learning
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3 Strikes for the Caterpillar Tomato Tunnel But We’ve Still Get Tomatoes
You probably know at this point that my preferred method of learning is to learn by doing and learn by repetition. There’s nothing quite like the school of hard knocks, real situations, and mother nature to smack you around. And there’s nothing like repeating the same task over and over…until you burn out the overthinking… Continue reading
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4th Time Is a Charm: Growing Parsnips
Once upon a time I had a grand idea to grow Parnsips in a no-dig system. The first attempt I used some old seeds lying around, and none came up. I would learn later that to get good Parsnip germination you need fresh seeds. The second attempt I succeeded at germination, however our hard, thick… Continue reading
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Dealing With Crop Failure
Anyone who has ever grown something or cared for a living thing (of the plant or animal variety) has inevitably had some demoralizing times. On one end of the spectrum, there’s the “nothing you can do about it” category which includes things like weather or the completely unexpected. On the other end of the spectrum,… Continue reading
About Graham
Graham is an ecologist-farmer from Canada working on educating about the wonders and beauty of the natural world, and how we can design biodiverse food production systems.
