Linda and Larry Saltzman, Founders of the Santa Barbara Organic Garden Club, share with us a Food Forest right in their suburban backyard. Produced by Jill Cloutier, Carol Hirashima & Logan Nevitt.
Mar 282009
This program examines the disease Sudden Oak Death (SOD) which is attacking oaks and now other trees and plants in the San Francisco Bay Area. Program shows the symptoms of SOD on oaks, explains the cause of the disease, and outlines steps people can take to help slow its spread. Includes interviews with UC horticulturist Pavel Svihra who discovered and named this disease, UC Davis plant pathologist David Rizzo who discovered the pathogen responsible, and Forester Kent Julin of the Marin …
Mar 282009
In the eastern hills of Oakland, Common Vision joined forces with three classes at Merritt to transform a steep hillside into a permaculture food forest with 108 fruit trees! Before trees were planted a team of pickaxers and shovelers built swales, long on-contour ditches, designed to harvest 1000's of gallons of rainwater and store it deep in the hillside. Over 75 Common Vision crew and Merritt College students worked all day, accompanied by the drums, to plant the widest spread of tree …
Planting Cherry Trees & Eco-Lawns: a Food-Not-Lawns Perma-Blitz in Forest Hills!wmv
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Mar 242009
Learn the secrets of properly planting a fruit-bearing tree from a suburban permaculture workshop led by Brendan and Gusti, two inspiring leaders of Tri-State Food Not Lawns. The eco-lawn saves you water, money and provides a varied visual; why didn't I think of that? Using sand and stones around the root ball makes it super-easy for the fruit tree roots to absorb water as soil organisms do not compete for food and the soil becomes more permeable. Why didn't I think of that? The light was …
Permaculture In Lesotho.
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Mar 192009
Greg Felsen a Peace Corp member involved with Permaculture development in Lesotho.
Growing Windbreaks at Trees That Please
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Mar 182009
The botanical garden of Trees That Please shows a native plant windbreak called a Woodland edge….Windbreaks sustainable landscapes greenbuilding xeriscaping Trees That Please