water management

Water is one of the holy trinity of resources in an urban ecosystem, alongside biomass, and flora and fauna.

Armed with a vision and some CAD plans for my semicircular Georgian pond, I presented my idea to the Columbus Department of Health Animal Permit Division. I had discussed my need for a large aquatic biosystem to support fish and…

A big hole, bigger dreams, some resources, disasters, and a summer later, we have a pond. And there were ducks.

The beginning of spring 2019. Some fool left the water spigot running on the 300 gallon rain barrel that serves water for my livestock and walked away for 10 minutes. 200 gallons of water potential wasted. The ducks LOVED all…

The moment when you realize that the biofilter for the pond is actually also an algae wine cask for the flowers.

Eat like a sailor! A ration of peas and seawater with a dash of butter and flour and some toast and you have a meal!

When the line between work and farming becomes most obvious is usually where those two worlds collide, like you see here.

At Mezzacello we use everything we possibly can. Waste is worthless without purpose. This summer one of my Easy Bake Ovens (EBO) broke down and was unrepeatable. I recycled the plastic and pulled the electrical parts out and donated them…

Living on an urban farm you learn three things real quick: If it can go wrong it will so have a backup plan The sun and the winter corrodes everything Things are not as important as ideas I was out…

It’s not just the urban garden that’s resting, but our bodies as well. But while the body rests, the mind engages. At Mezzacello the mind is almost always engaged; how else are you going to change the world, right? On…