Tag: designs

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

Tony Teolis May 11, 2013 0 Comments
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 and the dinner table. The video begins in September 2012 and shows the initial success of some hugel beds and simple...

Episode-171- Irrigate The Gardens With Colorite Soaker Hoses

Tony Teolis May 4, 2013 3 Comments
              For today's episode I give a review of my new irrigation system for all the gardens in the front and back yards. I spent the winter thinking about how I would water all the odd shaped gardens and plants. It was a bit challenging since I have so much variety now spread out in the mini food forest and I needed something that would not break the bank with the water bill. I...

Episode-170- Square Foot Gardening Revisited – Question Time

Tony Teolis May 2, 2013 0 Comments
  Tony-san, I have a question about raised bed. I think square foot gardening is a great idea and I would like to try it this year. Though, I am concerned about using treated lumber for vegetable bed. I know using cedar or hard wood is an excellent choice to make raised bed but they are very expensive and hard to find. What kind of material do you use ? I am sorry if you mentioned this in...

Episode-169- Grow More Plants For Food And Fun

Tony Teolis May 1, 2013 0 Comments
In today's video I show the plants that came in from EdibleLandscaping.com of Afton, Virginia. These plants were grown in my state and very suitable to the northern Virginia climate. I started with EdibleLandscaping.com in the late fall by planting grapes, kiwi and a peach tree. They have done very well so far by surviving the winter and growing leaves and flowers in the spring. The service from...

Episode-119- Start A Revolution At Home With Food Not Lawns

Tony Teolis August 8, 2012 0 Comments
REVIEW SERIES Revolution begins with taking control of my food. America’s biggest export is top soil. Each year America exports through its waterways enough topsoil to fill a train full of box cars that can wrap around the earth 7 times. American lawns and industrial farming make waste of one of our most vital resources. It’s actually a matter of grave national security when you think about...

Episode-102- Make Gardens With Flowers, Fruit, Vegetables And Honey Bees

Tony Teolis June 18, 2012 0 Comments
Tour our gardens with today’s video and see for yourself what is possible with planning, hard work, hugelkultur, seeds from SouthernExposure.com and plants from NourseFarms.com. Of course special credit goes to the gardens hardest workers. The Russian honey bees from Kellysbees.com. enjoy and come back for more. The video for today is one I took of the 18 plus gardens that I have created...

Episode-98- Grow Strawberries And Make Strawberry Jam

Tony Teolis June 4, 2012 0 Comments
           Since it is spring /early summer in northern Virginia a lot of the episodes have been of the permaculture gardening flavor but I assure you that it is all for making a better life. In this kind of weather I want to be outside as much as possible. During the days Monday to Friday I am busy paving the road for the progress of science and not outdoors until the evening. When I am...

Episode-62- How To Design Gardens From Patterns For Beauty And Production

Tony Teolis March 16, 2012 0 Comments
 Permaculture is a theory of ecological design which seeks to develop sustainable human settlements and agricultural systems, by attempting to model them on natural ecosystems. Permaculture principle #7 Design from patterns to details: By stepping back, we can observe patterns in nature and society. These can form the backbone of our designs, with the details filled in as we go.  My yard's...