Brain Seeds

Last year I was inspired by reading some permaculture books and decided to experiment with sowing a polyculture planting in part of my backy...

Worm castings Vermicompost tea seems to be kind of magical. It is high in microbial activity. We brewed large batches of it last year at t...

The garden in mid June The new garden did/is doing very well. Peas thrived, although we know to construct a taller trellis next year for the...

I had the experience of designing and creating a raised bed backyard garden last week. For part of it we removed the sod, and double dug as ...

All winter I saw bunny tracks in the snow. I finally caught a glimpse of the rabbit in my backyard one rainy spring afternoon. Cute, but pot...

There is a prolific "weed" in my backyard, and it is Mossy Stonecrop. I've read it occurs in sandy soils with low fertility. I...

This is my third worm bin. When a friend gave me some red worms in a paper bag at the end of the summer, I hastily drilled some holes in a b...