Tag Archives: Permaculture

Defcon 3

Posted on October 18, 2016 by rebeccatreeseed

Crazy enough, in the midst of our scandalous Presidential election, we have managed to get up to Defcon 3 in a battle of wills with Russia. Our Defcon (defense readiness condition) system is more or less as follows: 5: normal … Continue reading →

Posted in extinction, permaculture, Prepper | Tagged 3, circular economy, Defcon, food forest, Georgia Guidestones, New Mexico, nuclear shelter, Permaculture, raised beds, Santa Fe | 17 Comments

Colorado Four O’clock (Mirabilis multoflora)

Posted on August 30, 2016 by rebeccatreeseed

Colorado Four O’clock is one of my prettiest wildflowers. It usually starts by July, but it’s bloom season is tied to my summer monsoons, which were late this year. This is not my biggest or prettiest Colorado Four O’clock, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, gardening, medicinal plants, permaculture, Prepper | Tagged circular economy, Colorado Four O'clocks, food forest, gardening, herbal medicine, Mirabilus multiflora, native gardening, native plants, New Mexico, Permaculture, prepper, Santa Fe, water conservation | 3 Comments

Back to Orris Root

Posted on August 29, 2016 by rebeccatreeseed

Harvested considerably more Iris germanica root today, and left enough roots on each set of leaves for an increase. I peeled and grated them and left them open on a flat plate to dry. The first batch is already dry … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, gardening, perfume, permaculture, Prepper | Tagged circular economy, food forest, Iris germanica, Orris Root, perfume, Permaculture, prepper | Leave a comment

Harvest, Horehound (Marrubium vulgaris)

Posted on August 26, 2016 by rebeccatreeseed

In a morning lull from my daily thunderstorms, I went out to collect Horehound seeds. I am also collecting leaves from one shaded plant that is now blooming. I like collecting in a five gallon bucket. Loose, it is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, gardening, medicinal plants, permaculture | Tagged circular economy, easy gardening, food forest, herb, Horehound, Marrubium vulgaris, medicinal, naturalized plants, New Mexico, Permaculture, Santa Fe | Leave a comment

Preparing Orris Root for Perfumes

Posted on August 23, 2016 by rebeccatreeseed

Orris root used in many perfumes is the dried rhizome of German Bearded Iris (Iris germanica). This is a photo of mine blooming in the spring. I promised my neighbor about 30 rhizomes so today I dug them for her … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, gardening, perfume, permaculture, Prepper | Tagged base note, circular economy, fixative, food forest, gardening, German Bearded Iris, Iridis rhizoma, Iris germanica, market economy, New Mexico, Orris Root, perfume, Permaculture, prepper | 2 Comments

Fall Corn?

Posted on August 16, 2016 by rebeccatreeseed

My painted mountain corn produced so fast that I decided to try a fall crop. It is cooling off at night and they are barely up, so I figured it for a no go. This morning two of them appear … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, gardening, permaculture, Prepper | Tagged circular economy, corn, fall garden, fall planting, food forest, gardening, mountain corn, New Mexico, Painted Indian Corn, Permaculture, prepper | 4 Comments

Mouse Trap

Posted on August 16, 2016 by rebeccatreeseed

Little Guy has been such a good mouser since he moved in that I stopped catching mice outside the house. A few days ago I saw a mouse run behind the stove. Oh no, not having that. I do not … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, home, permaculture, pets, Prepper | Tagged circular economy, control, food forest, gardening, mice, New Mexico, Permaculture, prepper, trap, wildlife | Leave a comment

Windbreak to the North

Posted on July 26, 2016 by rebeccatreeseed

I started planted the north berm adjacent to my Deep Forest. The berm averages about 3 feet and pushes the wind up enough that my small evergreens diffuse it. However, it almost gives my Deep Forest visual privacy from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, gardening, permaculture | Tagged Banana Yucca, circular economy, food forest, native plants, New Mexico, Permaculture, prepper, Santa Fe, wild edibles, windbreak | Leave a comment

Externalizing Costs and Arsenic in Soil

Posted on July 22, 2016 by rebeccatreeseed

Arsenic in soil is widespread and extremely toxic in part because it accumulates in our bodies. It is just one way businesses externalizes costs onto others, and is so widespread it is hard to calculate the damage. I bought acreage … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, insect control, permaculture, Prepper, Uncategorized | Tagged arsenic, business practices, circular economy, externalizing costs, food forest, market economy, Permaculture, remediation, rice, Texas | 3 Comments

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Posted on July 21, 2016 by rebeccatreeseed

Sunflowers! The quintessential western wildflower that symbolizes the sun. These are wild sunflowers, the parent of our domesticated sunflowers. The biggest difference between the two is that the wild sunflower has multiple heads and the domesticated has a single stalk … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, gardening, medicinal plants, permaculture, poetry, Prepper, wild edibles | Tagged circular economy, food forest, gardening, Helianthus annuus, native plants, New Mexico, Permaculture, prepper, Santa Fe, sunflowers, wild edibles | 5 Comments

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