This week, the weather started to turn warmer. I decided to pull some of the cardboard sheets out from the gardening area. I wanted to see how the cardboard did to the area that I cleaned. Yeah!!!! The cardboard did block out the weeds. Meanwhile, for the area that I did not clean up and…
Tag: gardening with a purpose
Toward land-sharing week 8: Mar 14-20
This week is Spring Break~~~~~~ Yeah~~~~~ We do have some lovely days around the high 60s to 70s. Sadly, we go back down to the low 30s at night. But it is starting of Spring. I predict to see more nice days and nights. I went to the Gardening Center. Sadly, the couples nights before…
Toward land-sharing week 7: Mar 7-Mar 13
This has been one of the stranger weeks! One day, it was 70s degrees during the daytime, and it went right to freezing that night. Look! What happened! I did take the opportunity to clean up the weeds when it was nice and warm. Now, the ground is ready. I did not til the soil…
Toward land-sharing week 6: Feb 28 – Mar 6
Sadly, this is another week of horrible weather. We had mixed of snow and ice. Thus, that was another week of focusing on observation and taking note of the current status of the garden. However, I did do some weedings when the weather was permitted. But not too much. The area that I cleaned up…
Toward land-sharing week 5: Feb 21 – Feb 27
Another bad weather week. We had ice storm! Everything in the yard was frozen. However, good news, I observed two new species of birds here. Red-Wings Blackbirds and Common Grackles. 🙂 Of course, with the suet cake, the pair of Red Bellied Woodpeckers are here everyday for some easy quick meal. they were “sharing” their…
Toward land-sharing week 4: Feb 14 – Feb 20
This week is another cold, windy, and icy week. The soil in the backyard is frozen! The below-freezing temperature at night is not helping. The weather is just too cold for anything besides birds at the bird feeders. However, I am trying to have some observation at night. I noticed that a pair of opossums…
Toward land-sharing week 3: Feb 7 – Feb 13, 2022
This week, the weather has been on and off. However, I did get the measurement of the yard that I intend to do the transformation. I have also started working on the data I have collected so far. First thing first, I drew based on the observation. This will be the starting blueprint moving forward. …
Toward land-sharing week 2: Jan 31- Feb 6, 2022
Although we had a snowstorm this week, I could still do some essential work. I did finalize the location where I am piloting the garden. The size of this space is about 16ftx12ft=192 square feet. The center bushes are the wild blackberry. It’s WILD. 🙂 the bushes seem to be everywhere. I never did anything…
Toward land-sharing week 1: Jan 24-Jan 30, 2022
I spent the first half of the week researching the Permaculture framework and identifying what I could see for my wildlife-inclusive garden. The cycles of the Permaculture are as follow One crucial thing to remember is that Permaculture uses cycle structure instead of linear. Under this cycle structure, we can continue to reflect, modify, and…
Process Journal
This process journal is my attempt to apply the Permaculture Design Process with the Action Research Process from my learning at the Critical and Creative Thinking Graduate Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston (CCT) program. I am integrating these two processes to design a synthesized practical framework to transform my underused backyard into a…