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 Here's a series of slides from the transformation of our urban yard at Big Sky Permaculture Headquarters!  

I very recently discovered just how much I love winter squash. I've witnessed very many a squash get turned into appetizing pot pies and sides. What's more, these squashes come with their own built-in sealing mechanisms, allowing you to store them for months after you harvest them. Read more »

Wow, it's been a while since I last wrote on our blog - I have the busiest summer of my life through permaculture design, Calgary Harvest, and making websites (my side job). But alas, as winter moves in, I'm kicking permaculture into the highest gear! In this article, I'm focussing on the Permablitz, which I'm losing sleep over because I can't stop thinking about it! Read more »

It is very common to hear people talk about how humans are a cancer to this earth, particularly those people in the environmental movement. I felt this myself for a large period of my life, and currently so do many of my good friends. We all hear stories about human greed, destruction of ecosystems, climate change, political injustice, and most recently BP among others. This amounts to a lot of pessimistic energy. Personally speaking, I went through school and work constantly hearing about these stories, and I just felt more and more dis-empowered. I just wanted to start fighting back, but something deep inside me was telling me that fighting would just make the problems worse. Read more »

Good soil is nothing without water! Fortunately, there are simple and inexpensive methods available to us for capturing and storing rain water to meet our irrigation needs.  It all starts from a firm understanding of how water flows on your property and designing to make the most use of it. Read more »