Archive for the ‘ Sustainable Local Food Systems ’ Category
The Magic of Lupines
<A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fediblyardw-20%2F8005%2F526587c8-58f5-4652-add8-ca3dbb630106&#038;Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fediblyardw-20%2F8005%2F526587c8-58f5-4652-add8-ca3dbb630106&amp;Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A> I have taken a recent renewed interest in lupines because I discovered that they are nitrogen fixers, but I have loved them ever since I read Miss Rumphius as a child. (For those that haven’t read this children’s classic, Miss Rumphius spreads beauty around the world by planting lupines). After reading [...]
Soup Kitchen High
There is nothing like walking into a soup kitchen to put life into perspective. Entering “Petaluma Kitchen” this morning, I was met with big smiles and thank you’s by a cook named Jeronimo and a kind woman named Shannon. What a way to start the day! I handed Jeronimo a bunch of greens from the [...]
Permaculture Paradise in a Snake Sighting
&amp;amp;lt;A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;amp;#038;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;amp;#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fediblyardw-20%2F8005%2F526587c8-58f5-4652-add8-ca3dbb630106&amp;amp;amp;#038;Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;amp;amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fediblyardw-20%2F8005%2F526587c8-58f5-4652-add8-ca3dbb630106&amp;amp;amp;amp;Operation=NoScript”&amp;amp;gt;Amazon.com Widgets&amp;amp;lt;/A&amp;amp;gt; My friend, Trathen often says that if in your garden you have a snail problem, you actually don’t have a snail problem – you have a “duck deficiency.” Well, in my demo garden at the Bounty Farm, I was having a gopher problem, but mysteriously, no food had yet disappeared down [...]
350 Garden Challenge: Halt Climate Change with Gardens
As the edible gardening craze continues, local nonprofits are taking advantage of the momentum to try to install 350 gardens in Sonoma County, California in one weekend (May 15-16). There are now 430 gardens signed up! iGROW Sonoma is leading the effort with partnering organizations that include: Daily Acts, GoLocal, Living Mandala, School Garden Network, [...]
Backyard Bounty Farm project
In order to be able to offer more hands-on experience in classes, I have adopted a small farm plot at the Bounty Farm in Petaluma for a demonstration garden. The plot will also feature raised beds, which will offer the Backyard Bounty program a model to show people stopping by the farm. The farm manager, [...]
