Green Thumb: Garden Update – Raised Beds a Success!
Last year, our garden did not do well, so Butch planned and schemed (and sketched) during the winter to start fresh this season by building raised beds within the existing […]
Last year, our garden did not do well, so Butch planned and schemed (and sketched) during the winter to start fresh this season by building raised beds within the existing […]
This is really too good not to share – a complete, and FREE, Permaculture class, courtesy of the Regenerative Leadership Institute! While I do think most PDC courses are more […]
Just a few items plucked from my inbox: — Incubator Farm now accepting applications for 2014! The Groundswell Incubator Farm is a ten-acre parcel of agricultural land in Ithaca NY […]
All nine lovely ladies are now laying (say that 5 times fast)! Anyone want some eggs?
Lesley Byrne, international permaculture teacher and trainer, will give presentations in Ithaca on Sept 25 & 26, 2013 “What’s it like over there?” If you are interested in hearing about […]
Exciting stuff! The Cornell University Department of Horticulture, along with the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute, is offering a series of three Permaculture courses that, by completing them, may* result in […]
Just got my newest Organic Gardening magazine in the mail (the only other subscription at le Five Birch Perch is Field & Stream…you can see where our loyalties lie) – […]
PDC course at Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute: July 26 – Aug 11, 2013 We train people of all backgrounds, ages, experience and skills to design using natural patterns based on […]
[Was going to post this last week, but it didn’t seem appropriate. But now I’ve added even more recent photos of the chicks – with feathers coming in!] A couple […]
In honor of the first day of Spring, I came across an interested article on maple sugaring at Farming the Woods, via Upstate Permaculture Network*. The article in full talks […]