Aquaponics? I Just Want To Raise Some Fish By Greg Peterson For whatever reason when I came into this world I was very fascinated with fish. I liked pretty much every kind of fish imaginable and by the time I was 12 I had a paper route to make money and a nice selection of…
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Saving Money Through Urban Farming- ABC15 News ABC15 News talks to Greg on how to save you money on your grocery bill through gardening. Greg walks through the basics of using compost, when to use transplants, and how to use a planting calendar with journalist Daphne Munro. She also mentions our free tours and workshops…
DetailsPermaculture: Pathways to Sustainable Communities By Bob Ewing A society is defined, in large part, by how it grows and transports food from the farm to the kitchen. Food production, otherwise known as agriculture and food processing, can create sustainable employment, healthy neighborhoods and a strong local economy. But that is not what is happening…
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Urban Foraging What if food lined the streets in your neighborhood or town and as you strolled through you could pick and eat to your heart’s content? That’s what urban foraging is all about, and it’s gaining popularity. Urban foraging is harvesting plants growing in urban spaces. Whether you are picking fruit from a designated…
DetailsAll About Time By Greg Peterson Chinese Proverb: The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time…now!!! I just finished reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s new novel called The Signature of All Things. It is a very interesting read about botany, human relationships with nature and time. I was particularly struck by…
DetailsWhat is Biogas? Did you know that feces can be made into a gas that provides electricity? Yes, you read that correctly. Biogas is what’s created when you take manure or other organic matter (even wastewater solids will work) and put it in an anaerobic digester. It can even be created by capturing methane produced…
DetailsGeos: A Sustainably-Designed Neighborhood in Colorado Have you ever wondered what a sustainably-designed neighborhood looks or feels like? Geos Neighborhood in Arvada, Colorado is a promising net-zero energy development in the making. The developers have planned for this walkable neighborhood to have plenty of edible landscapes (think community gardens and fruit trees lining the streets),…
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Refreshing My Tower Garden By Greg Peterson June 2023 Update: Hey folks, I took my Tower Garden with me when we moved and I am excited to start this back up again. I can’t tell you how much Heidi and I relied on this gardening space during the hot summer months in Phoenix. Using this…
DetailsMilan’s Vertical Forest One of Europe’s most polluted cities is about to become the home of an impressive vertical forest. The project (called Bosco Verticale) is already underway and consists of two skyscrapers which will be home to 900 trees and a large variety of shrubs and other plants. Each building will have the same…
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Cottonwood: Winter Wild-Harvesting By Sarah Jaroskye If you have an innate sense of curiosity about the natural world, as I do, you may have noticed the white cottony fluff blowing through the summer air near a grove of cottonwood trees. Like me, you may have marveled at how trees could produce “cotton.” The fluff carries cottonwood seeds…
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