Pittsburgh Permaculture

3 Nitrogen Fixing Plants for the Forest Garden

Michelle — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:48:00 +0000

Nitrogen fixing shrubs are valuable in agroforestry systems. They can be integrated into perennial agriculture systems to restore and maintain nutrient cycling and fertility self-reliance. The following 3 nitrogen fixing plants have additional uses and benefits as well. This is a quick snap shot of nitrogen fixing plants. Please share your experiences with these [...]

Tips for Growing Lettuces and Salad Mix

Michelle — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:43:26 +0000

Growing lettuce and salad mix is fairly simple and can be done in small spaces, including pots. Right now I am growing a mix in a fairly small pot. If only the robins would leave it alone, I suspect I’ll be able to harvest in the next few weeks! I also spent time growing [...]

5 Steps to Growing Lettuces & Salad Mix

Michelle — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:33:44 +0000

Growing lettuce and salad mix is very easy and can be done in the smallest of spaces. It is also a great crop to grow fresh since the shelf life is quite short. It is also a fairly high demand vegetable for restaurants, making it a possible cash crop for small [...]

Food4Wealth Review: Less Work, More Food with the Ecological Garden

Michelle — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:04:18 +0000

Personally, I have had lots of fun growing food and herbs. I have also spent many hard, sweaty hours pulling weeds and preparing beds. Eventually, I managed to develop garden beds that perform similarly to a Food4Wealth bed; however, this was after obtaining a Master’s degree in Sustainable Systems, working in a market garden, [...]

Happy Hour and Live Indonesian Gong!

Juliette — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:50:09 +0000

April 3rd & 4th from 5:30 – sunset 4700 block of Irvine Street, Pittsburgh, Pa 15207

Join us on April 3rd for workday activities including weeding and mulchig & enjoy Indonesian gong played by Jeremy Woodruff, a Ph.D. student in music and the TA for the Gamelan ensemble at Pitt. He will be recording [...]

Permaculture Resource List

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

Compiled by Elizabeth Lynch, Troy Hottle, and Juliette Jones

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/ Octupus Organics: [...]

What is Permaculture?

Juliette — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:55:29 +0000

Permaculture is about intelligent design that works with nature. The basic premise of permaculture is to increase human sustainability by creating self-sufficient systems that literally become more than the sum of their parts.

Village Homes in Davis, California (photo by Wayne Senville, Planning Comm’rs Journal, www.plannersweb.com).

That is to say, each aspect of the system [...]

Permaculture Design autumn equinox discount

Michelle — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:24:15 +0000

Permaculture Design Sale!

Now through October 1st… Have your landscape designed at a discounted rate. We design landscapes of all sizes and conditions and would love to work with you to bring your dream to reality. Permaculture design utilizes ecological principles to create landscapes based on your wants and needs and in accordance with [...]

Borland Green Video by Transition Pgh

Troy — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:51:52 +0000

Here is a little video about the Borland Green project which we are working on in partnership with GTECH Strategies. The project is being funded by a Spring Grant from The Sprout Fund. Click here for more information about the project.

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Herb Walk today CANCELED

Michelle — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:37:48 +0000

Unfortunately circumstances came up and we will not be walking today! Please be sure to join us on August 6th at 3pm. Also check out the 2 upcoming herbal medicine workshops we are hosting: Herbal approaches to relief from stress and anxiety as well as Herbal cordials and tisanes.