heirloom tomatoes Just wrote a newspaper story about a local man who recently moved here from Portland, Oregon. He’s renting a place that, when he moved in, had about a third of an acre of well-manicured backyard lawn. Not anymore. … Continue reading
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I just wrote a newspaper column titled: …growing “green concrete.” During a stop in Oklahoma City a number of years ago, I met with a man who had turned his quarter-acre lawn in that city into a “permaculture,” with numerous … Continue reading
As I type this, the coronavirus is in 180 countries playing havoc with practically everything. One of those ‘things’ is the global food supply chain. Planting is being delayed. Food import/export markets are being disrupted. Things are breaking down. So… … Continue reading
blogspot.com photo A woman in our neighborhood, who has a perma-culture in her backyard, recommended residents start to plant gardens to, for instance, supplement any shortfalls in food if this coronavirus things goes for awhile. In essence, these would be … Continue reading
Tying up loose ends from the week… At Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia, I talked with one of the farm supervisors, Jerry. He said he’d just read in Acres Magazine that GMOs were actually attacking microbes in … Continue reading
Whenever I’m asked about our environmental stance, I always say that we’re actually “left of the Green Party.” That is, we think sound “environmental stewardship” entails caring for the environment God has given us with the utmost respect. [St. Benedict … Continue reading