The Hero’s Journey of a Pro Foodscaper

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Our friends at Foodscaper are rolling out their new Foodscaper Entrepreneurship School. Matt is a graduate of ours and has become a leader in this movement. The content of this Blog is from a newsletter we received from Matt and Lindsay in April, 2025. We think that it’s brilliant that it connects one’s work with their […]

Epic DIY Fly Trap

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This is a quick homemade DIY solution to manage flies around our goats. All it took was some sticky flypaper, a bucket and a few screws. Take a look at our video short… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePZdtbHK534 We used to use the fly catchers that hold water (stinky…!) and the sticky curly strips that pull out of the […]

Permaculture Magazine Offer

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This weekend (May 4 & 5) our friends at Permaculture Magazine (UK) are offering those who are on our email list FREE digital access to their latest online issue. Simply click here to view.  Back in March we supported their celebration of International Permaculture Week by broadcasting over their Instagram for an entire day.  As a thank […]

Discover the Wild Leek (Ramps)

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Learn how the influence of ramps has built relationships within human and nonhuman communities. Part of the Allium (onion) family, Allium tricoccum, commonly referred to in English as Ramps or the Wild Leek, has been a staple of North American diets for centuries. Ramps can be found across northeastern America and Canada in the early […]

DIY Super-Clean Composting Toilet System

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Completely Minimize the Odors…! After doing much of the same research that many of you have probably done, and after working with a half-dozen different systems (some top name over-the-counter), we always ran into something that made the process either disgusting or problematic. As we solved these challenges one at a time, we developed a …

Picture Summary of September, 2022 PDC at Bending Oak

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We just wrapped up our 95th Permaculture Design Certificate course. This time we were hosted by Bending Oak Permaculture Farm in Youngstown, OH, an ongoing permaculture site that we have worked closely with over the past ten years. Here is a glimpse of how the course progressed. Early on, students reviewed the pre-study materials and …

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