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🦋🌱🌻🐝 Doug Tallamy discusses real world concerns with the environment then shows how biodiversity in our own backyards is a viable solution on a huge scale! His references section is multiple pages showing the hard science behind his grass roots a
🌻The Gallucci Learning Garden is a “Cooperative community garden in downtown Tacoma and 2020 recipient of ‘Tacoma Creates’ grant for educational outreach. Stewards work together to grow and share produce; 50% of what they grow is
🐝🌻🌱 🐝🌻🌱 🐝🌻🌱 Welcome to Mission Meadows Community Garden in Spokane Valley where the friends are abundant. Lots of companion planting, food forests, and neighbors gardening in raised beds; all growing an abundance of produce to take home or s
A Cliff Notes introduction of me, Mary Bishop, owner of All Things Regenerative, LLC. 🐝🧚🏿‍♀️🌱🌻
Lancaster, Brad, and Andy Lipkis. Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2, 2nd Edition. Rainsource Press, 17 Nov. 2020. Purchase at: harvestingrainwater.com 📚💧🌧️🌈🌦️💧🌧️🌈🌦️💧📚 #permaculture #urbangardening #organicgardening
🌱🐝🌱Kinnikinick is a native plant species that graces our forest floor. It plays many important roles in wild habitats and can do the same in our yard. A ground cover to prevent weeds, sequester carbon, retain water, attract beneficial insects, and
Managing the Edges Part 2 🌱🌻🌱When the edges of a design site are planned, they provide opportunity to think of ways to maximize space. Trellises and fences extend zones vertically, providing more room to grow plants up ⬆️. 🌱🌻🌱 #permaculture #
Managing the Edges 🌱🐝🌻🍓🌱Often there are hardscapes like buildings or patios that show transition from one zone to the next, but sometimes that’s not an option which can be a challenge. Having ground covers like sedum and strawberries, ret
🌱🐝📚🐝🌱🐝📚🐝🌱 The book begins by explaining the ecosystem of the garden from the dirt up, discusses water harvesting, useful planting suggestions for perennials and annuals, then how to encourage a diversity of beneficial insects and other anima
A picture taken this morning of a hosta in my yard. Today the temperature was 104 degrees, and it has been scorching for a number of days now. I water this flower bed about once a week, and it has fantastic bark mulch around it. Yes, the location is
🌻Garden planners invited me in with an artistic signage display; even leaving the gate open. There was a plethora of individually decorated raised garden bins that were cleverly repurposed seafood shipping containers. 🌻From USDA zone 6a and 6b, I
Walking into my favorite neighborhood cafe, I look to my right and see my motivation for gardening.🌻 #urbangardening#organicgardening#gardening#gardeninglife#explore#trending