Nov 5, 2020 | Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
Below is a list of the top three landscape practices which I regularly see both homeowners and landscape professionals undertaking. These may seem pretty harmless, but in my opinion, they all have negative consequences for your landscape. Raking out all debris or... 
Sep 21, 2020 | Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture, Soil food web
Wildfires to Meadows The skies have cleared, we can now breathe some fresh air. The wind blowing in intense smoke from the enormous wildfires in Washington, Oregon, and California has shifted, but the fires are far from being extinguished. The air quality over the... 
Aug 18, 2020 | Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
*Image above is the Beacon Food Forest Community Garden, Seattle, Washington One of the strengths of permaculture design is its use of zones within this landscape design process. When using zones to guide us during the design process, it allows us to observe and take... 
Jun 15, 2020 | Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
Why do we love our lawns? The use of lawns within our communities has a deep history within our human habitat. As hunter-gatherers, we noticed that vast savannas made it much easier to track and hunt wildlife. In 1159 there are reports of a technique used in Japan... 
May 24, 2020 | Landscape Design, Permaculture, Rainwater harvesting, Soil food web
Five Ways to Create an Abundant Landscape There is nothing quite like witnessing abundance in your landscape. What do we mean when we refer to a landscape as abundant? Here’s one definition, a profusion, a great plenty, an overflowing quantity. How do we take... 
Apr 9, 2020 | Edible landscapes, Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
I live on Vancouver Island within the Regional District of Nanaimo. The RDN covers a large area spanning from Bowser down to South Nanaimo and Cedar. With the current pandemic involving the COVID-19 virus, the BC Government has placed restrictions on open burning in...