Food & Water

Creating a cottage garden

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The early Puritans left their mark on us in a number of ways, some of which make life a series of joyless tasks. Sometimes I think their devotees must write garden books. The tone of many of the how-to books reeks of rules, admonitions, and dicta. How about a garden that is programmed to give you joy, to take care of you?

Climate – Feb 21

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Scientists map CO2 emissions with Google Earth
Climate change to cause dark night of the shoal (fish to migrate)
What does economic “recovery” mean on an extreme weather planet?
Andean glaciers ‘could disappear’: World Bank

Food & agriculture – Feb 19

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Peak oil and food security talk by Patrick Holden of UK Soil Assn
Hamburgers are the Hummers of food in global warming: scientists
How African Farmers are Dealing with Climate Change
U.N. says food production may fall 25 percent by 2050
Massive effort underway to save endangered seeds
Fresh ideas for waste food

“Grazing” the trees on your garden farm

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To reach its full potential, a garden farm should embrace four areas: garden, pasture, tree grove, and the watery domain of pool, pond or creek… Of the four parts, the tree grove usually receives the least attention from garden farmers, which is why I have been writing about it so much…