Regenerative Agriculture Archives - Page 3 of 11

Planting a Greenhouse Bed Full of Brassicas

Written by Courtney Brooke on April 17, 2021. Posted in Farms, Gardens. No Comments on Planting a Greenhouse Bed Full of Brassicas

Part 1 (Transcript from video) Courtney Brooke: Here we are in the greenhouse at Full Circle Farm. It’s raining and it’s cold; it’s early spring and here we are planting this brassica bed. Me and Jonathan. Hey Jonathan! We’re putting in cabbages and cauliflower and lettuce...

Living Fences & Intergenerational Pruning at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on April 15, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Permaculture, Village Life. No Comments on Living Fences & Intergenerational Pruning at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from video: Courtney: What are y’all doing? Zev: Stone’s giving me a sawdust snack. Pruning. Courtney: What kind of tree is that? Stone: Ash. Ah it doesn’t taste like ash though. Courtney: Ash. Zev: And we’ve been pruning black locusts and mulberries and this is...

Raised Beds Anyone?

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on April 13, 2021. Posted in Bellavia Gardens, Gardens, Permaculture. No Comments on Raised Beds Anyone?

There are many different ways to garden, from the no-work method of Ruth Stout to the double-dig method of John Jeavons. Most of us at Earthaven have our hands in the soil on some level, even if minimally. Our very own Dr. Monique Mazza seems to excel at everything she does. And gardening is...

NikiAnne in the Blue Comfrey Patch at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Lee Warren on March 29, 2021. Posted in Gardens. No Comments on NikiAnne in the Blue Comfrey Patch at Earthaven Ecovillage

(Transcript) NikiAnne: I have some blue comfrey here. I got gifted this by a friend and lo and behold it likes to spread. It’s ambitious and I’ve been using it in what I call my nursery; a place that I just put plants where I don’t know where I want them. Ultimately, but eventually...

NikiAnne the Columbine Farmer at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Lee Warren on March 28, 2021. Posted in Gardens. No Comments on NikiAnne the Columbine Farmer at Earthaven Ecovillage

(Transcript) NikiAnne: So really what I want to be in life is a Columbine farmer. I don’t know if that exists. This is just the beginning of the Columbine coming back after winter. The ones in this yard- the flowers are deep, deep, purple and then there’s another one that’s like...

NikiAnne in the Sedum Patch at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Lee Warren on March 27, 2021. Posted in Gardens. No Comments on NikiAnne in the Sedum Patch at Earthaven Ecovillage

(Transcript) NikiAnne: So, I don’t know if you can see what’s here…I’ve got some strawberries and sedum. The sedum I just wanted to mention because I use it as a weed barrier. It spreads really easily it’s really hearty. I even use it as a mat. Bless its sweetness. It can...

NikiAnne in the Ox Eye Daisy Patch at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Lee Warren on March 26, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Village Life. No Comments on NikiAnne in the Ox Eye Daisy Patch at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcription: NikiAnne: So, this green friend was introduced to me by my friend, Dimitri. It is ox eye daisy. It grows so well, it reseeds itself and it’s just coming up. It’s spring and so it’s going to get a little fuller and eventually bloom into what are called ox eye daisies. These...

Bio Char with Zev & Dimitri, at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 25, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Natural Building, Village Life. No Comments on Bio Char with Zev & Dimitri, at Earthaven Ecovillage

Dimitri: We’re at Earthaven Ecovillage with Zev Friedman in the Hut Hamlet neighborhood. We are now watering this char that’s made from bamboo in this Kon-tiki. Zev: Teensy micro Kon-tiki kiln, otherwise known as hickory nut pounding charcoal pounding vessel. Oh yeah..look at that beautiful...

Dr. Monique Mazza’s Raised Beds at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 24, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Village Life. No Comments on Dr. Monique Mazza’s Raised Beds at Earthaven Ecovillage

Hi all! This is Dr Monique Mazza from our home in Earthaven Ecovillage and I’m inviting you today to talk about our raised beds. These are three or four raised beds that we have here. Why do we have raised beds instead of planting right in the ground? Well there’s several benefits. For...

Dr. Monique Mazza’s Vermiculture Mini-Workshop. Part 2. At Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 21, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Regenerative Agriculture, Video, Waste. No Comments on Dr. Monique Mazza’s Vermiculture Mini-Workshop. Part 2. At Earthaven Ecovillage

Dr. Monique Mazza: Hey y’all! This is Dr. Monique Mazza from Earthaven Ecovillage with part two of our vermiculture video. In the first part we already went over how to feed our worms and set them up so they’re going to be happy critters and producing worm castings for you in the first...