New Climate Controversy?

Posted on | January 26, 2012 | No Comments

US map shows warmer planting conditions: “A federal “plant hardiness” map used by millions of gardeners was updated Wednesday for the first time in two decades, revealing many areas where the coldest day of the year isn’t as cold anymore.”

Doodling in Math Class Part 1

Posted on | January 24, 2012 | No Comments

Here is part 1 of Doodling in Math Class. After posting part 2 and getting such a good response I could not resist. For Permaculture designers…

Mark Twain’s “War Prayer”

Posted on | January 24, 2012 | No Comments

Whoa…

“O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle — be Thou near them! With them — in spirit — we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it — for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.”

Doodling in Math Class: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant

Posted on | January 23, 2012 | No Comments

For all of us Permaculture doodlers a fantastic video on just that: doodling! One of a three part series…

How Farms Are Using Permaculture Design to Survive and Prosper

Posted on | January 22, 2012 | No Comments

The question often arises how one might develop an economically viable Permaculture operation. Here is a short piece describing three such farms that have been thriving for many years, all based on Permaculture principles and methodologies. Take a look…