A month ago now, Maine got a heaping of snow with us getting +1′ and Mike and I were off to Seattle for business and for tagging along. It was a nice break from the sticks, with everything in walking distance, all the vegan goodies via Whole Foods I could want and people watching. IContinue reading “a study in urban permaculture”
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back garden update: *it’s happening!*
Plants are finally off the deck, out of their stifling pots and into their new homes. I feel very behind in planting things in mid-July, especially the majority of them being tomatoes, cucumbers and squash, but summer isn’t over. I know all my hard work will pay off next year when all I’ll have toContinue reading “back garden update: *it’s happening!*”
back yard update: kultur-ing some hugels
Despite the extreme hot weather we’ve been granted here in Maine and everywhere else (totes an outlier though), I’ve sort of finished the hardest portion of building these hugelkultur mounds. It’s been a relief and sign of progress now that I’ve got the beds filled with all the various cardboard, loose branches and spent soilContinue reading “back yard update: kultur-ing some hugels”