Where can you go to get FREE leaves for garden mulch or compost? What are the best leaves to collect? Today I’m on the hunt for Autumn (Fall) leaves that I can use throughout the year in my compost and I’m sharing my tips for how to get the best haul of the right kind…
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Permaculture Lessons From the Desert
To learn more about permaculture watch the Permaculture Masterclass, a 4-part documentary-style film, here: https://www.discoverpermaculture.com/a/12454/e3i2ci3L. Geoff is visiting Saudi Arabia for a consultancy, and he is out exploring the desert in a nature reserve. They’ve done a fine job planting trees in the area, but Geoff has found a lot of potential for earthworks to…
How to Start Composting At Home…For Kids!
Composting is the process of decomposing organic matter like food leftovers into compost that makes for nutrient-rich soil. This soil can be used to grow healthy plants that don’t need chemical fertilizers to grow, which is a big win for our environment! The good news: it’s actually pretty simple to start composting at your own…
S3.E2 – Les Wallons du Wisconsin – Episode 1/2 (VOSTFR)
Did you know that Walloon is spoken in Wisconsin? Find out how the Walloon language arrived in the United States! There are only a handful of speakers left and the community is fighting to preserve their language. Through the struggle of the Belgian Wisconsin community, Professor Kelly Biers and Professor Ellen Osterhaus (from University of…
Napa Recycling and Composting facility
ECS worked with the city of Napa and Northern Recycling to develop a low emissions compost facility for food waste and yard waste. The ECS system delivered rapid stabilization and met the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s rigorous emissions criteria. Source
How to Make DIY Inexpensive Raised Bed Soil & How to Fill it Quick & Cheap / Raised Bed Garden #6
How to make a DIY inexpensive raised bed soil mix and how to fill them quick and cheap! Watch the raised bed garden series for all the know-how you need to build and grow veggies in raised beds. Book Release Day Sale: 20% off with code “letsgrow” at https://calikimgardenandhome.com (ends 4/18/22). Includes CaliKim Seed Collections,…
Tropical Permaculture Fruit Forest Feeds Off Grid Family
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits his friends permaculture-style tropical fruit forest orchard that is growing enough food to meet the entire food needs of the family that live on the property. In this episode, you will discover how on this 10 acre homestead the family is producing enough food to feed themselves WITHOUT bringing in external…
What’s the best compost mix for my plants? | Busting Houseplant Myths with Tony Le-Britton | The RHS
One houseplant compost fits all = MYTH Houseplant expert Tony Le-Britton goes through different compost mixes and what plants they are suitable for #houseplants #compost #horticulture Gardening advice, tips & inspiration from the RHS Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_rhs Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rhshome/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_rhs/ The RHS was founded in 1804,…
Twenty Years of Tallgrass Prairie Restoration at Nachusa Grasslands
Dr. Elizabeth Bach with The Nature Conservancy provides an overview of plant community responses to ecosystem restoration at the Nachusa Grasslands preserve. The peer-reviewed paper can be downloaded from Ecological Solutions and Evidence here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2688-8319.12101 Keep up with The Nature Conservancy’s latest efforts to protect nature and preserve life on Twitter (http://nature.org/twitter), Facebook (http://nature.org/facebook), Instagram…