Archive of: Home Grown Paleo

1. Homegrown Paleo – Oh Poo! Using Manure in Your Organic Garden posted June 15, 2011
   

   By Leslie Allen Consuming fresh organic vegetables is the cornerstone of good health, and growing them yourself is a step towards sustainable living. Animal manure has been used as an organic fertilizer since the dawn of agriculture, some 10,000 years ago. However, recent E. coli outbreaks in Europe and the USA raise concerns over the [...]

2. Homegrown Paleo – Compost Happens posted May 16, 2011
   

   By Leslie Allen In my last Homegrown Paleo blog we explored sheet mulching an in-place passive composting system that instantly transforms a space into a garden. This post explores good old-fashioned compost. I love it when people ask me how to establish a landscape or garden. It gives me the opportunity to help at the [...]

3. Homegrown Paleo – Sheet Mulching posted April 25, 2011
   

   By Leslie Allen In last week’s Homegrown Paleo gardening class we explored many ways to prepare an area for a garden. One of the easiest ways to do this is via sheet mulching. Sheet mulching is essentially composting on-site, on the area that needs amending. It is a simple layering of slashed vegetation, cardboard or [...]

4. Homegrown Paleo – Heirlooms and Hybrids posted April 18, 2011
   

   Homegrown Paleo – Heirlooms and Hybrids By Leslie Allen If you have been following this blog you probably have a garden plan and know when you’ll be starting seeds and transplanting veggies into your garden. If not, be sure to read last week’s post and complete the garden planning worksheet. Once you have a garden [...]

5. Homegrown Paleo – Can I Grow That Here? posted April 4, 2011
   

   By Leslie Allen “Can I grow that here?” is probably the number one question I hear from new gardeners. The answer is rarely a simple yes or no. The answer depends upon the life history of the plant, i.e. how it grows and reproduces, the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone and the average last and first [...]

6. Homegrown Paleo – Let Worms Eat Your Garbage! posted March 29, 2011
   

   Many people never give a second thought to throwing kitchen waste into the garbage or grinding it up in the disposal. But all of that kitchen waste can be turned into an amazingly nutrient-rich amendment for indoor and outdoor plants via vermicomposting. Vermicomposting is a fancy term for composting with worms. Yes, worms! Worm composting [...]

7. Homegrown Paleo – Why you should grow your own food posted March 22, 2011
   

   by Leslie Allen I have been gardening for a while now, and I love the values a garden teaches me –sustainability, gratitude and patience. However, it is my independence from the industrial food system that I value most. We CrossFitters thrive on independence from conventional wisdom, and growing your own food is another step away [...]

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