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Category: Produce No Waste

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!…

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Posted on February 10, 2019February 16, 2019 By: southsidep

Winter Evolution of the Greenhouse

On December 1, 2018, the greenhouse began its winter session. We had maybe up to 10 people involved from the Lehigh community seeding. Much of…

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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 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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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.…

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Posted on August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 By: southsidep

Mycoremediation in Action

On a visit to a materials dump yard to pick up some logs to build some structures in the park, we noticed something interesting. The…

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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.…

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Posted on July 23, 2018September 13, 2018 By: southsidep

Integrated Pest Control

Modern day industrial agriculture uses an obscene amount of pesticides and herbicides in order to maintain any reasonable level of productivity. These chemical concoctions of…

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