Tag: methods

Weekend Chores March 2015

Tony Teolis March 25, 2015 0 Comments
     Weekend chores its all about food and being green. There's lots of talk about being green and but doing green is work and the payoff is food and revenue. Here's the ToDoList just for the time between March 13 and 15, 2015. Notice the omission of the regular life stuff. We don't forget to do that too at ToDoListHome.com  Transplant 30 seedlings into red cups and move to lights 2 coats...

Episode-264- Backyard From Vision To Reality

Tony Teolis February 9, 2015 0 Comments
If I started over I would begin with a read of Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway. I would then map my property on a topographic map to verify surveyed contour and the overlay my garden plans on that. The design would be a south facing U-shaped sun trap with swales on contours. I did not start that way but I am moving towards that design. Geoff Lawton of Australia has some of the best video examples...

Episode-263- Parsley Starts Now February 7, 2015

Tony Teolis February 8, 2015 0 Comments
It's time to starting sowing the spring greens and that begins with parsley. Petroselinum crispum. What I have posted before about this lovely plant  has not changed. So here it is again. Episode-233- Get Started With Indoor Seed Starts - Parsley February 8, 2014        Today's video depicts the start of the growing season for 2014. Although it is still icy and cold outside and spring seems...

Episode-261 – What A Wonderful Matt’s Wild Cherry Tomato

Tony Teolis January 31, 2015 1 Comment
This amazing tomato video is of just one plant! Matt's Wild Cherry Tomato Seeds from SouthernExposure.com Get some today. Support these folks on a Virginia farm. The Cherry Tomato plant Solanum lycopersicum is one of my most prolofic crops. The cherry tomatoes will produce from mid July through September and never fail in allowing at least one salad's worth of tomatoes per day per plant! A few...

Episode-258 – From Microsystems to Macrosystems Permaculture Practice In Suburb

Tony Teolis January 25, 2015 0 Comments
This one microsystem amongst the many that make up our food forest is representation of how to incorporate several permaculture principles into one functioning system. See how many principles are applied in just this one small system. Send answer via contact page. Permaculture Principles

October

Tony Teolis October 6, 2014 0 Comments
Ughhh!!! September came and went already and I haven't posted since August 20th. Wow! Just goes to show the food forest and the rest of life are keeping me that busy. Taking care of the honey bees this year is the easiest and I love the top bar management system over the Langstroth. Not a lot of muss or fuss and the bees look strong as they prep for the coming winter. There's two gallons of...

Episode-253- Food Forest Fun Food Findings

Tony Teolis August 18, 2014 0 Comments
I have how the food forest started to get full all good things in June and this last part shows some of the reaping of all the sowing. Sure it takes a while to get something from my land but being able to plan for it and actually see it is all part of wanting to expand permaculture knowledge. The knowledge that I put to use as I built my main tree plants in guilds and I am getting to the point...