Starting Seeds Indoors Many of our summer plants we start in our greenhouse. This means we can start them from seed earlier, and we can…
Arúgula crecida, ricotta, y pasta de guisantes fresca
Nothing says summer like snacking on some spicy arugula straight from the ground! At the Southside Permaculture Park you can find arugula…
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…