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    29 Apr

    Terra Nova Voted Best ‘Green Service’ in Good Times poll

    We thank everyone who voted for us for ‘Best Green Service’ in the Santa Cruz Good Times poll. We will do our best to live up to this honor. Although we have been in the Ecological Landscaping business for twenty years we promise not to rest on our laurels!
    From all of us at Terra Nova […]

    23 Apr

    Permaculture Design Course Photo update

    Our Permaculture design groups working/playing in the sand with their projects.

    Tom Broz of Live Earth Farm giving a talk about his farm’s solar panels.

    Brian Barth giving a talk at the Mataganza Garden Sanctuary.

    Heather Flores author of Food Not Lawns teaching a class on seed saving.

    Read the Book ! Food Not Lawns
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    11 Apr

    Bee-ing there! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We catch honey bee swarms in the Santa Cruz area.

    Pictures from 4-11-08 To learn more about bees buzz here. Call us at 831-425-3514
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    19 Feb

    Terra Nova Celebrates twenty years in business! Here’s our full page ad from the newspaper with special discount coupons

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    07 Feb

    Santa Cruz Permaculture Design Course on going through July

    This is a photo of the first weekend of the Santa Cruz Permaculture Design Course with Larry Santoyo holding court.

    Testing soil in the soil class.
    Larry Santoyo will be joining local Santa Cruz Permaculture teachers including Ken Foster, Lydia Neilsen, Bruce Beernink and Brian Barth and Heather Flores for a Permaculture Design Course begining February 16th […]

    27 Jan

    Ken’s Ride Report

    This year was the eighth time I rode my bicycle from Santa Cruz to Pacific Grove, California to attend the 28th annual Ecological Farming Conference. This is about a six hour ride from one side of the Monterey Bay to the other.
    Here I am the morning of the ride.

    On Westcliff Drive in Santa Cruz with […]

    21 Jan

    Sheet Mulch with cardboard

    First get some cardboard
    do some weedingfeed the weeds to your chickens (they love oxalis!)lay cardboard over bare soil with drip irrigation over cardboardlay down Chai mulch
    Here with a truth window so you know there really is cardboard under all that mulch and you’re done! Keeps weeds down for a good season. After a couple of […]

    23 Dec

    We wish you all the joy of the season and . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Happy New Year !

    Terra Nova celebrates the solstice with
    GROOVE GRASS
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    30 Nov

    WE CALL FOR A LEAF BLOWER BAN !!!

    Terra Nova advocates a leaf blower ban !
    Let’s go from this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To this !
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    “What we’re trying to do with the leaf blower and all our lawn equipment is to create the perfect […]

    10 Oct

    Grey Water Clarified

    Lydia Neilsen and Lochlan Cuthbertson of Dirt Dragon Designs held a grey water class and the Terra Nova crew pitches in to help install a grey water reed bed and pond. What is Grey Water? Learn more at the Oasis website.

    Here’s Lydia Neilsen teaching a very inspiring and informational grey water class.

    Wood chip filter and […]

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