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http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewild/aquatic/report-sacramento-delta-no-longer-a-delta.html Well I haven’t posted here in a while but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been active. I have continued to work with wonderful people and permaculture. I saw this article the other day. I have been saying for a … Continue reading →

Well it seems like ages since I posted but part of that time I have been working on a talk to try to give an overview and perspective of Permaculture and Microbiology. The flyer is attached below. And here is … Continue reading →

http://thespacereporter.com/2014/05/the-clandestine-colonization-of-microbes-in-space/ Sigh! Wow! It would “create new life” No, it will contaminate someone else’s planet with organisms from our world . We have the potential to completely destroy someone else’s ecosystem. We will never know if mars’, or Europa’s life … Continue reading →

That was the opening line for my original San Diego Permaculture – Facebook post. It then continued with the following quote. For us, post-fire logging is the last and worst thing you should ever do in a forest, said Chad … Continue reading →

State May Declare Unique NorCal Fish Threatened http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewild/fish/state-may-declare-unique-norcal-fish-threatened.html A quote from the above article – And the lake’s fringing wetlands, which provide crucial habitat for juvenile hitch, have been reduced as well, from about 9,000 acres in the 19th Century … Continue reading →

I bought some milkweed seeds from a new seed company. And _again_ they didn’t grow. They also obviously had a fungus associated with them. As soon as I put them on damp soil, damp paper towel, anything damp the fungus … Continue reading →

Let’s all jump up and down now and scream and panic. Let’s panic and let CalFire have so much more power to tell homeowners to spray more Roundup and butcher more ecology. Like they told me. They told me to … Continue reading →

http://www.thewestsidestory.net/2014/07/09/14128/bird-population-decline-likely-due-controversial-pesticide/ “researchers noticed that in areas where surface-water concentrations is high and a certain neonicotinoid called imidacloprid is being sprayed, bird populations are dropping at about 3.5 percent a year.” Hmmmmmm it couldn’t be that they are neurotoxins Spread the … Continue reading →

Permaculture is about sustainability. And in my opinion cruel and unusual treatment of animals should not be sustainable. So I have recently become a vegetarian based on how poorly – carelessly – thoughtlessly – terribly – most food animals are … Continue reading →

I took these pictures the other day and ended up sending them to Miranda Kennedy, who is in charge of the Finch Frolic Garden Facebook web pages. https://m.facebook.com/pages/Finch-Frolic-Garden/251343911703713?_rdr She sent me the following wonderful response. > The fly is definitely … Continue reading →