We love having our front stoops decorated with pumpkins, there is no need to not throw them away once the season is over! Pumpkins (like any organic material) are very hard to break down in a landfill and release...
It’s leaf season! How you manage your fall leaves matters. The best thing you can do is rake them into woods or garden beds, and add to your compost pile. If this is not an option, there are many local (and free!)...
We’re thrilled to introduce the incredible panel joining us for a special screening on Groundswell on October 7 at the County Theater in Doylestown. Dr. Tanya Casas, Dean of Business, Arts, and Sciences at Delaware...
A guild isn’t an exact copy of a wild ecosystem. It’s a designed community that borrows nature’s relationships and resilience while also meeting human needs. In Gaia’s Garden, Toby Hemenway describes a guild as a mutually supportive community of plants and animals that benefits people while creating habitat.
With the changing seasons comes an opportunity to make positive choices for the ecosystems around us. From turning off lights at night to leaving your garden a little untidy, there are plenty of simple things you...
By Lorraine Sharaf Over the past year, we have explored the 12 permaculture principles one at a time. Taken together, they offer more than gardening tips. They are a way to look at gardens, farms, homes,...
By Lorraine Sharaf “Vision is not seeing things as they are, but as they will be.” — proverb Change happens every moment, every day, to everything on Earth — and, from what astronomers tell us, everywhere in the...
This month’s principle, “Use Edges and Value the Marginal,” may sound like a riddle—or a cryptic instruction for enlightenment.
It isn’t.
It’s a piece of wise advice and a practical way of seeing and cultivating our land and our lives!
The evening began with a lively reception featuring locally sourced food and meaningful conversations between attendees, farmers, and community members. Jackie Ricotta of Delaware Valley University welcomed guests, followed by Paul Weinstein, who shared a brief history of the Bucks County Foodshed Alliance.
We’re all living inside one giant, interconnected biome — the land beneath us, the water around us, the air we breathe, and all the living things we cross paths with over a lifetime. And just as we’re part of the planet as a whole, we’re also part of our local ecosystems. As we move through our day, we’re giving something to that system and taking something from it, whether we notice it or not. Because of that, our choices ripple outward, and the health of the earth matters directly to our own well-being, especially when it comes to the food we rely on. Nutritious food only comes from ecosystems that are cared for — from the micro-organisms in soil all the way out to a watershed. When one part of that system breaks down, the rest eventually feels it.
By Lorraine Sharaf March has arrived, and it’s time to finalize garden and crop plans. In Bucks County the average last frost date falls in mid-April, around the 19th, although many gardeners still follow the...
It’s the second week of February. The winter solstice is behind us and, as of February 2nd, Punxsutawney Phil has declared that there will be 6 more weeks of winter. For those of you who have never heard of Punxsutawney Phil, think groundhog. If you still draw a blank, watch the movie “Ground Hog Day” or click on the link at the bottom of this section.
