Permaculture involves a LOT of cardboard. Karyn gave me a bunch of boxes earlier this week, and I was so excited to get them. Jon found out that we can get boxes at Sam's Club too. Yay! These boxes we found outside of a business thats being remodeled. There was a pile of boxes on the curb, and we loaded them all onto our wagon. At the bottom of the pile we found the sign saying "Free Boxes." Thats good, because we were taking them! We used these to create a row in Elizabeth Anna's nursery. We covered it with mulch and put all of the perennials for sale on it. The gardening classes are free, and in exchange we help out in the nursery. We still learned a lot though: how to trim perennials, and that 20% vinegar is a good organic herbicide. The temperature needs to be above 80 degrees for it to work though. I believe we have that covered.

BTW, permaculture is "permanent agriculture." Its a method of gardening that works with the earth to be sustainable, and the gardening skills I have been learning fall into this category. One of the guys in the class is starting a Permaculture Blitz, where a group of people get together and work on someone's yard. Check out dfwpermaculture.ning.com.