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Our Southern Vacation… Part One [update: part two was never written]

I am fully into day three of a Southern adventure. Some may already know of my illustrious heritage. I come from a family of self-proclaimed rednecks. (Well, the men are rednecks. The women mostly just put up with the men.) Continue reading ‘Our Southern Vacation… Part One [update: part two was never written]‘

Permablitz: a faster way to permaculture.

Front steps - newly finishedTreehugger is touting Permablitz: Near Instant Permaculture for the ‘Burbs. I don’t live in the ‘burbs, but I do live in a high density Portland neighborhood.

My goal by the end of this summer is to have a highly productive front lawn. The first step in that plan is the walkway seen in this photo.

Next is a rock retaining wall so that I can level things out and start planting.