Irish Clover Fields

"Top 10" List of Services

1. convert lawn to no-mow cover crop crops (crimson clover, winter rye, oats, annual ryegrass, radishes, hairy vetch, barley, peas, turnips ...  or our favorite, Irish clover, sweet woodruff, and chamomile flowers🙂)

2. 100 s.f. garden plot - grow $700 of food on 100 sf!      see also:  Rapid Response "Victory Garden"

3. chicken coops w/ 3 hens in urban backyards

4. backyard bees (rent or own)  see also:  Save the Bees 

5. summer kitchens (cob ovens, natural sinks, wood stoves)

6. wofati design/build  (multi-purpose - root cellar, kids hide-out, guest house)

7. living walls, green fences, vertical gardens - e.g. clematis armandi, pyracantha, virginia creeper, jasmine, climbing rose...

8. composting systems

9. Fire Pits - reclaimed brick & block, Cob

10. Water Features - bee pools, bird baths, duck ponds, potable water cisterns

"A to Z" Menu of Services

A

• appropriate technology

• Aquaponics & Aquaculture

B

• bird and bat houses

• beekeeping

• beneficial insects

C

• candle making - try a shallow bowl of melted lard with a few sweet gum balls in it for wicks

• carrier pigeons

• chicken & coop rent-to-own!

• composting systems

• cob building (e.g. start w/ pizza ovens or "summer kitchens")

D

• drainage systems (restored creeks)

• deconstruction services 

• asphalt driveway replacement (w/ gravel or permeable pavers)

E

• edible landscapes

• EcoMachines (formerly Living Machines) by John Todd Ecological Design

F

• fire pits

• fencing

G

• garden beds

• greywater systems (i.e. rain barrels and drip irrigation)

• "green building" with reclaimed materials

• geothermal systems (subcontracted to others)

H

• heirloom veggies

• heritage breed chickens

• "honesty boxes" - British mini "free stores" for garden surplus!

• hugelkultur - could double as privacy or stormwater diversion berms

• herb gardens

• hyperaccumulators (e.g. Alyssum murale)

I

• ice houses (like in the old days, when there were no refrigerators)

• insects (edible) - e.g. crickets and mealworms

• invisible fences and sheep w/ radio collars (to keep grass down within movable fence perimeter)

J

• jams & jellies (from backyard berries)

• junk removal

K

• kilns (video clip)

• kombucha - for gut health

L

• lawn alternatives (e.g. "no-mow" clover cover crop)

• landscaping

• lot additions (via STL LRA)

M

• mulching

• mowing

N

• native landscaping

O

• outhouses (w/ re-purposed tin can roofs)

• orchard trees

• outdoor showers

P

• permaculture elements

  • Midwest Permaculture 

• perennials (low-maintenance plantings)

• potbellied pigs (backyard pets that reduce food waste )

Q

• quail breeding supplies

R

• root cellars

• rabbit hutches

• rain gardens

• recycling systems

• roof conversions (e.g. gable roof to shed roof w/ super-elevated deck over garages)

• rocket mass heaters

S

• summer kitchens (varied styles to keep cooking heat out of house in summer)

• seed "save & share" - seed & plant exchanges

• soil testing and ammending

• "Sage Scores" - to market your "green home" to premium clients

T

• Trellises and arbors;  pergolas, pavillions & gazebos 

• treehouse elevators 😁

• Tiny home design (subcontracted to others)

• trombe walls

U

• underground dwellings (see also WOFATIs)

• utility plantings (e.g. urban shade trees, nutritionals & medicinals, lumber, wildlife habitat)

V

• vermiculture (worm bin > food composters)

• vertical gardens (privacy fencing)

• value-added recycled products (e.g. tin cans > roof shingles;  glass bottles > candle holders;  old paper > firestarter)

W

• water filtration (plus John Todd's "living machines", activated charcoal systems, etc)

• water features (frog ponds, bird baths, bee pools)

• winter greenhouses (heat w/ passive solar / heat sink walls / sewer heat)

• wind energy info and microturbine products (subcontracted to others)

• wildlife habitat (certified by Conservation Federation of Missouri)

• wofatis - partly underground structures (for root cellars, kid's playhouses, cool summer backyard home offices, natural residences, &c)

• wood stoves (in detached garage workspaces)

X

• X-driveway (crushed & crowned stone);   X-sewer (outhouses & greywater irrigation);  X-gas (wood rocket stoves);  X-electric (manual & solar)

• xeriscaping (drought resistant planting)

Y

• yarn-making (spun from local alpaca and sheep's wool)

Z

• Zero waste and zero energy system goals