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  Slow it. Spread it. Sink it!
Aug 19, 2010
book coverThis exciting new guidebook will help landowners and homeowners make the most of the many potential benefits of innovative stormwater management. Once thought of as a nuisance, stormwater is now universally recognized as one our most important natural resources and proper management (simple to complex) is more important than ever.
  Making Hard Apple Cider and Apple Cider Vinegar
Aug 19, 2010

Apple Cider VinegarI was going to write about "Making Hard Apple Cider", but after we tasted the "hard apple cider", it appeared that I needed to change this title to "Making Apple Cider Vinegar".  This is the best type of experiment!  I try to create one thing and something else cool comes out the other end.
  Seasonal Abundance: Summer Strawberries
Jul 16, 2010
StrawberriesBiting into a ripe strawberry is like eating candy.   Why stop at one when you can have a whole flat or more!

One of the farmers from our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) grows organic strawberries, so every week we receive a generous pint of strawberries.
  Compost Tea and Feeding the Soil Food Web
Jun 4, 2010
Compost Tea BrewerChristel and I got interested in Actively Aerated Compost Tea (AACT) after attending a 3 day workshop taught by Dr. Elaine Ingham (SoilFoodWeb.com).   The content blew our socks off.  Brewing and spraying AACT is a way to supercharge your soil with a huge amount of active biology (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, micro-arthropods, nematodes, macro-arthropods) which will create a healthy soil-food-web.
  Sharing Your Neighbor's Garden as Your Own, or Zone 4 in an Urban/Suburban Setting
May 18, 2010
"Permaculture Principle of the Month"
Zone 4 GardenOne of the things I like best about Permaculture is the way that it's taught me to really think outside the box and look for solutions to problems in a non-linear way.  On our refrigerator, we have a piece of paper which tells us the "Permaculture Principle of the Month".  During the month, we look for and share examples of that principle in our every day lives.  This month's principle is "The Problem is the Solution".
  Solar Solutions and Water Landscape at Tamera Ecovillage
May 11, 2010
TameraAl Gore said that too often, when people become aware of climate change, they go directly from denial to despair without stopping to do anything productive.  This summer, the ice continues to melt and the politicians carry on dawdling and dissembling.  And yet, solutions abound all around us—and I firmly intend to seek them out and report on them whenever possible.  So, after two months in climates where it rained pretty much every single day, I took my soggy lungs and sodden skin down to Portugal, for five days at an intentional community called Tamera.
  Turn Your Yard into an Edible Oasis Part II
May 6, 2010
Here is an update on the backyard permaculture project that started out as a lawn and now has undergone a complete transformation.
  Fun with Fermentation: Making Root Kimchi
Apr 26, 2010
Root kimchi is a fabulous lactic-fermented food that will aid digestion, and it's a great way to store vegetables!   Root kimchi does not taste like the standard Korean kimchi with which most people are familiar.  Korean kimchi is prepared like sauerkraut with a special added chili paste.
  It Takes a Village: Harvesting the bounty growing in backyard gardens
Apr 14, 2010
PersimmonsVillage Harvest and Gardening Gals Christel Casjens and Susan Osofsky are featured on the ABC Television national LiveWellHD Network "Save My Planet" which first aired January 29, 2010.   Susan explains how to turn the abundance of backyard fruit into an opportunity to feed the hungry while Christel talks about eating local, seasonable, and organic food.  Watch the video!
  A Case Study in Permaculture Design Business Development
Apr 12, 2010
Darren Doherty One of the greatest challenges open to the Permaculture movement has been in the sustainable development of professional Permaculture Design business.  Darren Doherty has developed a straight forward and transferable process in client relations, design creation, and the development and management of projects, a process that allows the business to be viable and provide by and large a sustainable outcome.  In this case study Darren Doherty describes ways he accomplishes this. 
 
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