by Lucy Legan | Sep 10, 2022 | Backyard farm, Building Soil, Homeschooling, Living Laboratory, Permaculture, Worms
Today we found an earthworm egg. Very exciting! This little white ball of love can hold several young worms. Young worms hatch from their eggs in between three weeks to five months. The gestation period varies for different species of worms. It also depends on... 
by Lucy Legan | Feb 24, 2022 | Kids Gardening, Permaculture, Permaculture garden
It is well known between lunar gardeners that growing with the moon means healthier plants. For thousands of years, several civilisations such as the Mayan, Aztec, Egyptian, Sumerian and the Celts based their planting calendar on the cycles of the moon and sun. The... 
by Lucy Legan | Dec 6, 2021 | Kids Gardening, Permaculture
If you are having problems with your garden, check the elements that make the whole for a healthy garden. Observation is the key to success. It is well known among organic growers that all learning in agriculture must begin with the observation of nature and an... 
by Lucy Legan | Apr 15, 2016 | Permaculture, Sustainable Living
Lawrence Halprin once said that “The great challenge for the garden designer is not to make the garden look natural, but to make the garden so that the people in it will feel natural.” Looking at my front yard, I knew that things needed to change. I didn’t... 
by Lucy Legan | Sep 22, 2015 | Conscious Green Mama, Kids Gardening, Permaculture, Permaculture garden, upcycling
I’ve seen plenty of vertical pallet gardens in coffee shops, and I’ve always wanted to make my own. Pallets are usually readily available and are either free or cheap to buy. I picked mine up from a local agro/garden shop. They were free as they were a... 