Curl on up to this one. More on the Eastern WI front for your perusal. A little long, but what the hey.

I'm interested in what everyone reads for their inspiration and/or guidance to the gardening thing. Ruth Stout has always been a favorite, but only after I learned about sheet mulching and deep litter mulching from my permaculture intensive courses.

Mother of the Internet, I appeal to you. My Magic Mouse is getting sensitive (as it's wont to do in a salt laden environment even though I'm 3/4 of a mile from the ocean but it's not like it's crazy yet) and it changes pages in a single (Kinja) page web app while writing responses! My response is still there,…

Ahh.. forkin' gratitude. At depth, there isn't a single culture studied in the history of the world that didn't have this attribute embedded in ceremony or daily activity. (Makes you wonder if it was a Darwinian survival factor since I've not had knowledge of a culture that didn't have it.) Mainstream US culture…

OK - I'm not impressed. The new comment layout is something that's .. well.. ununderstandable to me. Does anyone else have a clue as to the theory of operation for it? Maybe I just need the "3 things you gotta know" to make it work for me. Personally, without markers for delineating transitions, I get lost almost…

This isn't about the surveillance state, but it's about surveillance!

I'm curious how folk around here view "growth." I've always believed there was a meme (an unconscious belief underlying behavior, not a grumpy cat or doge) that operated in almost everyone I've ever interacted with in my life. Corporations (for sure), economies, and people in general.

Ah ha - it's not the season to be growing anything right now, what with all y'all's getting your small bits frozen off, but I don't know of any Gawker style blogs that have gardening, soil prep, Permaculture or discussions on food systems as a central theme. It comes up in some areas sporadically, but isn't…

We have a neighborhood potluck here with 30-50 people. There are always the traditionalists, with the oven turkey, stuffing, whipped potatoes, etc. But then we have a strong contingent of vegan/vegetarians that consistently rock my socks off with wild ass seed/nut/greens dishes that are always satisfying and good.

My family has been trying to make choices about our consumption for a while now. It takes some time to develop the eye to "see" how your behavior can change, and then more time to understand the impact of the change and how it may (or may not) benefit. For instance, we now use all untreated corrugated cardboard in…