Becca Lewis is home maintenance writer who aims to foster confidence in and inspire DIY enthusiasts at all skill levels. Becca attended Southern Connecticut State University, where she studied ...
Permaculture mimics natural ecosystems to grow food, offering a sustainable solution for gardens and local environments. Here ...
In this week's video – Part 7 of our series on Creating a Permaculture Paradise and Food Forest – we explore the very first step in starting any permaculture project: observation. Before making any ...
What started as just a few plots in 2009 now takes up an entire city block. Credit: Courtesy El Paseo Community Garden In the permaculture site at El Paseo Community Garden, seven layers of plants ...
Landscape architect Mitchell Wright and permaculture designer Chris Sanchez created a conceptual plan for the proposed East Feast Festival Beach Food Forest. As green initiatives increase in ...
If you are looking to harvest more homegrown food in your garden, why not take a note from nature and grow like a forest? In the wild, plants grow in complimentary layers to maximize space and ...
Since prehistoric times humans have obtained food from forests and an effort has taken hold on the Cape to recapture that practice. The Food Forest Initiative is loosely organized but tightly focused ...
In 2015, Ben McConnell planted a forest in his front yard in Bouldin Creek. "It was probably close to 30 different trees that I planted, smaller trees, all sorts of fruit trees." The next year, as the ...
Mansfield's Liberty Park dates back to the 1930s, when residents raised the money to buy 24 acres with a small creek on the city's Northeast Side, according to Richland County archives. After years of ...