From lawn to lovely.
This idea posted on Shareable combines all I love about urban homesteading, community building and transformation. Bring on the Permablitzes!
Do you remember that ‘night before Christmas’ feeling… the one you used to get as a kid?
The night before my Permablitz, an ‘I don’t know if I can wait until morning’ impatience had me pacing, while a slightly buzzy feeling took hold. Yep, it was ‘the night before Christmas’ all over again — even though it was mid-August, and I was 32 years old.
Why was I so excited? To make a long story short, I knew that before the sun had set on my (suburban) home the next day, my medium-size backyard would have been transformed into a mini-farm, an urban homestead to rival the best of them. And it would all happen in a day.
The plan was: my entire front yard lawn would be ripped out and a pretty but water-hungry gardenia bed would be demolished, along with quite a lot of decorative landscaping. In its place, a front yard orchard would be planted. A newly installed chicken run would weave through this, cementing our reputation as complete eccentrics within the neighborhood. Next to front-yard chickens, the raised garden bed (complete with wicking system) would look almost normal. More…
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