We recently received the following question from someone in our community: I would love to know if permaculture is an appropriated form of Indigenous knowledge. I mean this respectfully. Can anyone speak to this?

We often talk with our client community about how to manage pests, about how these little creatures devour garden veggies, or creep onto paths, or take over a patch of a backyard oasis.

Mushroom season is almost here! And whether it’s with inoculated logs or bags of sawdust substrate, there are a number of ways you can grow them in your very own backyard, or even inside your home.

Recent rains followed by sunny days and mild temperatures have given us a stunning spring. As those May flowers keep coming, and with new growth and summer blooms soon to follow, now’s the perfect time to give your plants a little boost with compost tea.

It’s hard not to be fascinated by pawpaws. And it’s even harder to avoid becoming obsessed with them once you’ve gotten to taste them and watch them grow!