Posts tagged regenerative gardening
Planting our Hügelkultur Privacy Berm
Planting our Hügelkultur Privacy Berm

It’s seemed like a long time coming, but we’ve finally planted trees along our northern border. After considering and imagining countless trees and tall shrubs of all varieties, I elected to plant a dozen Green Giant Arborvitae trees. This hedge of trees is already transforming the feeling in our backyard and I can’t wait to watch them grow together in the coming years. After so many long days of toiling, moments like this make rewilding this land all worth it.

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Planting our Regenerative Orchard
Planting our Regenerative Orchard

Installing a regenerative orchard is a process that requires a foundation of knowledge. It would be foolhardy to plant any ol’e fruit tree in any ol’e patch of land, so I’m sharing some of my best master gardener tips to help you learn how to plant fruit trees.

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Cover Crops & Why You Need Them in Your Garden
Cover Crops & Why You Need Them in Your Garden

One of the most powerful things we can do as gardeners and eco-minded citizens is to actively steward the creation of soil-regenerative land that invites high biodiversity and traps carbon from the atmosphere. How do we do that? Enter cover crops. In this informative post I’m teaching you all about cover crops, their many benefits, and how you can incorporate these wonder-plants into your garden.

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How & Why We built a Hügelkultur Privacy Berm in our Backyard
How & Why We built a Hügelkultur Privacy Berm in our Backyard

Our latest project in our backyard consisted of installing a hügelkultur privacy berm along the perimeter of our property. There are many benefits a berm offers within the context of regenerative gardening and beautiful landscaping. I’m excited to share my latest project with you in hopes that it can inspire a greater understanding of garden ecology while showcasing that earth-healing practices can be implemented while creating a beautiful landscape.

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Re-landscaping Phase II: Irrigation + Building a Kitchen Garden 
Re-landscaping Phase II: Irrigation + Building a Kitchen Garden 

We’re well into the growing season and while swoon-worthy photos of lush veggie plots saturate my social media feed, I can’t help but feel a little left out as my garden looks a bit… unconventional this year. I’m not letting it get the best of me because deep down I know I’m making magic. When it comes to cultivating a garden from scratch, or rather, fully regenerating a soil ecosystem from dead to thriving, it’s a slow process.

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