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Passive Rainwater Harvesting to the Rescue

Passive Rainwater Harvesting to the Rescue

Jan 21, 2020 | Blog post, Landscape Design, Permaculture, Rainwater harvesting

Like many property owners who live on acreage, we rely on a rock pit or drainage pit to handle or infiltrate the water coming from our residence roof area and perimeter drains. Last fall, we discovered that our rock pit had failed, which is very common for a home 40+...
Putting your landscape to bed for winter

Putting your landscape to bed for winter

Oct 27, 2019 | Blog post, Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Soil food web

Putting your landscape to bed for winter We are well into fall, the weather is shifting, and it’s a perfect time of year to consider how to prepare your landscape for the winter, or how to put your landscape to bed for the winter. What would this look like, and...
OSU’s online Permaculture Design Certificate course discount code

OSU’s online Permaculture Design Certificate course discount code

Sep 17, 2019 | Blog post, Landscape Design, Permaculture, Permaculture training

I will be instructing an online PDC, along with some of permacultures super stars, starting Sept. 30th, 2019. If your looking to take a Permaculture Design Certificate course this is one of the finest online program currently being offered. You can check the course...
Drought proofing your landscape – Part two

Drought proofing your landscape – Part two

Jun 21, 2019 | Blog post, Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture, Rainwater harvesting

Drought proofing your landscape – Part two It’s still looking dry out there. As of June 21, 2019, the rainfall data for this area is shocking. We have only received 46% of our average rainfall for the year. This is significant as we journey into our driest...

Alternatives to gravel in your landscape

Jan 17, 2019 | Blog post, Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture

Last month we posted a blog about, what appears to be increased use of gravel within landscapes of new homes on Vancouver Island, at least in the mid-island area. If you haven’t read this you might want to take a moment, you can find it here… We had a massive response...

Gravel is Not the Answer

Oct 27, 2018 | Blog post, Holistic land care, Permaculture, Soil food web

I see a growing trend within new subdivisions on Vancouver Island where gravel is being used as a replacement for grass or another ground cover. I believe this is an example of short-term thinking and economics, people are being sold a bill of goods without seeing the...
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