Skywood Food Forest

06/03/2025

Skywood is doing its small part.

Discover how food forests and the biotic pump help cool the Earth and restore water cycles, healing the climate.

10/10/2024

The view from my "High Horse" of Skywood Food Forest north.

04/27/2024

The Salish Seed Guild grows proven, locally adapted varieties for seed, processes the seed and donates them to the wider community. It's just one of many efforts needed for local food reliance.

05/03/2023

Mason bees (and others) enjoying the overflow water in the little created stream bed. This was in a natural low spot that ran between the two 3000 sq. ft. greenhouses previously on site. I placed a small dam downstream (so to speak), added bentonite and rocks. The head of the stream is currently my lawn hydrant but may eventually become overflow from a swale. There's not a lot of elev. change on site but enough to mimic an actual stream. The bees are taking full advantage as it's right near their nesting boxes. It's a great source of mud for them as they partition off the eggs in their cells as well. It's well shaded to the south so it should act as a local water source throughout the summer months, right next to my wildflower and pollinator garden.

08/17/2022

An interesting article that supports the idea of promoting diversity in agricultural ecosystems while also serving to remind us of the old ecological adage, "you can never do just one thing."

Harnessing natural insect power can. with proper management, have higher efficacy than resorting to harmful chemicals