Wood for Food: a Primer on Pyrolysis
Smoking is valued nowadays not only for preserving food, but also as a distinct set of flavours that can reflect the landscape of the …
The Bee Hive – An Anarchistic Monarchy?
After a while of being a beekeeper you get more and more amazed by the bees. Their expertise is huge especially if you consider …
How to Plant an Apple Tree the Right Way
How many ways are there to plant a fruit tree? Quite a few, it appears! I’ve been reading up on the topic, reading such …
DIY Bog Butter: A Gastronomic Perspective
This paper was first published in ‘Wrapped and Stuffed: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2012′. The complete Proceedings is available …
Old-Fashioned, Healthy, Lacto-Fermented Soft Drinks: The Real “Real Thing”
My brother John and I share a hobby of brewing lacto-fermented sodas–root beers and ginger ales–which we share among family and friends and occasionally …
This Forest Den Home Only Cost $12 to Build
David Gell has lived comfortably in this forest den for the past 5 years. The home was originally designed and built by an architecture …
Video Tour: Off-Grid Shipping Container Home “Down Under”
Here’s another great off-grid house tour by Kirsten Dirksen. This time she’s out in the Australian bush visiting Paul Chambers and his wife Sarah, …
150 Varieties of Fruit Trees on a .28 Acre Lot
John from Growing Your Greens goes on a field trip to visit Dr. Bob Randall’ Permaculture Food Forest in Suburban Houston, Texas. In this …
Incredible Permaculture Farm Created in Just 3 Years!
Andrew Martin once worked in the finance industry, but after leaving that life, he and his wife Beth moved to New Zealand and developed …
How to Build an Instant Garden
Here’s a very simple instant garden system demonstrated by Geoff Lawton. It’s pretty much the same system I use at the Walden Labs homestead, …