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Village Homes: A Model for Sustainable Suburbs

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Design, Garden Design, Permaculture, Urban Farming
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...ably reduced. Some have even have green roofs. But more interesting is the landscaping, the massive network of bike/walking paths and the creative use of public space. The entire development is essentially a big food forest. All of the rainfall is captured and instead of being directed to the sewer system, it runs to swales between the houses, to nourish fruit trees. The resulting space is a lush park full of edibles, from exotic jujubee trees to...

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Are We Keeping Too Many Bees?

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Bees
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...overpopulation problem, that the article points out, is that the situation might prompt people to plant more flowering plants. Public and private urban spaces all over the world would benefit from landscaping that takes pollinators into account. Such landscapes tend to be beautiful, nourishing both to the bees and the human soul. On Monday, the African bee myth....

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Picture Sundays: A Keyhole Bed and Straw Bale Garden in Texas

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Gardening, Picture Sundays, Straw Bale Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
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...sent in some pictures of his garden. John says, This is my first year to use compost tea. I am growing plants in two Keyhole Gardens, self watering 5 gal plastic buckets and two hay bales (coastal Bermuda hay) that have a wooden framework on top containing bulk landscaping compost from a local nursery. My plants are growing super fast and my tomatoes are loaded. This looks to be the best garden I have ever had. Judging from the fencing it looks l...

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Our new front yard, part 4: a digression on the new paradigm

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Back to the Garden, front yard series, Garden Design, Gardening, Miscellaneous
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...develop a new relationship with plants, and as a result, a new approach to landscaping. This is the path of the post-wild. New paths often run rough. Meanwhile, the lawn n’ shrub is a path worn into smoothness. In fact, it is a rut. So yes, learning to view the yard as a community takes some mind stretching and extra work. We are changing the lens by which we view our relationship to the natural world. (Dare I say we are becoming wise?) This is wo...

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Wild Edible: Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae )

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Domesticus, Food, Foraging, Gardening, Herbs
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...nk its attractive–usually more attractive than whatever neglected patch of landscaping it has colonized. More importantly, it’s super tasty. It packs a potent, lemony punch, like true sorrel, which makes it an excellent salad green, and that’s how I use it–raw, in salads. The leaves, stems and flowers are all tasty, but for salads I just use the flowers and leaves. They provide a bright, lemony note which is just wonderfully fresh and tasty with t...

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