gardening – The Ecologist Cowboy

Workshops

Acorn Processing WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT Join us March 8th from 2 – 4 pm at Crows End Retreat Center! Email us to register: In the subject line put “Acorn Workshop Registration” and let us know you are coming! Do you also see a sustainable revolution and a return to the most natural; what is all aroundContinue reading “Workshops”

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba), also called red date, Chinese date, and Chinese jujube, is an Asian fruit tree in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). I commonly incorporate jujube trees into my orchards in arid, semi-arid, and temperate orchards in California! Another great candidate for Californian and Mediterranean agroforestry! Jujubes can grow as a small tree or shrublike. The branches have thorns,Continue reading “Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)”

Hügelkultur Garden Beds

A hügelkultur is a horticulture technique for building a garden bed using mounds of buried logs. Using alternating layers of organic, nitrogen-heavy materials with layers of dead, carbon-heavy materials, this style of garden bed acts as a compost and slowly decomposes the buried, rotting wood underneath. The decaying wood decays into usable carbon for plantContinue reading “Hügelkultur Garden Beds”

Semi-Aquatic Raised Bed

Say! You would like to grow watercress, eh?! The fastest growing land green in the world, eh?! Say! You don’t have a pond! What to do now… Purpose The goal for these plants is to create an environment as if they were at the edge of a stream or pond. The plants that thrive hereContinue reading “Semi-Aquatic Raised Bed”

Coping with Gophers

On the central coast in California, we have one of the best climates in the world to grow food. However the cost (besides the stupid-high rent) comes with a large amount of gophers. There are 35 species of gophers spread throughout northern and central america, although many people on the east coast of the USContinue reading “Coping with Gophers”