Do you like urban fowl and creative people?
Come check out the Phoenix Tour de Coops, the self-guided tour of the Valley's coolest urban poultry setups! Over a dozen amazing coops in the greater Phoenix area will open to the public.
There's a grou…
Mesquite and Carob Milling
Requested Donation:
--Milling - $5 for each 5 gal bucket of beans milled
Join the Phoenix Permaculture Guild as they host a mesquite bean (and carob bean) milling at Maya's Farm. Please arrive no later than 4:30 PM.
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Learn to build your very own solar dehydrator AND a solar oven from inexpensive and/or reusable materials. Preserve and cook your food with natural and renewable Solar Power!The great Arizona sunshine can be used to extend your harvest with solar fo…
Building good soil for your garden is an ongoing process and imperative for optimum growth in our harsh desert climate. If ou are making compost, what do we do next? If the dirt is hard like concrete, how do we create gardening soil from it? Do we t…
Learn about Rainwater & Greywater Harvesting in the desert from a local Permaculture practitioner - Don Titmus. We can re-use our tap water, grey water and rainwater by containing and redirecting. Learn how to utilize our available water resources f…
Be prepared for the fall planting season. Are you confused about what and how to plant in the low desert? - Where to get quality seeds – heirloom or not? Transplants, or seeds? How do you get an extended harvest? What is companion planting and what…
Indoor vermicomposting is great for small spaces - utilizing WORMS THAT EAT YOUR GARBAGE! Worm castings (poop) is some of the best organic fertilizer you could use in your garden. This class will include an informative presentation and a hands-on de…
If you are new to gardening in the desert, an herb garden is a greet place to start! Herbs are a little easier to grow in our harsh soils and use less water then vegetables. Plus herbs have many uses: culinary, medicinal, crafts, aromatic and just g…
Would you like delicious fresh eggs every day from your very own chickens? Rachel will show you how easy it is to keep laying hens in your backyard year round, even in the city!
Chickens make great pets, efficient bug and weed eaters and excellent…
An Introduction to Permaculture - an Holistic practice to integrated living. Don Titmus, a consultant and teacher in Permaculture from the Phoenix Permaculture Guild 501(c)3 will explain the basics of Permaculture and answer your questions about Gre…
New Volunteer Orientation
Downtown Phoenix Public Market
Inside next to Royal Coffee
FREE
Join us for our next Volunteer Orientation when we will unveil all the great volunteer opportunities planned for this fall. Fall is a busy time for special ev…
Hey Chris, Thanks for the very informative post. Sorry I came off as a bit of a jerk in my previous post, but it's ok, cause I was being kind of a jerk. Just wanted to get some clarification of population reduction. I did read your other posts, but…
Well, what do you suggest then?
I assumed when you mentioned that 'population reduction' was the solution that you were speaking of some type of poison. How else is it possible to 'reduce the population'?
Can we stop saying things like "population…
That must be so frustrating! We had a problem with squirrels at one of the little schools I worked at, but my lead teacher was magical....she used the trap and release traps and in one day trapped the whole family one right after another and just dr…
well the only other thing I can think of for the kids garden problem would be a perimeter fence with a solar ran shock wire attached to the fence to electrify it, the sound of the power going through it would probably be enough to deter the critters…
Hi all- I would like to order some Cornish X next week, but would prefer to have my mother in law raise them in Prescott rather than in Phx. Anyone know how Cornish X will do in cooler weather up in Prescott?
Jay
So I cooked the first of the rabbits we processed last week. Fried it like chicken. What went wrong is I have never fried chicken and I cooked it too long resulting in rubber rabbit so I popped it into the crockpot for three hours and it was divine…
I was just reviewing John Jeavon's book How to Grow More Vegetables and in it he mentions planting Mexican marigold (Tagetes minuta) for controlling nematodes.
Hi Brittany,
Now is sure the time to be making Kombucha since it's been gone off the shelves for a few months now. I so miss it! I hope and pray that the issues get resolved and it comes back.
I've had some really good success with making Kombucha…
Hi Chris - I don't have a PH tester. I've always just added bagged composted mulch, steer manuer and Starbucks grounds to my existing AZ soil to ammend. Some years my spring tomatoes are really good and sometimes not so good. Is there anything in ad…
Thanks for the heads up. When should transplants go in? It's so stinking hot out there! I have an area preparred and ready to go but dragging my feet in fear of the heat.