Growing food and medicine for earth repair

When it comes to rainwater harvesting, a few common mistakes leave the end product less than functional. I’m going to walk you through those errors and show you how to avoid them, so you have a beautiful and functional rainwater system.

Aside from all the pumpkin, tending fires in the hearth, and gathering with family (in typical years, at least…), autumn also provides an abundance of nutrients and organic matter for our gardens: all the leaves! Have you ever wondered why forests thrive without someone going in and applying lots of fertilizer to help the trees […]

Some of our most prolific weeds are simultaneously impairing and repairing urban forests.

Do you have to use all native plants to practice permaculture? Does permaculture advocate for using “invasive” species?