There are so many cooking ingredients that we regularly buy from a store, assuming that they would be too challenging, require specialty...

I originally started this post after the second year of my permaculture forest garden in Western Washington (US Zone 8b), as my original...

Some neighbors and I were recently talking about where to donate items we no longer need/want and how helpful it would be to have a...

Part of permaculture is working with nature, finding balance and sharing with the wildlife around us. When I first started my forest...

Years ago, if you had asked me if I liked ginger, I would have said "no" emphatically. There was just something about that pungent root...

I owe it all to my friend Shane. Years ago she suggested I give cashew butter a try and I thought, "Sure, why not?" That is, until I saw...

I tend to research every purchase and/or project to death before taking the plunge, and my search for a composting system was no...

This spring I was sitting in the garden with my permaculture consultant Mark, chatting about all things food forest. As we were absorbing...

I have a bit of a problem. I abhor shopping but my type-A personality feels the need to research every product I buy, sometimes for hours...

We were blessed to have ten full days on the island of Maui! Some people might think that would be enough time to “see it all,” but trust...