The sweet potato plant has multiple uses in the garden as a root crop, a leaf crop, and a cover crop. All parts can be used to feed livestock as well as people and it is at its best growing in hot dry sandy soil. This is a great permaculture crop for South Florida.
Tags: Grow Food At Home, Growing Organic Vegetables, growing sweet potatoes, Permaculture, South Florida Vegetable Gardens
Susana Lein has flown home to Salamander Springs Farm in Berea, KY and I am left with a moment to contemplate her visit and the permaculture workshop she presented at Heathcote Botanical Gardens. I expected the Workshop to fill, and it did, and I expected the class to be interesting. It was fascinating and fun. Continue reading →
Tags: Heathcote Botanical Garden, Layer Cake Gardens, Permaculture, Permaculture Workshop In Florida, Sheet Compost
There is a very good opportunity for continued learning for Permaculture enthusiasts. Permaculture Instructor Susana Lein of Salamander Farms in Berea Kentucky is coming to Heathcote Botanical Gardens to present a day long permaculture workshop. I will be assisting her. There will be a classroom presentation and then participants will be able to learn while Continue reading →
Tags: Berea Kentucky, Heathcote Botanical Gardens, Permaculture, Permaculture Workshop In Florida, Salamander Springs Farm, Susana Lein
I met John Rogers at Susana Lein’s Permaculture class at Heathcote Botanical Gardens in February 2011. He was already acquainted with Susana from having attended permaculture conferences with her. We were invited to visit his garden in Melbourne Florida and several other small farms and gardens nearby. John was in the process of transforming his Continue reading →
Tags: Bio-Char, Fruit Trees, Natural Farms, Permaculture, Permaculture Principles, Sustainability
My friend Linda from Crazy Hart Ranch was going to attend the SSAWG Conference this year (2011) and she was offering to share her hotel room with me. I checked out the schedule of classes and found that SSAWG had begun to recognize the need to reach out to much smaller urban and suburban farmers. I saw that there was a Permaculture class offered, and a focus group for urban farmers.
Tags: Food Forest, Foraging Chickens, Permaculture, Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, SSAWG Conference