Search Results for: label/soil/2010/06/the-urban-homestead/2011/04/making-it

968 results

Saturday Linkages: Mobile Pods, Soil Erosion and Getting Doored by a Porta-Potty

Avatar photo
Saturday Linkages
2 Comments
.../06/a-micro-pond-side-reading-podcabin-for.html?spref=tw 7 Ways to Prevent Soil Erosion – http://tafarm.us/1qIPpp Interactive: Inside the changing American diet http://ti.me/1hPvPrK via @TIMEHealth Maybe there’s hope? Report Offers a Way For California to Become Water-Sustainable http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewild/commentary/report-offers-a-way-for-california-to-become-water-sustainable.html … Man on bike strikes porta-potty door; two hurt:...

Read…

The Manzanita Miracle, or, why you should love native plants if you live in a dry climate

Avatar photo
Gardening, Native Plants
6 Comments
...tegorized a low water use plants. The location was in Los Angeles, and the soil type was a sandy clay. Using this information, we were able to calculate how much water the soil held, and how much the plant used daily, leading us to figure out how long this particular plant can go between waterings–safely. Not pushing it to the edge of death, you understand, just calculating its normal water needs. This figure is called the “irrigation interval” an...

Read…

Talk and Vermicomposting Workshop With Nance Klehm Sunday March 8th!

Avatar photo
Events, Gardening, Permaculture, Vermiculture
1 Comment
...tion between soil health and social justice, and the importance of healthy soil in troubled times. “Soil is both decomposition engine and support network for all living things. It is the living sponge that filters our water and air, thereby cleaning them both. It stabilizes our constructions, prevents flooding, protects our landscapes against drought, and ensures the health of our food, water and air. Soil is not a thing. It is a web of relationsh...

Read…