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Continue reading →: Reading a Victorian era Farming Classic So You Don’t Have ToAfter a recent re-watch of ‘Victorian Farm,’ I am reading a crusty old Victorian book on the minutiae of farming so you don’t have to. Victorian England (1837-1901, coinciding with Queen Victoria’s reign) was not dissimilar to the times we now find ourselves. Economies, technology, and society were changing and…
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Continue reading →: Pacific Northwest Native Plants to Use in Permaculture DesignsWith temperatures in the Pacific Northwest warming ever so slightly, I thought I would share a few native plants to be scouting out at your local nursery this spring. Especially in urban settings, where large concrete surfaces concentrate large amounts of water in small spaces, these plants are tough, hardy,…
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Continue reading →: While we wait for springI’m consigned to the sick bed today so doing a lot of scrolling through old photos while the rare March sun in Vancouver streams through my window. What are you excited about this spring?
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Continue reading →: What “Sharper” Rain Events Might Mean for Permaculture DesignIn this recent YouTube short, one of my favourite climate change communicators, Niba Audrey Nirmal, talks about how rain in the Pacific Northwest will get more extreme rain events but those events will also be “sharper.” Take a listen. When we think about designing resilient systems, I’m always amazed how…
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Continue reading →: Urban Permaculture Video SeriesHi folks! I hope you are finding some light among the ongoing absurd violence of empire. I just wanted to share that I’ve been spending the last few months thinking about where to best direct my energies with Last Ditch. This year I will focus on this blog and also…
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Continue reading →: Growing Food in Small SpacesValue the Vertical I grow food on less than 200 square feet, so any time I can maximize height, I get to grow more in a smaller footprint. That means sprawling ground covers are out for the most part but tomatoes and other vines and climbers make good choices. Even…
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Continue reading →: Garden “Shed” RamblesAs a part of de-winterizing this blog and the Last Ditch YouTube channel, I’ve started a new series of videos called Garden “Shed” Rambles. This series will be on a “when-I-feel-like-it” basis and will be me sharing what’s going on in my garden and some of the topics I’m thinking…
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Continue reading →: Books: Forest ForensicsOne of my goals for this growing season is to read more. I’ve been a great collector of books in the past but I have to confess that most of my gardening books sit alone on the shelf for much of the year. Apparently gardening book knowledge is not transferred…
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Continue reading →: 2023 Year in ReviewSomehow I find myself at the end of another year and since it has been an age since I last posted, I thought I would take a look back at the year that was and offer a few thoughts. It’s been pretty hard to feel hopeful these last few months,…
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Continue reading →: Spring Is Heating UpSpring has finally arrived in Vancouver and to the North and East, so too have the fires. Enormous wildfires have started up in Northern BC and Alberta in an early start to what we now just accept as normal in “fire season.” While the fires rage, record setting temperatures have…
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