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Permascape is the design and installation of edible, low maintenance, and low ecological footprint landscapes using permaculture and Ecosystems Management principles. · Plants for Edible landscaping · Integrated pest management · Ecological engineering · Site water retention techniques · Cover crops and soil fertility · Lawn eradication techniques Design and Instalation Services
Sunday, May 22, 2011 12:30 PM – 5:30 PM (BYO bag lunch at 11:30 AM) At the home of PJ Quell and Larry Davis– site of the new ¼ acre KCCUA forest garden http://www.kccua.org/FG-Workshop-Flyer.pdf 5425 Mastin St., Merriam, KS, 66203
Disease resistant apples, pears, plumbs and nut trees.
Raspberries, red, black, golden
Elderberries
Insectary plants yarrow, comfry, borage, thyme, hyssop, wild flowers, prairie plants and grasses.
Bamboo two varieties
Yellow grove Phyllostachys Aureosulcata Cat Bamboo grows to 30’ 2” diameter, edible shoots and
Ground Cover Bamboo Pleioblastus variegates 24” height ideal for sloop stabilization.
Soil for raised beds.
Probiotic soil microbes.
Red worms http://www.prairietrading.com/2010/08/19/worms-for-vermicomposting-and-soil-building/
I can prune your fruit trees and brambles, prep your beds, build raised beds, no-till beds, plant edible landscaping.
Don’t plant a fruit tree till you talk to me about disease
Orchard maintenance, Organic pest control. resistant varieties and alternatives to spraying. Wild flowers, prairie plants and grasses.
Steve Mann Prairie Ecosystems Management 816 352-9213 Food Not Lawns Urban Forest Gardens
Learn small scale Urban Food Forest Garden design and hands on planting skills as we help develop a food forest at 43rd & McGee. Learn how to mimic the structure and function of forest ecosystems using sheet mulching, layering, planting patterns, species diversity, guilds and more. We will cover proper planning techniques for tree, shrubs and fruit. Two theory sessions and hands on planting workshop. Bring $10 to class for materials. UMKC CLASS FEE: $14 E-mail: steve@foodnotlawnskc.org Web site: www.foodnotlawnskc.org Sec. A: 3 sessions; Wednesdays, April 6, 13 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM; UMKC School of Medicine, Theatre C, first floor, 2411 Holmes Charlotte, KCMO Hands on session Saturday April 16 2 – 5PM 43rd McGee
Register at www.umkc.edu/commu or Communiversity Winter 2011 Catalog
The most valuable workers on my farm are the red worms in my compost pile. They are giving me wealth beyond compare. They change the organic materials in the compost to humus. Humus is the most valuable substance on Earth.  Organic Farm Workers
Humus is a dark colored and fairly stable soil organic matter with known and unknown physical and chemical properties. It is an integral part of the organic matter complex in living soil. Humus appears to be the product of the microorganisms in living soil, soil that has not been killed by Death-a-cides and petrochemical toxins. The earth worm’s intestines are a rich ecosystem of bacteria and other microorganism of the soil community of life. They eat the compost organic material and concentrate the microorganisms and stable organic material and coat it with their slime. This is magical stuff, echy slime, binding the clumps of organic material and clusters of organisms into a crumbly spongy ball, Humus. Now you can have your very own Humus factory and get the benefits of this remarkable organic substance. We are willing to part with some of our humus workers, red wigglers and share the wealth. Order today and if you are in the kansas City area we’ll arange delivery. If you not in our area we’ll ship them to you for a nominal charge. In Kansas City Call 816 352-9213 for questions and delivery.
Bio-Ecstatic Foods Just what are Bio-Ecstatic foods? Think of the wonderful experience of eating the first ripe strawberry, juicy peach or ripe tomato of the season. All your senses are heightened. Feeling the warm peach fuzz, the tenderness of a ripe tomato, a plump berry. These food memories are unforgettable. Seeing and feeling the colors. You bite into the luscious fruit tasting the colors, the sweetness. Feeling the texture on your tongue. Food like it was supposed to taste. Grown with love and integrity using the sustainable EcoSysten Management approach. Experience Bio-Ecstatic foods weekly with a Platte Prairie Farms CSA share Starting June 5th till October 30th.
Platte Prairie Farms has formed a partnership with Fieldstone Orchard in Overbrook, Kansas to supply fruits and berries in five of our CSA weekly distributions. CSA member choose five items from the following list: rhubarb, strawberries, pie-cherries, blackberries, raspberries, plums, peaches, grapes, asian pears, crabapples and apples Fieldstone Orchard one of this area’s leading orchards supplying fruits and berries to the Merc in Lawrence and the Squash Blossom Food Coop in Kansas City.
Visit our Summer CSA page for more details.
 Cold Frame Spinach Shack It’s not too late to get your own Spinach Shack. If you are blessed with a south facing spot on your lot we may be able to build a custom passive solar Quarter Sky Tunnel or Cold Frame Spinach Shack for you. Don’t worry about that lawn we’ll eradicate it. We even have plenty of spinach transplants to get you growing this fall. Call today for a consultation and grow your own this winter. Call quick I’m going to get really busy. Steve 816 352 9213  Quarter Sky Tunnel Spinach Shack I love the crisp thick green leaves of winter spinach. The arugula, beets, kale and carrots are just a bonus. I’ve been growing my own in a cold frame on the South side of my garage for the last two years. My home shelters the bed and created a micro climate that can be a couple of degrees warmer. The freezing North winds are blocked and the Sun pours down its warmth. Dut to do dododododo do do Spinach Shack Yea! I’m smiling and singing since I built my Spinach Shack Yea!
Spinach is remarkable plant it contains antifreeze proteins that help protect the cell membranes from the freezing. Last year my spinach withstood all that Jack Frost could muster down to three degrees. This year I took it to the next level with my cold frame design. I made it big enough to walk into. It extends six feet out and is sixteen feet long and six feet high. I have a door on the side and can reach all areas for harvest. I will be harvesting fresh sweet spinach and cold weather crops all winter. If you have a microclimate and a building sidewall with south exposure you too can have a Spinach Shack and fresh greens all winter. Give me a call for a design consultation and to schedule construction. Steve 816 352-9213
 Ruby
She sits so contently in our Paradise Garden basking in the warm fall sun. Her luxuriant green locks cascade to the sides. That’s my Ruby Rutabaga. She’s adorned by a string of ripening cherry tomatoes. They look so good on you Ruby. Ruby’s proud of her Swedish heritage and doesn’t mind being called a Swede. The glacial mineral enriched alluvial soil you dwell upon makes you strong and proud. So today I will move you to a pot of the rich soil and bring you home to live with me for the winter. Ok ! I’ll take you to the BadSeed Friday night but you have got to promise to behave.
If you understand what real food tastes like, food grown with love and devotion then come share a bunch of Red Russian Kale or spicy white Shogan turnips. Ah yes Purple Kohlrabi woooooh. Visit with Rudy Rutabaga, Lumpy’s cousin. Or I guess you can go to Mc Dungals.
Platte Prairie Farms at BadSeed Farmers Market 1909 McGee KCMO Fridays 4:30 – 9:00PM
Oakleaf, romaine and ruby lettuce,winter squash, sweet potatoes, beets, carrots, spinach, arugula, radishes, turnips, and kale.
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