The Refuge Permaculture Center
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Tag: stewardship
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Special Order Plant for 2022: Elderberry
Special Order Plant for 2022: Elderberry ** How Do We Love Thee! : Wine, Jams, Pies, Pancake Syrup, and Floral Spring Teas: The flavors and healing properties, the form and texture of the leaves and the fragile umbrellas of white to creamy flowers – I have several plants in my gardens: native North American, Samdal […]
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Why Natives… when hanging flower pots of petunias are on sale… ugh…
Why Natives? The Wyoming SunflowerHelianthus maximilani or the Perennial Sunflower will soon be gracing everyopen space, every road barrow pit, and my garden. Why my garden? Nothing is like the warm, golden color of these natives. Fast Food for the Road: The flowers feed late pollinators, preparing themfor migration, hibernation or egg-laying. Seeded flower heads […]
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Response to the Question: Does planting by the moon really work?
“Each plant in each specific location under each specific moment of conditions responds specifically. You can work to create the best set of circumstances to support and encourage the best ecology for that plant even to its best death. Study in-depth or take a seed and stick it in the ground and water it. Then […]
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WeekOneCornell: Reflective Writing ~ Finding my voice
Laurel Graham / Permaculture Fundamentals WeekOne: Reflective Writing 16 October 2014 SF Bay at East Palo Alto, my first patrol assignment and the beginning of other meditations… When I registered for this course I made two commitments to myself: 1) that I would use this series of courses to fine tune my knowledge and skills […]
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Clean Water
Clean and adequate water will more surely promote peaceful revolution than any guerilla warrior or political extremist ever could dream. The simple act of finding a spigot that slowly trickles water will change the life of a community such that it is no longer vulnerable to the promises of someone seeking power through numbers. The […]
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Elegance of Water
Nature is so elegant, so well-fit. Light rain, light snow, falls from above and drips from the edges of the plant – the drip line. Water from above is immensely important. Root growth matches the drip line and mirrors the reach of the limbs, stems, leaves. The water collects nutrients from the leaves – dust […]
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