Even tiny spaces, if intentionally designed, can grow food, manage water, and have room to gather. Here’s what we did to transition a compact backyard into a productive urban garden.  BEFORE: This mostly sunny tiny backyard receives lots of water from the house and the neighbors, and was originally planted with unused lawn and lots […]

Building hugelbeds, or mounded beds, is a technique that blends water management, debris management, and soil building into one strategy.

I recently wrote a post about financial transparency and open-book management and had some wonderful questions and responses come in. Many asked if I had any insight into building a company that could support moving to financial transparency since it is a departure from the standard fiscal management strategy for many companies.   So, I thought […]

Designing for Disease and Pest Resistance

Here are a few ecologically-sound driveway upgrades you can do to create pervious surface while protecting tree roots from compaction.