The Classic Hugelkultur Drawing (source: richsoil.com) What is Hugelkultur? Hugelkultur is a method of raised bed gardening perfected by Austrian permaculture guru Sepp Holzer. Another Permaculture expert, Paul Wheaton, has a good summary of Holzer’s work on his...
Permaculture people like to practice a “no till / no dig” policy in their gardening. Most folks in Permaculture agree that one should never till your soil for a number of good reasons. There are fascinating Youtube videos and articles out there on the...
One thing that is overlooked by gardeners is when to harvest vegetables. Obviously, we should wait wait until the vegetable is ripe, but that means different things to different people. Take squash for example. When is squash ready to pick? A yellow squash is ripe...
What is it? Compost, affectionately referred to as “black gold” by gardeners, is another word for a material called Humus. (not Hummus—but you can make that too once you get your soil right…) Basically, it is a dark brown spongy material that can be produced through...
I first heard of Cub Cadet in the 1990’s, when visiting rich relatives who had a sprawling spread of land that was used for recreation as well as for income. The “farm” as they called it, included fishing and recreational ponds, hunting grounds,...
