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End of Summer Reflection
This is my last day working full time on the garden! It has been such a journey and it’s incredible to see how far we’ve come from the...
Week 10: Pollinators
The majority of flowering plants require animal pollinators such as bees, butterflies, birds, and bats to produce fruit and reproduce....
Week 9: Windbreak Design
The last large section of the garden left to complete is the windbreak in the South-Western corner. Upon visiting the site for the first...
Week 8: Food Forest Design
Food forests are generally one of the first things that come to mind at the word ‘permaculture’. They truly represent what it means to...
Week 7: Garden Design & Companion Planting
Now we had our concept plan and the beds outlined, but that was really only the beginning of the garden’s creation. It was finally time...
Week 6: Design
A good design is the essential foundation of a successful permaculture project. The design is where all of the principles, concepts, and...
Week 5: Herb Spiral
This week was a historic one: we officially began planting! We planted our inaugural seedlings in a classic permaculture element called...
Week 4: Cardboard
Sheet Mulching is a method of creating no-dig garden beds by layering compost materials to suppress weeds and grasses and improve the...
Week 3: Compost
To prepare the land for planting, we decided from the beginning to follow the same process as UMass Amherst Permaculture (our...
Week 2: Swales
Water is one of the most important resources in an ecosystem: everything depends on it, but it can also be extremely damaging. When...
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