The Refuge Permaculture Center
At Tara Farm and Nursery
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A Giving Season…Even To Yourself
It seems too soon. It still gets dark so early. And with these higher-than-normal temperatures, we know winter weather could descend upon us any day or night. We live in Wyoming. The only way to know the weather is to frequently look out the window. The garden may still look like Autumn. We have been…
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Tiny Dragon Faces To Feed Us
…hard-working hands fed by tiny dragon faced flowers…a new legume grown on its terms…
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Soul of the Garden: Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti
A series of articles to reconnect with knowledge humans gained and have lost ~ we are also the landscape.
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No Denial:
No Denial: Please do not think that I am not aware of the threats that are so close to home right now ~ COVID, loss of loved ones, loss of employment, loss of a sense of your reality in our democracy, general loss of trust and belief. As painful as this all is, please know…
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Alma del invernadero
Clear a corner. The greenhouse is a refuge, a temple, a secret garden, a retreat, an atelier, a salon, a wine tasting room, a place to watch rain drops run down the poly or glass, a snake and spider bug hunt, a place to bury your hands in potting soil, a biome of life… through…
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Food Forest Floor: Groundcovers ~ Nitrogen Fixers & ‘Weeds’
Food Forest Floor: Groundcovers ~ Nitrogen Fixers & ‘Weeds’. What goes on the ground under a ‘food forest’? The truth is that the lowest tier of plants should be providing shade just inches above the surface. But when you are just starting a food forest the ground can be fairly bare. Here are some groundcover…
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Warm Chokecherry Rhubarb Cobbler in Winter: Start Here
Sorry it’s been so long! May and June are crazy busy months. But to have those warm winter treats from my own gardens I choose to work hard right now.. After seeing an increase in posts online about “food forests”, and living in The Wind Corridor of the Northern Rockies, I decided to do a…
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Rainwater Harvesting & Asparagus Update
#thegardenisnotclosed The Garden Is NOT Closed! Take a look at an easy precipitation harvest setup -rain and/or snowmelt to keep the clay – soil Meditation Garden waking up. My hands are washed but the scars prove my work! Let’s get outside!
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Gooseberry: Time to Prune …
Gooseberry fruit only develops on the underside of new wood. Watch those nasty little thorns, please. On branches that are well established and are woody, find potential leaf bud about 1/3 in from the end. Use sharp pruners. Cut at about a 45 degree angle at a point that will encourage the new wood to…
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Moments in exhaustion…
“Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you are bravely working.” ~ Rumi … another fork full, MuMa!! We are still waiting!!
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