10/12/21 10/12/21

Isolation and Safety on a Farm

10/11/21 10/11/21

The Power of Place and Magic

10/10/21 10/10/21

Chickens, Ducks, and Rabbits Livestock Tour

10/6/21 10/6/21

Gardens of Solar Power and Sustainable Ecosystems

Jim Bruner 10/3/21 Jim Bruner 10/3/21

The Key To Diversity: Opposites Attract

The most important aspect of any ecosystem is diversity. It’s Not convenience, or beauty, or even difference; it’s systems that blend gradually and whose existence makes another system thrive until that system is ready to return the favor in 18 months. This 18 months — spring, summer, winter, fall, spring to summer stretch is the key.

9/29/21 9/29/21

What an Ecosystem Looks Like

9/20/21 9/20/21

Patient People with a Purpose for Place

9/18/21 9/18/21

Spinning Plates in the Gardens

9/9/21 9/9/21

Sustainable Food Security at Mezzacello Across Ohio

Mezzacello interacts in Ohio with tours, visits, online and onsite programming. A surprising spread!

9/8/21 9/8/21

Foodist: Butter Bean and Broccolini Salad

8/30/21 8/30/21

The Gardens of Mezzacello From a Raccoon's Point of View

8/22/21 8/22/21

The Daddy Influence

8/18/21 8/18/21

The Seed of a Dream

The seed of a dream. Social media reminded me of a night from 10 years ago that has come to fruition today. The gardens and eating flowers.

8/18/21 8/18/21

Store Bought Food and Seeds

How do we know that the food we buy is organic? After all it doesn’t stamped and the seeds aren’t going to tell you anything. Data!

8/16/21 8/16/21

Biofilter and Critical Race Theory

8/5/21 8/5/21

The Parterre Herbal Garden Microclimate

Why a parterre garden? It's equal part microclimate and ecology and space for tender herbs. Plus it looks really nice.

8/1/21 8/1/21

Creating a Pressurized Dome at Mezzacello

I have explored building soil and compost to grow food on Mars, but I have yet to create a real artificial ecology.

7/11/21 7/11/21

Indicator Species

This was my first year of summer camps at Mezzacello. I used fresh horse manure in the garden. big MISTAKE! Now we know better.

6/8/21 6/8/21

The New Neighbor Who Has 100 feet

Jim Bruner 6/5/21 Jim Bruner 6/5/21

The Launch of Mezzacello 2.0

Mezzacello is evolving, again. More infrastructure, more technology, garden beds, and new outbuildings for livestock, tools and media. Here is a sneak peek at the urban farm a week before the launch of my Urban Ag Tech Camp with the Ohio Farm Bureau and the PAST Foundation.