(SOLD OUT! But still available through the CWOW Empower Her World silent auction!) My recent TikTok featuringa few of these! I do limited runs of specialty rare plants each Fall and Spring, and this season’s package includes several fascinating plants that have helped me viral on my social media! (Thanks to you!) This season’s package includes a variety of seeds and plants including: Skirret: What did Europeans eat before corn, beans, squash, potatoes, tomatoes, amaranth, quinoa, etc. all came from the New World? Skirret. They ate skirret, a perennial relative of carrots that produces a hefty amount of roots that … Continue reading 2024 Spring Rare Perennial Vegetable Package

You bet herbicides and pesticides have PFAS in them.  If you’re in a gardening group telling you to “just use roundup” because “Permaculture is stupid” and ”cardboard sheet-mulch is loaded with PFAS,” you can remind them that their roundup has … Continue reading Of Course Roundup and other Pesticides Have PFAS in Them

(In the beginnings of 2024 a blog post “Cardboard has no place on soil. Period.” went viral, and with it people began spreading a whole Gish Gallop of debunked FB myths and other sensationalistic claims with little credibility, including that … Continue reading Addressing the 2024 Cardboard Sheet-Mulching Myth Madness

Hello! Welcome to all my new friends from the Allen County Garden Symposium! First of all, you can find me on your favorite social media, here: https://linktr.ee/TransformativeAdventures?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=6ef15381-6ecc-412c-b9f2-c0c390271066My Links! You can also find my products, books, and services there. And you can find my slideshow, here. Thanks for coming to the symposium! Continue reading Welcome, Allen County Garden Symposium Friends!

At it’s best, Permaculture involves some level of design process, meaning we actually sit down and think about how a thing works and how to improve it. When I do that Permaculture design process, I use a version of Permaculture’s original Principles. But when I talk about them, I find that many—if not most—Permaculturists are not familiar with them. Instead, most know the principles put together by David Holmgren, or the dozen or so sets based on Holmgren. These are often called the Holmgren principles, but known to many as simply “the Permaculture Principles.” It’s a shame the original principles, … Continue reading Permaculture’s Original Principles Renewed

Earth regeneration is underway here! Some people have begun using our signs to communicate with their neighbors about their goal for transforming their landscapes into beautiful, ecological, abundant gardens that help heal the earth. These signs show that the landscape … Continue reading What is a “Permaculture Earth Regeneration Zone?”