Sustainability Blog

I feel the local food movement is getting some legs. I just wrote an article for my friend Scott Horton's mag Permaculture Activist , mu...

The chayote is blooming! It's true California is blessed with an amazing climate. But in my ignorance before embracing permaculture, I t...

The rich soil in the picture above is made of wood chips and urine. Pee-pee ponics promises fertile soil from free resources, and it deliver...

"Bob, I'm not scared of you anymore," the four-year-old says in that fresh, open, non-sequitur way they have. Nearby, her mom ...

Steve and I are in a punctuated discussion. Not long ago, he posted this comment: "Developers use an awful lot of lumber, all sustainab...

We're getting most of our ideas for the garden out of Toby Hemenway's Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture. Aaron,...

It is springtime, and our hearts turn to... gardening! While you can plant year-round in this part of the world, we are taking a break from ...

My subconscious still plays the tape of my mother telling me not to eat plants because they are poisonous. I went on a very pleasant hike ye...

Friday, I found this gem as I wandered around the Oakland side of the estuary. Stephanie Rubin built this combination doghouse and living ro...

You don't have an aphid "problem;" you've got a ladybug deficiency. Are your aphids experiencing a population explosion? C...

We got 2 cubic yards of dirt delivered. My newest housemate and I shlepped it up to the raised beds. She made more trips, but I carried two ...