(2010) A Carbon Sequestration Proposal for the World - Based on Reforestation, Improved Ecosystem Management & Increasing Soil Carbon Levels in Farm Soils
Year of Publication:
2010
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January 1, 2010
About the author:
Michael Pilarski is a multi-disciplinary thinker and hands-on guy specializing in organic, sustainable agriculture, forestry, agroforestry and permaculture. He is a farmer, tree-planter, author and educator. He has planted 80,000 trees so far.
1000 Crops for Northwest Growers
Year of Publication:
2015
Some Crop Categories and Crops
For North Temperate Climates
Friends of the Trees Society, February 18, 2015 Version
Compiled by Michael Pilarski for the workshop series
1000 Crops for Northwest Growers
Some Crop Categories and Crops For North Temperate Climates
Year of Publication:
2015
Herbalists in the Pacific Northwest
Year of Publication:
2016
Northwest Herbal Faire List of Past Presenters
2/18/2011 edition
Compilation by Michael Pilarski. This is just my starting list. Please send nominations for people to add to this list. Where are other published lists?
Please note that the title for the first 10 events was Northwest Herbal Faire. We switched to Northwest Herbal Fair in 2011 for a number of reasons.
The affiliations given are those at the time of that herbal fair, where known.
Earth Repair and Agriculture on Soils with Heavy Metal Contamination
Year of Publication:
2016
A few comments by Michael Pilarski, Friends of the Trees Society.
[This paper was written for presentation at an Earth Repair workshop I did on Vashon Island on November 19, 2016.]
Medicinal Plant List - Plants Michael Pilarski has grown and wildcrafted
Year of Publication:
2017
9/10/2017 List
Here is a list of medicinal plants I have grown over the years. Until this year I hadn't made a list of all the medicinal plants I have grown or wildcrafted. I’ve never made such a list before and was curious how many species it would add up to.
Herb Seed Companies in the USA and CANADA
Year of Publication:
2017
Compiled by Michael Pilarski
Friends of the Trees Society. Version 1, March 15, 2017
Here is a list of the medicinal herb seed companies in the USA and Canada that I know of. I purchased seed from four of these companies in 2017. I like getting all of their in-print catalogs and use them as reference books. Do you know of any other seed companies which specialize in medicinal seeds and plants. Please let me know.
Books on Herb Growing (and more)
Year of Publication:
2017
Book reviews by Michael Pilarski, Friends of the Trees Society.
Prepared for the Vashon Island workshops on Growing Medicinal Plants.
April 1, 2017 version
There are a lot of resources on herb growing on the internet but less so in print. Here are the best books I have found on the topic. They are all in my library and I consult all of them.
A Visit to Two Medicinal Herb Gardens
Year of Publication:
2017
By Michael Pilarski, April 21 and 22. 2017
University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden
& Bastyr University Medicinal Herb Garden
On Friday, April 21, I had the pleasure to visit the University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden. It was the warmest day of the year so far for the Puget Sound/Salish Sea. Thousands of people were out enjoying the day, but I only saw one other person looking at the medicinal plants.