The Refuge Permaculture Center
At Tara Farm and Nursery
Author: The Refuge Permaculture Center at Tara Farm and Nursery
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Not Science Fiction Any More
Step It Up Wednesday or The Holidays Are Over Now: Hail in Thunderstorms is the Home of Living Beings Recently I listened to THE most fascinating book I have experienced in years. And here I am going to share part of it with all of you… After hearing this, I did some research. Sure enough;…
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Native Bee Houses: Give Them Shelter; They Give You Food
Many moons ago I purchased an organic-looking, sweet little native pollinator house. I will not go into the price I overlooked to have what I thought would be a natural, rustic addition to my garden. I found what I thought was a good spot and mounted it near some shrubs. Nothing that year, but maybe…
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Step It Up Wednesdays: Garden Geeks Anonymous
Step It Up Wednesdays: Wednesdays will now offer mind-expanding, mind-blowing elements of plant and garden.Please Share these posts to help Step Up our understanding, awareness and knowledge. And to start this series: From The Salk Institute – forever working for well-being. This is fascinating! And it explains why avocado skins at the bottom of my…
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Autumn Color and So Much More…
Love this Fragrant Sumac in a hedge, windbreak or mixed into a #foodforest for deep green summer leaves, pollinator and bird shelter, luscious fall colors, and holiday decoration of fuzzy dark red berry bunches through winter (winter bird food and shelter in dense branches as well.) These berries are also dried and ground as a…
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Bean Harvest Sutra Three: The Kitchen Stove
1. Take a minute to remember someone long ago who made the whole house, any house, smell like home. This was done with simple, real, fresh cooking. I see my Grandma Church basting the Thanksgiving turkey. But we will be stuffing squash.2. Plan for a whole day of cooking. Plan the music or podcast or…
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NEW SHORT COURSE for Fall 2024 Finding a Refuge in the Wind: What Is Permaculture & Dirt to Earth Natural Soil Improvement
The best start for your Spring garden is your Autumn work. Please join me on Saturday, October 19, 2024 from 10:00am to 2:00pm at Fort Caspar Museum Meeting Room Casper Wyoming, for two brief introductions to the nature-based garden practice of Permaculture. Drawing on my training and research, but more from my experience applying that…
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Bean Harvest Sutra Two: Drying
Bean Harvest Sutra Two: Drying Winter Food1. A light, gentle squeeze of the dry, pale yellow pods in the garden will create a quiet crackling sound. Not too hard..2. Cut shrub leaving roots in the soil. (See Bean Harvest Sutra One)3. Loop cotton or hemp string around the bottom of a bundle of cut shrubs.4.…
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Bean Harvest Sutra One: Feed One, Feed All
Bean Harvest Sutra – One: Feeding One, Feed All1. Cut the stem of the pinto bean bush just above the soil. Leave the roots to rot. They will release nitrogen as they decay and leave organic matter to feed the soil. Their death and decay will leave space in the soil for water, air, microbes,…
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Leaf Diseases and Human Anxiety
“What is wrong with the leaves on my plants?!?” Not you! Stop blaming yourself. After having the winter of the century two years ago here in Wyoming, last year was practically no winter at all. What does that have to do with leaf disease? Those 20 below weeks we have had most years suppress all…
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