As promised, the first chapter of Intrinsic, The Syntax of Chaos is live for you to preview, comment on, and share to your heart’s content. One of several infographics in The Syntax of Chaos. Kickstarter Previews Because the digital Intrinsic will be different from the print Intrinsic, I have two separate previews showing the fine […]
Years ago, a hillside was tidied up. An apple tree growing there was pruned, grass around it ripped up. At the roots of the tree, clear plastic was laid; a layer of black plastic was laid over this, on top of this was laid colored woodchips Alone, surrounded by short, browning grass in the heat of […]
I’ve been working with Sarah Shailes, the curator, and writer of the prestigious Plant Scientist blog, to feature The rules of spacing, which was such a hit here a couple weeks ago, on her site. She published it today. Thanks to Carolee, a follower of Mortal Tree, for already liking the guest posting. Find the […]
Is the space around your trees still empty? Try these plants: 10 Companion Plants for Orchards (~4min read) This article provides a pretty neat survey of plants that, together, make a diverse, healthy, productive orchard. Any of the listed plants of especial interest?
Sunchokes is number ten in the Top 10 ground covers for food forests series I started a while ago. To help put everything into perspective, I made an infographic. The ground cover branch on the visual archive has links to all the original posts if you would like to find out more. In general, the […]
I posted on Instagram lately that I was after the best image of PASSIVE Gardening. I was so touched when I saw the response: Elora L. sent this among a couple other images she’d taken with her astoundingly high quality camera and artistic eye. I responded: Elora, I don’t know quite what to say. Thank […]
I’m always writing about perennials and no till, but I actually do a lot of annual gardening. My family’s farm has a CSA for about 20 shares that uses about 3 acres of tilled gardens. Mortal Tree is my exposition on alternative methods, so of course I wanted to try growing annuals in a passive, […]
I look forward to the food forest being more grown up at this time of year -meaning that the the food forest will have more shrubs and trees, making shade, mulch, and cycling more water. I wish I had more of these things right now. But besides being patient, there are several things I am […]
Originally posted on My urban homestead:
Most of the trees in my yard are fruit trees, and many of them are coming into full maturity and bearing potential. I was looking forward to a succession of harvests this summer, when fate intervened in the form of one small, scrawny squirrel. She showed up under my…
I always love sharing these projects here on this blog because I know this is where everyone gets excited as I do about really refined ecology design. Thanks to all of you reading this for the shared interest. I made a succinct video. Check out the rest of the project page for Intrinsic’s table of […]
