Permaculture News

Tim's Quiet Triumph

"...if Thoreau's dictum 'In wildness is the salvation of the world,' holds any weight, then Tim's life and work has particular relevance for our understanding of 'what works.' That's because, ever since he began breeding work as a teenager, Tim has been fascinated by the interplay of food crops with Nature 'red in tooth and claw.' Arguably no plant breeder alive has surfed the interface between domestic and wild cultures as keenly as he."

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Opening the Oak Door

"...Perhaps this, then, is the great quiet, secret strength of our local oak. Its presence is gifting us an opportunity for a qualitative shift in our sense of aesthetics - to broaden our perception of Life to embrace a deeper understanding of, and respect for, the web of interrelationships which supports us all. What's more, as permaculturists, we perhaps see more clearly than most that the distinction between 'ecological restoration' and the birth of a sustainable local foodshed, is entirely artificial."

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Healthcare as Peacemaking

"...Is our attitude to dandelion fundamentally sane, or have we been uniwittingly seduced into a 'negative baptism' that has demonized one of the most powerful plant allies in our midst?"

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Home-based Healthcare for the Southern Willamette Valley

"...Even in the context of a dominant culture of isolated individuals and reductionist medicine, emerging trends in herbalism are embracing the deeper insights of holism. As it happens, home-based healthcare is where we are seeing the integrative potential of herbalism most potentized and enlivened. This is no mistake, given that home is where we live."

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Seeding Strategies & Tactics for the Southern Willamette Valley Gardener

"...But as experience broadens our understanding of gardening ecology as a whole, a more complex picture emerges. A critical shift in perspective occurs. Now, we no longer see 'efficiency' in terms of 'getting a jumpstart on seeding.' Rather, we recognize an easier and more pracitcal approach in the one most likely to build and sustain momentum over the entire life of the plant and garden, and gardener. Momentum, then, is key."

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