Early Spring Flowers in the Food Forest
We took a trip to the food forest this past weekend.
Utopia: A Permacultural Vision - eBook now Available!!
I am very very excited to share with the world the first digital edition of the story “Utopia: A Permacultural Vision”.
Growing Degree Days for Ontario Permaculture Sites
Due to the geographic distances between regions in Ontario, there is a massive variation in the potential thermal energy that a permaculture site has at it’s disposal. This thermal energy is measured by a metric called Growing Degree Days.
Late Fall - Tree Seed Bed and Second Pond
I took a few days in early November to head-up to the farm to get the seedbed installed. I have 100 hazelnuts seeds from a variety found in Saskatchewan, 100 burr oak seeds (acorns) from a selected variety first found in the US in the early 20th Century, 100 red oak seeds from High Park, and a few hundred butternuts, and black walnuts that I had collected throughout the GTA.
Fall Farm Weekend
Thanks to everyone who came out to the farm this October. It was such a sight, to see all three wheelbarrows in use, and accomplishing things in minutes instead of hours. Unfortunately the Sunday was rainy, but the Saturday was glorious. We completed the paths, planted a bunch of spring tubers, and harvested radishes, carrots, sunchokes, kale, chard, chives, and much more.