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”
Tag Archives: Permaculture
Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)
And mimicking that climate, I am just reminiscing about being in an enormous CHESTNUT TREE (!) last November in Skyline Chestnuts. IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. History Although the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is listed as critically endangered (CR) after a near extinction from the blight in the early 1900s, many countries around the world cherish chestnutsContinue reading “Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)”
Sorbus, Service Tree (Sorbus domestica)
The Service, or Sorbus, Tree (Sorbus domestica), another underutilized LEGEND. I made friends with one of the gurus, Ben Kunesh, pushing Sorbus domestica (Service Tree) into the world, while working at Burnt Ridge. He is as passionate as I am about Quercus rotundifolia, yet actively growing out trees if you are “seeking Sorbus“! As PROLIFICContinue reading “Sorbus, Service Tree (Sorbus domestica)”
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”
The Ecologist Cowboy 