Notes from the garden, the Hazelwood Food Forest and our design work: soil building, plants, composting, herbal medicine and permaculture events in Pittsburgh, 2009 to 2015.
- Wintertime is ideal time for design
The cold winter months are ideal for thinking and planning. Allow us to design your dream yard this winter and be the early bird come spring! With a design in hand you will be ready to start...
- Hazelwood Food Forest to be Displaced
Change is going to come. Just over five years ago today, myself and friend Michelle Czolba began work to create the first food forest is Pittsburgh. We even had the memorable event recorded in a Post...
- Center of Life Summer Camp Students Visit Food Forest
The Hazelwood Food Forest On Thursday, July 17, Michelle Czolba, Pittsburgh Permaculture LLC, Matt Peters, and Jim McCue hosted 60 students from the Hazelwood Center of Life Summer Camp at the food...
- Plants found in the Hazelwood Food Forest
Species List By Purpose Alphabetical By Purpose Edible Asian Pear - Pyrus pyrifolia Asparagus - Asparagus officinalis Blackberry - Rubus spp. Blueberry - Vaccinium angustifolium Borage - Borago...
- Reflecting on Juliette’s Farewell
This week we said goodbye to one of the founders of the Hazelwood Food Forest, Juliette Jones, and as someone who was greatly influenced by her time in Pittsburgh, I feel that it is important to...
- Late Summer Update
We have had a great summer so far in Hazelwood. The food forest is lush with plants, old and new. The peach tree is heavy laden with fruit, and the elderberries are so full they are nearly touching...
- Edible "Weeds"
We have a laundry list of edible “weeds” that are available to us in the Eastern United States. Not only do a majority of these plants sprout through the concrete at angles thought to be impossible...
- Hugelkultur!
What is HugelKultur? The word Hugelkultur literally translating to “Mound Culture”, is the gardening practice of using excess wood debris in creating giant raised beds. The woody debris (sticks...
- 3 Nitrogen Fixing Plants for the Forest Garden
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...
- Tips for Growing Lettuces and Salad Mix
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...
- 5 Steps to Growing Lettuces & Salad Mix
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...
- Permaculture Resource List
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...
- What is Permaculture?
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...
- Permaculture Design autumn equinox discount
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...
- Borland Green Video by Transition Pgh
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...