San Francisco Bay Area Winter Food Garden Planting Schedule
I love growing my own food. Fortunately, where i live in the San Francisco Bay Area, it is possible to have a flourishing garden outside all year. I found a list of edibles that i can grow throughout the upcoming…
Heirloom Tomato Canning: Soups, Sauces and Salsa
I got a new pressure canner! This means i can now use a dramatically larger range of ingredients for preserving. With the boiling-water-bath technique, only high-acidity or high-sugar foods can be made — tomato sauces, pickles, jams and jellies, etc….
Entheon Village at Burning Man 2008
Most Americans, when cooking at home, take for granted an indefinite supply of hot and cold running water and heat from the burner. In an energy outage or natural disaster, the severance of resources leaves the average person unable to…
What Does It Mean to ‘Green’ an Event?
‘Greening’ is a term that refers to the process of making an event more ecologically responsible. Every event has unique challenges and opportunities, which makes it often difficult to discern the level of effort and fulfillment necessary to really be…
Symbiosis Gathering 2006 Permaculture Intensive
Symbiosis Gathering 2006 4 Day Onsite Permaculture Intensive Course 18 – 21 September 2006 Angels Camp, California Covering Topics of: Basic Permaculture Principles Mycoremediation Animal Husbandry Renewable Resources Agroforestry The Healing Wisdom of Herbs Greywater Systems Swales and Gabons Natural…