The PermaDesign Weblog, with Nate Downey and Melissa McDonald!
Using a Protected Environment to Facilitate a Microclimate
Heading in to this typically dry and windy time of year I wanted to repost this article from Sunset Magazine that featured some work we did back in 2007. The article is about using areas of a property that are conducive to the creation of microclimates. These protected areas make a more friendly environment to humans, plants, and animals alike.
http://www.sunset.com/garden/landscaping-design/design-butterfly-friendly-canyon-00400000015449/
Photo:
Thomas J. Story
05/02/2014 | (0) Comments
AVOID THE WATER POLICE… AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR
It is important to realize that any water municipality has many factors that determines it’s water delivery schedule. One very important factor here in the Southwest is peak water use. This can be defined by the hour, day and month that the greatest water demand is needed. This is very important in the Southwest because our water supplies are very limited. So while a city may have enough water to service all of its customers, it may not have it at the right time. Be a good neighbor and share our shortage!
05/02/2014 | (0) Comments
A Petition for Amy
Please support a petition to rename Frenchy’s Garden after Amy Hetager, co-founder of Home Grown New Mexico. Amy was a friend to many of us and we’d like have her name at a place she so enjoyed.
Please contact Bette Booth at ebooth13@comcast.net to sign the petition for the renaming of the garden.
04/30/2014 | (0) Comments
Using Grey Water in New Mexico’s Residential Landscapes
This is just a reminder about an important resource that often ends up going down the drain. Grey water can supply or augment the moisture to your garden.
The flyer here will give you an introduction to this water source as we move into the dry months ahead.
http://greywateraction.org/greywater-recycling
http://greywateraction.org/content/about-greywater-reuse
04/28/2014 | (0) Comments
KSFR Interview Tomorrow
I'm looking forward to being interviewed by one of Santa Fe's great journalists, Hollis Walker, tomorrow at 8:30am on 101.1FM, KSFR, streaming and such at http://www.ksfr.com.
04/27/2014 | (0) Comments
A Low Maintenance Patio That is Foot Friendly
Just came across this great piece about a Santa Fe Permaculture installation in Sunset Magazine that ran before the word blog was invented.
http://www.sunset.com/garden/landscaping-design/barefoot-patio-00400000019871/
04/23/2014 | (0) Comments
Earth Day Plans
Looking forward to helping students, teachers, and staff with a cistern project this Earth Day at the Institute of American Indian Arts
http://www.iaia.edu/
04/21/2014 | (0) Comments
Drought, Jobs and Innovative Water Supply Solutions
As we head into a traditionally dry time of year for this area of the county it is important to remember the impact of longer term trends regarding water supply and our nation. Linked here is an interview I did on The Huffington Post a year ago with a panel discussing this issue.
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/drought-water-supply-solutions/517723e878c90a0a7c00017d
04/21/2014 | (0) Comments
Take the Water Pledge!
Mayor Javier Gonzales is joining mayors across the country in asking residents to make a commitment to conserve water by taking part in a friendly national community service contest to see who can be the most water-wise through a series of informative, easy-to-use online pledges. Residents can enter by making water conservation pledges at http://www.mywaterpledge.com/
04/18/2014 | (0) Comments
The Lush Life
In an upcoming mailer we revisit an article about some of our work featured in the April 2013 issue of New Mexico Magazine.
Photography by Charles Mann
http://www.nmmagazine.com/article/?aid=81439#.U0hSwVVdWSo
04/16/2014 | (0) Comments
