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Inviting in the Bugs: 11 Plants to Increase Garden Diversity
Read MoreThe Good, the bad and the ugly. Gardeners talk about bugs like they are characters in a Western; ladybugs in a white hat, aphids in black. Ecology, however, is much…
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What I’m Reading: Insects and Gardens
Read MoreWe do not see most of the interactions in our gardens: ladybugs and ants wage war, aphids give virgin births and wasps lay their eggs on the backs of caterpillars.…
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Wild Foraging: Cooking With Wild Mustard
Read MoreWild mustard is despised among native plant activist. It smothers native plants and flowers transforming the landscape of the United States. Each plant can produce up to 500 seeds allowing…
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Wild Brew: White Sage and Lime Cider
Read MoreThis recipe for white sage and lime cider is adapted from Pascal Baudar’s The New Wildcrafted Cuisine. This recipe uses one of the most iconic plants of Southern California to…
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What I’m Reading: The New Wildcrafted Cuisine
Read MoreI met Pascal Baudar at a semi-wild park on the edge of the San Fernando Valley. I was there to learn how to make beer from wild plants. Baudar immediately…
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A History of Permaculture and its Movers and Shakers
Read MoreThis is the second part in my permaculture series. Check out Part I: Principles of Permaculture. Permaculture is a process, continually rethought and built upon. It does not belong to…
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The Permaculture Principles
Read MoreI like to start off my ‘Permaculture Introduction’ workshops by mentioning a few things permaculture is not: Permaculture is not a cult. Permaculture is not about gardening. Permaculture is not the…
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What I’m Reading: The One-Straw Revolution
Read MoreYou will recognize the similarity in the name, The One-Straw Revolution, and the name of this website. While I take my name from Paul Cezanne’s quote this book has been…
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A Lion in L.A.: A New Way of Thinking about Wildlife in Los Angeles
Read MoreHunched in the chaparral, pupils wide pulling in the night. The scent of a mule deer drew him here. Tired of raccoon he was anxious for a proper meal. The…
