Hügelkultur is a horticultural technique where a mound constructed from decaying wood debris and other compostable biomass plant materials is later planted as a raised bed. For a simple explanation click here.
Permaculture is an approach to land management that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems. It includes a set of design principles derived using whole systems thinking. It uses these principles in fields such as regenerative agriculture, rewilding, and community resilience.
We are growing with only organic materials, use no pesticides or chemicals. And yes, it's a bit more work but well worth the effort. A chemical free Urban Farm is our goal.
Kids with their Back to the Roots grow kits. #backtotheroots https://backtotheroots.com 0 Share Facebook 0 Share LinkedIn 0 Share Facebook Messenger 0 Share Email
Doing better this year with carrots. For fall I think we will do better, especially if we can get them out of the raised beds
“You know, farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.”
“No race can prosper until it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.”
“The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer.
“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.”
