Sassascapes

02/04/2024

Perfect time to sow local plant seeds

Biodiversity is critical to the health of ecosystems but species diversity is crashing and getting worse in the face of climate change. How can you help? Skip the clones of native plants (grown from cuttings or tissue culture) and plant native seeds to increase genetic diversity to support our chall...

01/06/2024

I’m fascinated by this book and I think you would also like it.

She focuses on bringing back the wild spaces, sacredness and a connection to Celtic culture

https://marymary.ie/ark-design

02/06/2022

And… = potassium, nitrogen, magnesium lost from the soil, = loss in revenue from methane gas energy, = loss in organic nutrients for agriculture = a loss in organic gold

A few steps makes a big difference. Compost rather then trash it

Since we launched our initiative 4MyCiTy has diverted over 15 Million Pounds of Organic waste from landfills and Incinerators to our compost sites. This is equivalent to 17114 cars being taken off the roads and an astonishing 6606 metric tons of harmful Co2E avoided.

01/05/2022

01/05/2022

To create organic shapes in the garden play with circles

11/12/2021

Doing research on how to implement our first aquaponics systems
at a site in west Baltimore

G'Day Folks. Aquaponics is a great way to grow some fish for your dinner table in your own backyard farm. This clip will walk you through some points to hel...

11/12/2021

here's some ideas for growing in small spaces

I know that you want to see more of our new home & the big garden ^^But today, let's go back in time to visit my old 8m2 balcony garden earlier this year, to...

11/11/2021

https://youtu.be/417Qbwn9yso

Step into the mushroom kingdom and unlock the secrets of fungi. From lions mane and reishi to shiitake and pink oyster, these healthy and delicious mushroom ...

10/31/2021

Native fall boquitas from the garden.



Native flowers bring in butterflies and birds

Would you be interested in a composting drop off in Hamilton Baltimore with a flower boquita pick up. Where youharvest your own? I’m gauging interest to see if this is something viable

10/29/2021

Our Partner 4mycity.us is up to some really cool things.

They are creating a sustainable composting facility right in Baltimore! Currently, composting happens on a small scale in bmore a little at farmers markets, local farms, back yards and composting pick up that's taken outside of the city to PG county. This facility will enable jobs to be created locally, soil to improve locally and reduce transportation waste locally.

What this means for bmore: access to resources improves for city residents, air quality improves, greenhouse gas emissions reduced, additional CO2 stored in bmore soils (rather than the air), city benefits from tax revenue from local business.

Why we want composting local: if it leaves the city those are jobs leaving the city, its tax revenue leaving the city, its accesses to resources leaving the city

It takes a diversity of solutions to combat environmental programs and I'm excited that 4mycity is taking the initiative to do so. They are leading an example of not waiting for someone else or the government to take action but looking at how we can all take action individually and as a community to create positive change and systems for our cities that create community resilience and interconnectivity



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10/28/2021

"“You don’t have to be some person that’s spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to go to college for however many years to do this stuff,” Padilla-Brown says. “You can just be some high school dropout person and do the most cutting-edge science.”
Padilla-Brown’s accolades read like a scholar’s fantasy: He published the first English-language handbook on how to cultivate Cordyceps militaris, the fungus famous for its medicinal properties; he founded his own mushroom cultivation and research lab, Mycosymbiotics; he leads community mushroom foraging and cultivation classes nationwide; he teaches his friends microbiology"

https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/william-padilla-brown-mycologist-profile?fbclid=IwAR29XAjLgmsE9Ty_cz6shYOnFUea4XZUItA46Yvjn03C_YP0Io1zNSt7ngM

The mycologist and citizen scientist believes anyone can learn molecular biology. Even you.