Prairie EcoSystems Management

 
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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

 
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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

 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 [...]

Red worms creating humus from horse manure
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.
Humus is a dark colored and fairly stable soil organic [...]