Amidst the promise of renewal that spring brings, I’m definitely feeling the precarity of these times. When I get upset and overwhelmed by the state of the world and the polycrisis we’re facing, I need only focus on the incredible students, clients and growers in our community to bring me back to center and remind […]
I’m doing something I’ve never done in my 18+ years of gardening! Read More »
This is the time of year when I can finally exhale after a very busy growing season. Food preservation is almost complete, my Resilient Homestead Program is underway and it’s time to spend more time on some inner resilience practices (reading, dance classes, drawing class, visits with friends) that enable me to continue to do
I’m very excited to be sharing this video with you today! In it, I take a tour of my students, Jamie and Niall’s, small suburban backyard. Jamie and Niall took my Resilient Homestead Program three years ago and have done an amazing job with their implementation plan, while also fitting in the birth of their
Tour a Small Suburban Permaculture Site! Read More »
One thing you’ll discover when you learn more about permaculture is that it encompasses way more than just growing food. In my Resilient Homestead Program, I take my students through the design of their site, using a permaculture approach. But more than that, I’ve often found that the program has the added benefit of giving folks
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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
A Permaculture Site with over 100 Native Plant Species! Read More »
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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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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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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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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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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