August 2009 Blog Posts (2)

Ideas for an edible landscape

http://www.oklahomafood.coop/edible.php

This link is to a speech by the Oklahoma Food Coop organizer Bob Waldrop. He talks about his personal edible landscape and gives some good ideas for starting your own. Seems like he has a lot of permaculture ideas designed to make gardening easier and more bountiful.

Added by Sarah K. Whitten on August 21, 2009 at 5:09pm — 1 Message

Sheet Mulching

http://www.agroforestry.net/pubs/Sheet_Mulching.html

http://www.permaculture-exchange.org/sheet.html

A form of mulching that leaves the grass or original ground covering intact before creating a garden bed. This is done because sod is one of the most biologically active layers in a yard. Leaving it will the microbial activity that is taking place to continue taking place while aiding your garden bed. Sounds like a good plan, but I wonder how it compares to the… Continue

Added by Sarah K. Whitten on August 21, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Message