POP CORE Recap & Orchard Care Through the Seasons
An endeavor to realize the potential and beauty of fully productive, well cared-for eco-orchards in every neighborhood, POPCORE seeks to encourage the self-sufficiency of our… Read More
Category Archives: Soil Care
Building Living Soils with Biochar
This edition of POP Tips written by 2016 Orchard Apprentice Alkebu-lan Marcus and Education Director Alyssa Schimmel. What if you could turn vegetative waste like twigs, wood… Read More
Autumn Composting in Orchards
Compost Benefits Why put compost in your orchard? The benefits are many. Adding compost will add organic matter to your soil, and thereby feed your… Read More
Poultry in Orchards
The permaculture chicken niche – http://permaculturenews.org/2013/05/12/managing-the-working-chicken-video/ Looking for an organic method of reducing insect pests in your orchard? You might want to consider poultry! There are… Read More
Soil-Building and Nutrient-Accumulating Plants
Red Clover (L) and Comfrey (R) Healthy soil is the foundation of a productive and fruitful orchard. When designing an orchard forest garden like many… Read More
Soil Building: Sheet-mulching
Sheet mulching is a simple, cheap, and environmentally friendly technique that helps you build nutrient rich soil while also getting rid of pesky weeds or unwanted… Read More
Ramial Wood Chips and Weeding in Place
There are many different techniques a grower can use to add organic matter to improve soil. Using ramial wood chips and weeding in place are… Read More