Water-wise Garden Maintenance 101 At Daily Acts, we believe that a water-wise garden can still serve a variety of functions, providing habitat, medicine and food in addition to beauty. While the term water-wise garden has become synonymous with low maintenance, seasonal work is still required to keep these plants healthy and looking good [...]
Seed Starting 101 Growing plants from seed is the most cost effective and least wasteful way to start a garden. It just takes a few items and some patience. STEPS TO STARTING SEEDS: Step 1: Determine what type of container you will use. Any container will work as [...]
Transplanting 101 Step 1: Choose the right place in your garden for your plant’s permanent home by thinking about amount of sun, spacing, water and soil type needed. Harden seedlings that have been growing indoors by placing them outside for gradually increasing amounts of time at least a few days before [...]
2025 Contractor Referral List Ready to make some changes in your home or yard, but need some professional guidance? Check out some folks we've worked with: Angelia Rossi Email: [email protected] Phone: (845) 764-1760 Location: Bodega (serves Sonoma County) Skills: Site analysis, Planning, Schematic designs, Native and climate appropriate plantings, Stonework, Permaculture based [...]
Carbon Gardening at Home DOWNLOAD PDF CARBON SEQUESTRATION You may have learned about the carbon cycle in school, but if you want a quick refresher, check out this resource. Sequestration is the part of the cycle in which plants store carbon atoms in their biomass and in the ground. Sequestration is [...]
Rain Tanks & Rain Barrels Collecting rain from the roof of your house is easy, practical and can provide long-term savings on your water bill. Rain catchment also reduces the amount of runoff that flows into creeks and storm drains, easing the burden on wastewater treatment plants and reducing the amount of pollutants [...]
Propagation 101 Want more plants without spending a dime at the nursery? With a few simple techniques, you can turn one plant into many and spread the bounty throughout your garden. Propagation is the art of multiplying plants using their natural growth—whether by taking cuttings, dividing root systems, or grafting new stems onto [...]
Food Forests DOWNLOAD PDF Urban food forest at the Cavanagh Center in Petaluma, California. WHAT IS A FOOD FOREST? A food forest is an edible landscape that mimics a natural forest in form and function. Natural systems don’t require human inputs to flourish. Instead, the various species form a [...]
Vermicompost 101 DOWNLOAD PDF WHAT MAKES VERMICOMPOST DIFFERENT FROM COMPOST? Vermicompost is the result of worms and other micro and macro organisms digesting organic matter. As worms eat organic matter, they leave behind worm castings. Yes, we mean worm poop! This is the product of vermicomposting – castings are full [...]
Rain Gardens 101 WHAT IS A RAIN GARDEN? A rain garden is a planted depression in the soil which slows and infiltrates rainwater before it becomes polluted and erosive stormwater runoff. Usually, it is a small garden shaped like a shallow pool or ditch, which collects rainwater from a roof, roadway, or nearby [...]
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