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Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
by jillian
2y ago
Welcome to wiki This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging ..read more
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Cabrillo’s Permaculture class, life affirming!
Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
by Ken
3y ago
Please join Terra Nova founder Ken Foster for Permaculture design class at Cabrillo College this Fall. Ken with students design projectPoster for class at Cabrillo Students with design project ..read more
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Impacts of Leaf Blowers
Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
by Ken
3y ago
Gas-powered leaf blowers are used far too often and their effects really blow:  intense noise and major health and environmental impacts. Source: CA Air Resources Board, 2000; C.H.A.S.E., 2019 If you have never worn a two stroke leaf blower on your back, it is hard to imagine the effect the noise, exhaust and dust has on you after hours of use. It is a singular form of trauma for your ears and lungs. – Ken Foster, Santa Cruz landscaper and owner of Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping, who switched from gas to electric blowers in 1988, and has used on ..read more
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Terra Nova is the proud sponsor of Permaculture Collaborative.
Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
by Ken
4y ago
EcoFarm Registration 2020 is the 40th anniversary of the Eco Farm Conference. This year Terra Nova is sponsoring a Pre-conference on Wednesday, Jan. 22 called A Permaculture Collaborative - City Repair meets Social Forestry. Please join us ..read more
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FALL TIPS FOR A CLIMATE RESILIENT GARDEN
Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
by jordan
4y ago
CONSIDER RAINWATER HARVESTING: During a one-inch rainstorm, you can harvest 600 gallons of water off a 1,000 square-foot roof. That’s a lot! Tanks come in all shapes and sizes. PREPARE FOR STORMS: Bioswales, Rain Gardens and Dry Creek Bedslook lovely and prevent erosion and drainage issues. When it comes to rain, the new mantra is “Slow it, Spread it, Sink it.” That is, keep rain on the land, and out of the storm drain—and eventually the ocean, where it deposits pollutants like car oil. PUT DOWN MULCH: Like a warm blanket, mulch protects plants from the cold. It also kee ..read more
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Ecosystem Restoration Camps. A call to restore the garden planet earth.
Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
by Ken
4y ago
My personal mission statement has been, “I co-create and tend the garden so all may benefit from its abundance, nourishment, beauty and joy.” Having recently participated in an international movement called Ecosystem Restoration Camps. I am now compelled to update my mission statement to “…I co-create, restore and tend the garden…” Terra Nova’s work over the past 30 years is very much in line with Ecosystem Restoration Camps. As Terra Nova business partners, Jillian Steinberger and myself have represented the business at a number of Ecosystem Restoration Camps in recent months. Starting with t ..read more
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In Contact: Bicycle-powered connection to people & place
Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
by Neale Inglenook
4y ago
Over the past 12 years, Ken Foster has been our “visionary” blogger! But Ken is opening up the blog to include other voices. At Terra Nova, we hire visionary people to work for us, and they have something to say, too. In this post, meet Neale “the Wheel” Inglenook. In future blog posts you’ll hear from Ken again on sustainable landscaping subjects, as well as from other staff and friends.   Neale Inglenook maintains landscapes by bicycle with Terra Nova’s Tread Lightly Maintenance Service. He and his brother chronicled their Trans-America bike trip on the blog nealeanddave.blogspot.com. More o ..read more
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Make your garden resilient
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by Ken
4y ago
  Reprinted from an article published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel December 13th, 2018, Home and Garden, Lifestyle section.   Ken Foster and Jillian Steinberger’s garden in Santa Cruz.     Climate change is predicted to threaten the health of our ecosystems with droughts and storms, food shortages, shifting habitats and extinctions. Here are some tips for making your garden and your native ecosystem more resilient: Prepare for drought Drought will be one of the main concerns for the area, endangering many sensitive species, according to the Central Coast region report of Californi ..read more
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Graywater Clarified in five easy steps
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by Ken
4y ago
When it comes to water conservation the solutions are not black and white, they’re grey. You will find it (correctly) spelled greywater and graywater but whether you spell it with an ‘e’ or an ‘a’ it is one of the smartest strategies for maximizing your water economy. You see, we in the state of California spend around 20% of our overall energy making water potable and moving it around. There’s even a word for that, ‘watergy’ refers to the energy we spend on the wet stuff. So with graywater you can help reduce watergy, save money and the water itself by keeping laundry water on your site. Tech ..read more
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Recipes for a New Earth blog
Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
by Ken
4y ago
Terra Nova owner Ken Foster starts blog for his book, Recipes for a New Earth A 30 year investigation into ecological landscaping ..read more
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