Here’s a silly question for you: Why to do people plant gardens? To feed themselves of course! Which means chefs and gardeners are undeniably tied together. “What’s for dinner?” is something people ask daily all over the world. Which brings me to another question: Have you noticed that really good chefs look to their local farmers or gardens […]
Starting Another Season 2017
Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s time to start a new year already?! I can’t. But ready or not here it is, another year and another growing season! Even though spring is still a few months away here in the high plains, now is the time to plan and gather what we need to […]
Garden Gone Wild
This is not how I envisioned the garden to look at the beginning of the year. I’m sure I’m not the only one to have that thought over the course of a growing season. What I had in mind was more of neatly trellised plants with a nice layer of mulch covering the paths, keeping […]
Time to Use Weed Barrier
Is there a time and place for weed barrier in a permaculture-ish yard? I’ll answer yes, though I’ve never been a fan of using it in the past. If not pulled up in the fall it becomes a ripped-up mess to clean up all over the yard. In permaculture weeds are suppose to be an […]