Category: Permaculture

Question: Thoughts on Heavy Metals Not Leaching in Mushroom Growing in pH Neutral Soils. – Heavy metals aren’t water soluble until 4.5 of the scale. – Mushrooms are connected to the organic matter in soil, which is more stable. – Safer with mushrooms than plants. Source

That stick might have been laying around here for a decade! Source

Thoreau College is a microcollege in Viroqua, Wisconsin where artists and activists from ages 18 to 46 live and learn together in an intentional community. Thoreau College is working to create immersive, impactful, personalized higher education that is also financially accessible. The college currently has academic courses in regenerative agriculture, writing composition, political philosophy, and…

Joey Baird and Holly Baird, Co-founders of The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener, explain how to successfully grow potatoes. The Bairds discuss where to plant, when to plant and how to get rid of pests that could harm your potato crop. Explore the full archive of PBS Wisconsin University Place lectures online anytime at https://pbswisconsin.org/universityplace and on…

Using permaculture design techniques and simple living practices, Robin Greenfield and his team took a standard urban/suburban house and transformed it into a sustainable homestead. In this video, Robin Greenfield gives a tour of this house and property in the city of Saint Petersburg, Florida, sharing tips to how anybody living in the city can…

Nobu built this tucked-away Tiny House Off-Grid Homestead from scratch to create a place for his family to live in harmony with nature. Three years ago, he and his wife Kei moved to the Japanese countryside to start living off-grid, building two tiny houses, growing their own food, foraging, and working with local material like…

In this video I show you from start to finish the process of growing squash in a bale. It is very simple and we were really pleased with the results even though we were growing on a west facing bank. It is cheap, easy to do and a fun project for anyone growing food. Become…

Imagine if there trees everywhere! The night moisture would stay in the soil! The cool thing is that I learned the difference between hay and straw. Straw is a bi product from growin grains, while straw is specifically produced primarily for feeding livestock. GO whole foods 80-10-10 VEGAN! /3g4|| 4 tH3 //1n & 4 L1f3…

Students of Geoff’s Online Permaculture Design Course have question-and-answer sessions where Geoff fields a number of questions every week and answers them via video. This question was pulled from the 2021 collection. For an in-depth dive into all things permaculture, check out the free Masterclass – www.discoverpermaculture.com Question In permaculture what is the solution for…

Lily Springs Farm is a 100-acre property located on the shores of a spring-fed lake in western Wisconsin. The farm hosts events, classes, and on-site lodging rental and tourism. Lily Springs Farm partners with their community to cultivate rows of elderberry, aronia, black currant and raspberry along with hazelnut, apple, plum, apricot, and cherry, and…