Episode-194- Test Soil pH To Grow Better Blueberries

          The blueberry plants have been in the ground for over a year and I have been aware for some time that just a few of the bushes are doing really well. They all have blueberries and nice branches except for one that has not yet bore fruit and another that has not […]

Episode-174- Make Swales With Hugelkultur To Grow Food And Green The Land

Today’s episode is a long time in making. More than a year ago I began to experiment with building swales and making hugel (woody) beds and now I am ready to show you How To Make Swales To Grow Food And Green The Land. This is hard work but the rewards are seen in the landscape […]

Episode-140- Landscape For A Home Sweet Home

My home landscape is becoming more and more edible by the day. Watch the video and you will see that there is does not seem to be much room left more plantings but my education and growth as a gardener and student of permaculture has always filled me with visions of growing things higher when […]

Episode-129- Gaia’s Garden Book Review

Gaia’s Garden is a guide to home scale permaculture by Toby Hemenway. To the ancient Greeks Gaia was Mother Nature. All of the other gods descended from her and her union with Uranus the god of the sky. So it’s only fitting that as we refer to nature we still do so in a way […]

Episode-91- Plant Fruit And Vegetables From Nourse Farms Part 2

Nourse Farms located in Whatley, Massachusetts has become part of the establishment at ToDoListHome.com. For three years I have received and planted asparagus, blackberry, raspberry and strawberry from Nourse Farms. This year we received more plants and expanded the plantings with

Episode-90- Plant Fruit And Vegetables From Nourse Farms Part 1

       Nourse Farms located in Whatley, Massachusetts has become part of the establishment at ToDoListHome.com. For three years I have received and planted asparagus, blackberry, raspberry and strawberry from Nourse Farms. This year we received more plants and expanded the plantings with blueberry and elderberry. We also planted more asparagus. This time purple […]