What does it really mean to be green, everyone seems to have a different idea of what green is? We use the term green for everything such as buildings to drinks, home furnishings to laundry detergents, electricity to mouthwash. Let’s…
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Biochar is agricultural charcoal (similar to char generated by forest fires) that is made for incorporation into soils to increase soil fertility while providing natural carbon sequestration. The incorporation of biochar into soils can preserve and enrich soils and also…
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As you prepare for the fall season in Central Ohio, this is the time to start to collect seeds from your heirloom and open pollinated vegetable species along with your perennial herbs and flowers. So what exactly is a seed,…
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I am behind on my usual duties in the garden, no excuses except I started late this year, the weather did not help, and I always try to accomplish more than I can possibly get done by myself. The last…
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Weekend Classes Due to busy schedules and the strong interest in a weekend class, Great Lakes Permaculture will be providing a weekend set of classes starting in April 5/6, 12/13, 26/27, May 3/4, 10/11. The classes will be on Saturday…
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One of the highlights of the Master Gardener plant sale every spring is the throng of people that parade in early on Saturday morning to get the first pick of fresh pulled rhubarb and rhubarb plants. Betty Kizer of the…
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Figs are an ancient fruit that stir strong emotions with many immigrant groups that settled to this country, but the love of this delectable fruit goes back in time much further than a few hundred years. One of the earliest…
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Hansen cherry bush is marketed as a delicious edible landscaping bush which can be used in many urban settings where you wan to blend in a little with the neighbors, but you still want to be creating an edible landscaping…
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The common mullein or Verbascum thapsus L. found in the United States is a biennial (thriving for two years) plant. The herb is woolly in appearance and belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family of plants. During the first year of its…
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I admit that I have a limited knowledge of the mycelium of fungus, but the more I study the more I am fascinated by what it does and what we can do with it. How did I get to the…
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