’s a video on how I am going to rehabilitate the soil in my greenhouse beds. I

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Top 5 Lessons from this Season’s Garden

If you know something about permaculture, you know that it is guided by a set of ethics and principles. The principles, in particular, help you look at your land and your life through the lens of natural systems. One of the permaculture principles that I appreciate the most is “Self-regulate and Accept Feedback”. It is

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Resilient Homestead Student Spotlight! – Karleen from Wild Wiggins Homestead

Enrollment for my Resilient Homestead Program is now open!  After working with clients for over a decade, I believe this program is one of the most effective ways of moving out of overwhelm and into action with your site planning process. Through this 4-month hybrid experience (with 1:1 and group elements), I help you develop a comprehensive site plan

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