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Permaculture Resource List

Juliette — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:54:33 +0000

Compiled by Elizabeth Lynch, 2011; added to by Juliette Jones 2012

Pc Communities, on-line or other

Pittsburgh Garden Experiment: http://www.meetup.com/PittsburghGardenExperiment/ Eastern Permaculture Guild: http://www.meetup.com/permie/ Eastern Permaculture Guild: penn-permaculture-list@meetup.com Local Food Cleveland: http://www.localfoodcleveland.org/ Three Rivers Permaculture Guild

Pittsburgh-local Resources

Pittsburgh Permaculture: http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/ Transition Pittsburgh: http://www.meetup.com/transitionpgh/ Pittsburgh Garden Experiment: http://pittsburghgardenexperiment.org/ Steel City Soils: http://steelcitysoils.com/ [...]

Sun Path

Troy — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:17:40 +0000

As we all know light exposure is a very important part of garden design. Evaluating the light exposure in the context of the sun’s movement through the sky both daily and season-to-season will help us understand the influences of the sun. With this greater understanding our designs can harness the warming light when we [...]

Our New Wood Stove

Troy — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:27:07 +0000

Andrea and I recently decided to put in a wood stove but as easy as that sounds, a lot of work went into installing the stove and ensuring the fireplace surround would be appropriate. The following pictures show you some of the process we went through.

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Fireplace before

Rocks in the Garden

Troy — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:54:48 +0000

I am exploring the use of large rocks strategically spread throughout the garden to aide in the thawing process in spring. In the warm months, and in the winter when the rocks aren’t covered in snow, rocks buffer the diurnal temperature swings. That is to say they make the micro-climate around them a more [...]

Permaculture Design Certificate Course

Juliette — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:54:30 +0000

This is a reminder… exactly one month until the PDC, register NOW to join us at the Phipps Garden Center!

6 WEEKENDS (January to April 2011): Jan 29-30; Feb 12-13, 26-27; Mar 12-13, 26-27; Apr 2, 9:00am to 4:30pm

– Earn your internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certification! – Share 6 weekends immersed in a fun, [...]

Going For It

Troy — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:14:38 +0000

Here’s to breaking the record high for this date, set in 1882. Click Below:

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Global Warming Day

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A Snow Rant

Juliette — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:46:10 +0000

I am SO tired of hearing people complain about the snow. Saying things like, “I am SO tired of all this snow!” Guess what, its winter in Western PA. Its snows here! Maybe its more snow than most Pittsburghers are used to…sure it hasn’t snowed this much since ’93 or whatever. But its just [...]

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Hardiness Zones

Troy — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:44:31 +0000

*Click here for an Update*

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A short discussion on the hardiness zones in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and how they are changing.

The old USDA hardiness zone map issued in 1990, which incorporated data from 1974-1986, places Pittsburgh well within zone 6 with zone 5 not far off to [...]