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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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Resilient Homestead Student Spotlight! – Karen

Hear why Karen decided to work with me and what she has accomplished since taking my Resilient Homestead Program! Karen shares that the Resilient Homestead Program allowed her to feel less overwhelmed and how beneficial having a mentor is when you embark on the design of your site. Since taking the program, Karen has put

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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! – Erika

Hear what Erika has accomplished since taking my Resilient Homestead Program! In this video, Erika shares that the Resilient Homestead Program allowed her to get clear on her vision for her site, understand that slope on her property is actually a good feature, and made her think even more about how to make her site

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Resilient Homestead Student Spotlight! – Brittney from Churn Creek Farm

Hear the key takeaways that Brittney had from my Resilient Homestead Program and her successes so far with sheet mulching an area for her food forest, setting up her annual gardens, building a fence, hosting community farm days, and understanding that this work is a long term game (see pics below!). And this is only

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Resilient Homestead Student Spotlight! – Mariah from Local Earth Studio

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 online experience (with 1:1 and group elements), I help you develop a comprehensive site plan

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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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My Pear Tree Guild

If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know how much I love food forest systems. While growing tomatoes, peas, squash and other annual edibles is rewarding (and delicious!), there is a different feeling that you get from designing and planting a perennial ecosystem of plants.  When I plant things in my food forest, I’ve

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What I do in January to Prep for the Growing Season

In my video today, I share the tasks that I typically do in January to prep for the growing season ahead. I call it a very slow easing into gardening mode. After the madness of what our growing season can be, I’m reluctant to ramp things up too soon. So here are the tasks I’m typically doing

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