WolfyApr 111 minFour Season PNW Gardening: Planting in April - Part 2Part II: Apiaceae (Carrot Family) Carrot family members are, generally, cool-season cultivated and may not grow when the soil gets too warm. They are widely ...
WolfyApr 42 minFour Season PNW Gardening: What Do I Plant Now?Part I: Solanaceae (Nightshades), Chenopodiaceae (Beet Family), Compositae (Sunflower) You may have noticed the calendar says April, though your skin may not...
WolfyFeb 213 minSpecies Diversity in a Limited SpaceAs permaculture designers, we are often faced with the problem of reconciling a client’s plantable space with their plant diversity wish list. It's exciting ...
WolfyDec 20, 20193 minBackyard Maple Syrup: Permaculture at Home. Here in the Pacific Northwest we don’t have the sugar maple (Acer saccharum) like Eastern North America, and you may be inclined to believe we can’t make map...
WolfyDec 9, 20192 minMedlar in Permaculture: A Dessert Tree in the Winter DesertMedlar, Mespilus germanica, has its origins in Persia, modern-day Iran, where it has been cultivated for at least 3,000 years. The pom fruit eventually came w...
WolfyJul 23, 20191 minPermaculture Gardening and Landscaping: Marvelous MedlarThis small tree, somewhat tropical in appearance, is a valuable asset to your food forest or edible, permaculture landscape. It's adaptable, self-pollinating...
WolfyJul 19, 20191 minPermaculture's A-List Species: Helianthus maximiliani, A Perennial SunflowerIn permaculture, all things should have multi-functions. Topping my list this year is a lesser known sunflower that is perennial, edible, pollinator-friendly...
WolfyJun 27, 20191 minPermaculture Landscaping: Schisandra Berry (Schisandra chinensis)Permaculture Landscaping: Schisandra Berry (Schisandra chinensis) We installed Schisandra at two permaculture sites this week, trellising the specimens on a ...
WolfyJun 26, 20191 minPermaculture Gardening and Landscaping: Yamaimo (Dioscorea japonica)Today we installed Yamaimo (Japanese Mountain Yam) as part of a permaculture food forest and gardening project on Orcas Island. Yamaimo often makes the speci...
WolfyApr 19, 20191 minPermaculture Gardening and Landscaping: Square Orchard to Food ForestConversion of an established Square pattern orchard to a food forest on Orcas Island. Principal goals for the project: Improve Species (Food) Diversity; Conv...
WolfyMar 21, 20191 minPermaculture Gardening and Landscaping: Using Stumps to Grow Native FoodOn a recent Orcas Island project, we found an opportunity to grow food and restore PNW natives without deer fencing. For those of you with property that has ...
WolfyMar 21, 20191 minPermaculture Gardening and Landscaping How To Avoid Panic PlantingSo, you got excited and bought more bare root trees than you know what to do with. Been there. The story continues... You grab your shovel and look for a pla...
WolfyMar 21, 20191 minPermaculture Gardening and Landscaping: Apple Pollination BasicsJust a few critical points when selecting apple trees for your yard or micro-orchard. First, most apples don't self pollinate; so, you need a pollinating par...