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Posted on February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 By: southsidep

Using Snow for Animal Tracking

So, one of the places the permaculture team is focusing on before the weather turns warm enough for seedlings to be transported to the ground…

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Posted on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 By: southsidep

Planning vs Action with Small & Slow Solutions

One of the hardest things about permaculture, or any project for that matter, is getting started. It can be so overwhelming to balance all of…

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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…

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Posted on February 23, 2019February 26, 2019 By: southsidep

Water, Sediment, and Using Edges

With lots of snow followed by warmer weather, there’s lots of water flowing everywhere. Here on the mountain, that water rushes with gravity downslope towards…

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Posted on February 16, 2019February 26, 2019 By: southsidep

Waking up for Spring!

With the polar vortex bringing bone-chilling cold this winter, it seemed like spring couldn’t come soon enough. But after some crazy cycles of freeze and…

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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…

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Posted on January 29, 2019February 4, 2019 By: southsidep

Permaculture as Situation Planning

“The most important thing we can do right now, regardless of what the future holds, is to build community, solidarity, and a culture of radical…

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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…

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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…

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Posted on November 21, 2018November 30, 2018 By: southsidep

Observe & Interact: Lessons from the Woods

Yesterday, as I was about to take a nap, I heard the forest calling to me. I quickly threw on some jeans and boots, made…

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