Skip to content

South Side Permaculture Park

  • About Us
  • Plant Profiles
  • Principles & Ethics
    • Earth Care
    • People Care
    • Fair Share
    • Catch & Store Energy
    • Observe & Interact
    • Obtain a Yield
    • Apply Self-Regulation & Accept Feedback
  • Processes & Techniques
    • Suspended Miscanthus Shelf
    • Building an A-Frame Level and Contour Mapping
    • Building a Swale
    • Building a Cold Frame for Season Extension
    • Composting
      • Building a Pallet Composter
    • Designing and Building a Forest Garden
    • Edible Lawns
    • Chop-n-Drop Living Mulch
  • Blog

Category: Obtain a Yield

Posted on June 21, 2021February 24, 2022 By: southsidep

Bolted Arugula, Ricotta, and Fresh Pea Pasta

      Nothing says summer like snacking on some spicy arugula straight from the ground! At the Southside Permaculture Park you can find arugula…

Read More
Posted on April 28, 2019 By: southsidep

Dandelion Salad

Sprouting up are dandelions– going full speed ahead! If you’d like to make yourself a salad bursting with nutrients and flavor, this is for you!…

Read More
Posted on March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 By: southsidep

Foraging Wild Spring Greens

SPRING IS HERE!!! And while other gardeners have yet to even think about putting seeds in the ground, you can be out there harvesting bowls of…

Read More
Posted on January 31, 2019February 9, 2019 By: southsidep

Lenape ‘Permaculture’: The Three Sisters

  The land where the Southside Permaculture Park exists today, and much of the land in Eastern PA, northern DE, southern NY, and NJ, is…

Read More
Posted on December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 By: southsidep

Logs, Labor, and Hope for the Future

Yesterday I was going on a walk through the woods when I cam across a fallen tulip poplar tree. The first thing I noticed about…

Read More
Posted on December 21, 2018April 5, 2022 By: southsidep

A Walk in the Woods: Observe & Interact

After finishing the last test of the semester on Monday, I decided to go for a nice long run to unwind. The air was crisp…

Read More
Posted on November 13, 2018 By: southsidep

Feature: The ‘Calitheatre’!

The calitheatre is a calisthenic workout center and lecture/performance space integrated with vines, swales, and rain gardens to be built at the Southside Permaculture Park…

Read More
Posted on October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 By: southsidep

Foraging Black Walnuts

Black Walnuts (Juglans nigra) are an incredibly abundant wild food source capable of providing significant food security in uncertain times. The tasty nuts ripen in…

Read More
Posted on September 12, 2018September 14, 2018 By: southsidep

Guild Highlight

In the absence of human intervention, species of plants, animals, fungi, and bacterial automatically group themselves together in ways that mutually benefit all those involved.…

Read More
Posted on August 8, 2018July 18, 2019 By: southsidep

Fungi: The Forgotten Kingdom, The Missing Link

Fungi are largely ignored and misunderstood by modern society, though their abilities could offer solutions to a broad spectrum of issues that plague our civilization.…

Read More

Community Parnerships

  • MLK Community Garden
  • Community Growers

Recent Posts

  • Gardening in a Greenhouse: Small Container Planting Guide
  • Using Snow for Animal Tracking
  • Bolted Arugula, Ricotta, and Fresh Pea Pasta
  • Summer Update 2021
  • Composting

Post Categories

  • Books
  • Catch & Store Energy
  • Design from Patterns to Details
  • Earth Care
  • Events
  • Fair Share
  • Food Security
  • Foraging
  • Garden Updates
  • Obtain a Yield
  • People Care
  • Permaculture Principles
    • Apply Self-Regulation & Accept Feedback
    • Creatively Use & Respond to Change
    • Integrate Rather than Segregate
    • Observe and Interact
    • Produce No Waste
    • The Problem is the Solution
    • Use & Value Renewable Resources & Services
    • Use and Value Diversity
    • Use Edges & Value the Marginal
  • Philosophy of the SSPP
  • Processes & Techniques
  • Recipes
  • Stuctures
  • Uncategorized
  • Use Small & Slow Solutions

Contact Us

Copyright © 2022 South Side Permaculture Park | All Rights Reserved | Farmerpress by Theme Palace

  • MLK Community Garden
  • Community Growers