Living the Perennial Polyculture Way: Nature in Harmony
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The newsletter shares seasonal growing advice, project stories and news from the Beyond Gardens team. Past issues have covered fall planting, soil health, backyard chickens, World Water Day, and wildlife such as monarch butterflies, bats and hummingbirds. Issues also announce hands-on workshops and community events run with Beyond Gardens Education.
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Yes. Past issues are collected in the All News archive on this page, going back to a press release from October 2015. You can sort articles from newest or oldest and search by keyword to find a topic. Older issues were published under the Smart Yards Co-op name, before the company became Beyond Gardens.
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Yes. The Earth Month 2024 issue, for example, introduced the San José Permaculture Program and invited readers to a Permaculture Abundance Open House featuring rainwater harvesting, Laundry to Landscape greywater, aquaponics and a food forest. An earlier issue announced the How to Grow Water hands-on permaculture skills training.
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Plant native milkweeds such as narrowleaf milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) and showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa), the species our team plants and nurtures. Milkweeds are the only plants monarch caterpillars can eat. Avoid tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica), which does not go dormant in fall or winter and may disrupt migration and help spread OE, a parasite that can deform wings.