I am very happy to say that I will be relocating to Tucson from Kansas City. I am hoping / planning to fill my small backyard with an edible landscape;...
Jennifer- Get your vegetable seed catalog and seeds from Native Seeds/S.E.A.R.C.H. http://www.nativeseeds.org/ Here's the title of an inexpensive and...
Jenn, For desert hardy edible plants check out the appendix within Brad Lancaster's book Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond. Below is a link to his...
Has some extra space on their land and would like to rent it to a couple of people and critters who want to set up a long term tent/yurt around the Tucson...
James MacAdam started this group. He probably has admin. -- John Douglas Archer Horticulturist, Botanist, Sustainability Strategist Tucson, Arizona My own...
I do "own" the group and am looking into the best way to moderate it. I think what I will do is moderate new memberships and not moderate individual messages...
I have a few bee packages ordered and to be delivered and installed in April. This is typically the only time of year that most beekeepers will ship bees. ...
... Aloha Folks- I have a large variety of Agave and etc around my property. I also have a 15 month old daughter who likes to check out all my cactus. I'm not...
Shalom Dave- Clipping the dark needle-shaped tips of your agaves, and removing these tips from the plant no higher than your daughter is likely to fall into...
Here are the links I was referring to: http://www.bwrangler.com/ http://www.biobees.com/ http://www.beesource.com/pov/lusby/part1.htm Sourcing bees locally has...
I would just like to point out that by trimming the needles off you are removing the agave's natural defense against all who might violate it. (be it your...
Hi...lurker here. Basically the only way to avoid that kind of spam is to not allow membership unless you hear from the person with some kind of intro....
Mary Ann- If you compare the price of the permaculture courses offered by the Sonoran Permaculture Guild to the prices of similar instruction in other parts of...
Mary, This group is new which may have something to do with it being fairly quiet. I know that more than a few of the members are extremely busy in the...
Ahoy Folks- Thanks for the great info. I agree that it's best to let the agave's fight for themselves. With your advice i'm just going to trim a few needles on...
Hello, I have been growing these blue agave for about ten years now, and taking the lower branches is the only way to get at their pups to keep seperating...
Hello everyone. Tomorrow at McClelland Hall, the Eller School of Management is hosting a speaker with an extensive background in sustainability. Amongst many...
Hi Permaculturalists, Just wanted to pass on information about a fun local food workshop that's coming up. *Grow Local Gardening Workshop* - Feb. 14th 10 am -...
I think it would be fun to have a counter rally. Anyone up for our own rally at El Presidio Park on the 10th? If that doesn't appeal, DO call and write your...
I would suspect that many of the less politically-active people on the list don't know what ward they are in. Is there an online source that shows the ward...
Hey folks. Save these two pdf files for your reference. If you desire more detailed maps of specific wards, just Google "tucson wards". Archer -- John Douglas...
California farms, vineyards in peril from warming, U.S. energy secretary warns http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-warming4-2009feb04,0,7454963.story ...
http://www.permablitz.net/ Not joking, Archer -- John Douglas Archer Dark Horse City Gardens Barrio Viejo, Tucson, Arizona My own custom Google feed. Check it...
You are invited to attend a panel discussion on CSR and Corporate Strategy. After the discussion, the panel will be open for questions from the audience. Join...
I hope I see many members of the board on Thursday. I just want to let anyone who is interested in attending know that McClelland is located east of Park and...
I am looking for someone who wants to make some money to create a permaculture design for the landscaping on my home. The trick question is that I am turning...