Buildin Soil on the Daily Video
My wintertime musings, how should i build soil today here at Treasure Lake? Here is a glimpse into it from a 24 hour period. Enjoy
2020 Food Forestry Recap through Designs
As I reflect upon this last year of tree planting through the design documentation that I love to do on these days that are cold and day length is short, I remember what was and what is. My yearning to plant trees is still strong, mostly limited by resources like time and money. Nonetheless, the…
2020 Winter to Fall Update: Deepening Roots
Honestly, it has been so much change and evolution that I have not even had the time to write. While a shame in some ways, it is tied to deepening roots here at Treasure Lake. It has been about executing the 2020 plan, of course altered by covid, but the intention led to action. Major…
Paw paw setting fruit
Prarie banana, paw paw, Asimina triloba, North America’s largest fruit here in an edible landscaping context. Its 13th growing season at my folks house in the burbs, swale fed. And despite this being its 3rd flowering of the year due to late frost, this soon to be cultivar of grafted trees, is once again loaded…
Diversity (Guilds) – Permaculture Design Course Handbook
Know the pattern of diversity, and the details of guilds will follow! #permaculture #foodforest https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/chapter-2-3-or-the-11-design-principles-from-the-intro-book/diversity-guilds/
Terraces – Permaculture Design Course Handbook
I absolutely love terracing! Terraces, a long standing tradition throughout many cultures, can still be seen from the past and are being implemented once more for their multi-function approach to landscape productivity and regeneration. They create access, help to slow water, retain and help build soil, and give productive space for production of crops of all sorts including…
Banana Circle – Permaculture Design Course Handbook
https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/chapter-10-the-humid-tropics/banana-circle/ Because its everyone’s favorite article and can be adapted plant wise to all climates and even double as a greywater system! Pit gardens rock!
Tree Planting Recap 2019
Lets face it, I love planting trees. Doug the Digger. And after moving back to Treasure Lake in Northern Kentucky in summer of 2017, I have been busy planting and caring for trees. However in 2019, it took a large step forward building on top of what was before and planting in new spaces framed…
Fall Fecundity: TreeYo Project Update
Having farmed, traveled, and lived in the Mediterranean climate on four different continents, this summer felt oddly familiar. It was hot and dry. After meeting our yearly rainfall of 43 inches by mid june this year everyone was begging for the rain to stop. And stop it did. It dried out and because of that…