Blanche's in Cochrane
When my husband and I were planning our house five years ago, I already knew I did not want grass and instead would be growing as much food as possible. Initially, Karla Cox of Provisions Permaculture designed and helped me implement everything through three permablitzes.
My back yard is ringed with Columnar Colorado Spruce, I have fruit trees, raspberry bushes, blueberry shrubs, and other fruit bushes as well as a raised flower bed, and many flowering shrubs. The birdhouses are occupied every year with Swallows and I love working in the yard while watching their antics. I am still waiting for the bat house to be claimed. I saw my first bat last summer, accidently flying into our garage, but now I know they are around.
The front yard holds raised cedar boxes where I plant vegetables. I wanted our yard to be a place of refuge, somewhere to rejuvenate, an oasis in the middle of an increasingly technology-driven society where people are driven to succeed and stress is an accepted way of life. It remains a work in progress and I still have projects to complete. However, my yard is my life and gives me a place to just be, where I can leave the cares of the world behind.
When my husband and I were planning our house five years ago, I already knew I did not want grass and instead would be growing as much food as possible. Initially, Karla Cox of Provisions Permaculture designed and helped me implement everything through three permablitzes.
My back yard is ringed with Columnar Colorado Spruce, I have fruit trees, raspberry bushes, blueberry shrubs, and other fruit bushes as well as a raised flower bed, and many flowering shrubs. The birdhouses are occupied every year with Swallows and I love working in the yard while watching their antics. I am still waiting for the bat house to be claimed. I saw my first bat last summer, accidently flying into our garage, but now I know they are around.
The front yard holds raised cedar boxes where I plant vegetables. I wanted our yard to be a place of refuge, somewhere to rejuvenate, an oasis in the middle of an increasingly technology-driven society where people are driven to succeed and stress is an accepted way of life. It remains a work in progress and I still have projects to complete. However, my yard is my life and gives me a place to just be, where I can leave the cares of the world behind.