Monthly Archives: November 2015

Here is a great article on plant associations and communities. The same idea as companion planting but on a Permaculture scale :-) http://www.vegetariat.com/2015/11/plant-guilds-work-1/ [Quote] The Southern California hills and mountains there are small forests of tall shrubs called California lilac, … Continue reading →

The following is a comment on something I was re-editing that I saw and read again. I like it so much I’m going to post it again because I think building community amongst Permaculture people is incredibly important but it’s … Continue reading →

Here is one way of looking at it :-) Even though its intent is a sushi dinner, it won’t be able to catch more than maybe one or two at best. It’s mostly hoping for little chorus frogs and tadpoles. … Continue reading →

The article http://m.sfgate.com/news/article/UC-Davis-scientist-develop-a-clever-way-to-6596426.php is about diverting large amounts of rain water into farmland and letting it then percolate into the soil and recharge the groundwater supply. Wow really clever idea let’s divert as much water as possible into the most … Continue reading →

[quote]Sulfoxaflor is a systemic insecticide which acts as an insect neurotoxin and is a member a class of chemicals called sulfoximines which act on the central nervous system of insects. …. Because sulfoxaflor binds much more strongly to insect neuron … Continue reading →

So I was talking to a friend the other day who works for a large water company and they told me that the company was currently spraying an herbicide known as Habitat around our water supply (reservoirs and such) rather … Continue reading →