The Jasper Place Permaculture Club When I first started at the school in February of 2010, almost immediately, I set out to start the JP Permaculture Club. For the last year and a half, this club had been the source of most of the projects and success we’ve had. Meeting once a week, students are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Student Permaculture Club’
26 Nov
Growing Food From Produce
An Experiment in Plant Propagation Imagine that the flow of fresh produce from around the world were to suddenly stop and you knew that you only had one last trip to the grocery store. If your first instinct is to horde everything, you’re probably not alone… but you might be interested to know that much [...]
16 Jul
Updated Perennial & Biennial Plant List
Life creates conditions conducive to life! Well, summer is here and the garden is flying solo; I find it amazing how every time I check on it the courtyard looks greener, bigger, and more lush. Also reassuring is the noticeable increase in biodiversity; it feels like every time I peek in I see a new [...]
5 Jun
Design with the Resilience of Natural Systems
Design with the Resilience of Natural Systems To create resiliency, each element in an ecosystems gets its various needs met from a variety of sources; the more numerous and diverse these sources are, the more resilient the system. As an example, animals with a generalist diet (humans… we’ll eat almost anything) are less reliant on [...]
27 May
The Sheet Mulch Continues
The Fourth Layer: Compost With our organic layer (stray, hay, leaves, sawdust, dry lawn clippings) done, passive water harvesting system in place, and compost donated and delivered, we’re ready for our fourth sheet mulch layer; compost! In addition to providing nutrients and a medium for planting, the compost will help retain the moisture contained within [...]
20 May
Starting the Sheet Mulch!
Starting the Sheet Mulch: The First Three Layers The First Layer: Cardboard With the hep of some dedicated students, we began the construction of our sheet mulches. Before beginning, we made sure the the ground was good and wet; it’s important tot remember that once the soil is covered, it will be a lot harder [...]
12 May
Gathering Mulch
The Gathering of Mulch One of the major concern of the past few weeks hasn’t been so much about where to find mulch (in particular that 26 cubic yards of organic matter I’d like), but how to get it from the country to the city. I mulled over this for quite some time and sent [...]
20 Apr
Compost Your Homework!
The Compost Your Homework Campaign Up until now, most of the programs involvement has been with select groups of students but now that the ball is rolling, I’d like to unroll the project to a larger student audience; behold, the Compost Your Homework Add campaign! In addition to the posters, I have given a talk [...]
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