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Tree Planting with Pittsburgh Permaculture

Guest — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:55:08 +0000

Over the summer, I had an interesting email; Catherine from Ireland was visiting Pittsburgh and wanted to help out a bit, here is what she wrote about her experience.

-Troy

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Tree planting with Pittsburgh Permaculture

After reading an article on ecological travel and responses to peak oil, I decided [...]

Selecting Seed for Your Vegetable Garden

Guest — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:18:22 +0000

By Mykie Reidy

Before you turn the first shovel of soil or plant a flat of seedlings, in anticipation of bringing to life the abundance of fruits and vegetables that can offer both sustenance and joy, you must first have seeds. Whether you raise your own or buy nursery grown plants, the decision of [...]

The Dangers and Oddities of the Worm

Guest — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:38:24 +0000

Be afraid… very afraid. Non-native, invasive, alien species of worms such as the the European nightcrawler (Lumbricus terrestris) have been silently and invisibly invading the ground beneath our feet. And–get this–they’re destroying the dynamics of forests thereby potentially leading to the detriment of native ecosystems.

This dangerous incursion by the legless [...]

Annual Vegetable & Herb Seed Starting & Planting Schedule

Guest — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:45:07 +0000

Download the chart so you can customize it! CLICK HERE

The following charts indicate starting times and planting times for the vegetables we want to grow this year.

The blue columns and light blue columns show the weeks for the average last hard frost (28° F) in April, average last frost (32° F) in [...]

Stacked Worm Composting for $15

Guest — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:49:14 +0000

Our Worm Factory(TM) breaks down our food scraps fast. These typically run $80 or more. Fortunately a friend gave it to us, free!

Valentines day was coming up, so I decided to get my girlfriend a worm bin to compost her kitchen scraps in her apartment–I’m a true romantic. She had [...]

Inspirational resource and fab mature design

Guest — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:40:58 +0000

I had the chance to attend the PASA conference last week. The schedule was pretty diverse and there were a lot of workshops on topics related to permaculture and backyard farming on property sized less than one acre. It was pretty cool to include small scale and urban ag at a farming conference. It [...]

Fast-Action Soil Improvement Strategies for Urban Gardens

Guest — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:25:36 +0000

As the cold season begins, the attention to the garden usually wains. Fall and winter, however, are some of the most important times for thinking about building soil health.

Soil maintenance and improvement is the cornerstone of any agricultural system. As Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, “A nation that destroys it’s soil destroys itself.” [...]