Kate Martignier
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Jan- 2024 -1 JanuaryFood
One Garden Serving per Day
I’m convinced that the best way to get more effective at growing your own food is to make it as…
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Dec- 2023 -18 DecemberWhy Permaculture?
A Real Green Life – a Way of Living That Makes a Difference
“REAL” – genuine, authentic, true; not artificial, imitated, or virtual. “GREEN” – regenerative, or doing as little harm as possible.…
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Nov- 2023 -20 NovemberGeneral
Sweet Violet – Edible, Medicinal, Beautiful
Sweet violet is one of so many low-maintenance perennial plants that can be used as deeply nutritious food and simple,…
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3 NovemberPlants
Okinawa Spinach
Okinawa spinach is an edible leafy green that once established will last for years with only pruning (harvesting) for maintenance.…
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Oct- 2023 -24 OctoberSociety
Why We Try to Fix Other People, and What Might Happen if We Didn’t
It’s uncomfortable to be around someone who is suffering because it wakes up all that’s untended to within our own…
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Aug- 2023 -31 AugustPlants
Weeds: Real Nutrition, For Free
If you’re walking over chickweed and dandelion in your lawn or ignoring a nettle patch by the garden wall as…
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Jul- 2023 -31 JulyDesign
Tips For Productive, Low Maintenance Food Gardens
If we make our food gardens as much like natural ecosystems as we can, full of diversity and interconnections, they’ll…
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24 JulyFood
7 Easy Substitutes for When Lettuce Won’t Grow
first published 5th July 2019 | updated 24th July 2023 Here are 6 plants that can withstand heat and high…
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3 JulyGeneral
What if the Science Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story?
Science is when someone asks nature a specific question and receives a specific answer. Science is ALSO when a bunch…
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Jun- 2023 -13 JuneSociety
Where Are Our Choices Taking Us?
Choices are like coins – they always have two sides, and both sides stack up in terms of the direction…
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May- 2023 -12 MayFood
Seven Ways to Start Growing Your Own Food in Small Spaces
Supermarket Strategy #7 – Seven Ways to Start Growing Your Own Food in Small Spaces Why would you want to…
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4 MaySociety
On “Not Enough Time,” and “Not Good Enough”
Time, in some ways, seems to me to move faster the older I get. Maybe that’s a perspective thing, kind…
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