Learn how to make and host bee block habitats for native pollinators. The Mason Orchard bee, and the Leaf Rolling bee are two of the solitary pollinators that are local to Arizona. Building a nesting block or creating space for these and others will…
Join us Saturday, May 22nd at the Phoenix Zoo Conference Center Pavilion for a special event presented by the Phoenix Permaculture Guild.
Learn from top experts on various aspects of Sustainable Living such as:
Crissy Trask, author of It's Easy Be…
The Phoenix Permaculture Guild urges everyone to be involved with Earth Hour 2010
Earth Hour is the largest climate event in history where millions of people around the world will unite by turning off their lights for one hour Saturday, March 27, 2…
Learn how to create and actually make an herb container garden for yourself or to give as gifts. This hands-on class will show you and have you planting herbs in a container or pot that you bring. We will supply the soil (properly amended) and 3 her…
Rachel will show you how easy it is to keep chickens in your backyard.
Chickens in Phoenix? You bet! Chickens make great pets, efficient bug and weed eaters and excellent soil tillers, not to mention that they provide us with wonderful fresh eggs!…
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.
For families who are interested in raising eco-conscious children and living more in balance with nature... Bring your kids to this fun, interactive and informative class on learning more about sustainable living and permaculture. What does it mean…