Dear Reader, If you are a practitioner of the gentle and subtle art of 'reading between the lines' you may be interested to know - that perhaps you were right - this blog has become a collision. A mish mash of permaculture practices and personal, daily insights and reflections. At least for now. No apologies, … Continue reading Departure from Chaos
Category: Creatively Use & Respond to Change
Vision is not seeing things as they are but as they will be.
Retrofitting the Suburbs *
Self-reliance. . . It has always been an economic foundation of every society in history, it's just that in the super-charged affluence of the past couple of decades we've managed to suck it dry and shift everything up, into the monetary economy. And when you get economic contraction it's just natural that people start doing … Continue reading Retrofitting the Suburbs *
Rabbit Welfare
Today the rabbit kits are thirteen days of age. Their eyes had now opened and they are moving about. One of the kits was making its first outing into the hutch from the nest. Prodding Blackberry for a bit of milk, though Blackberry was not willing to allow such a treat without the other two … Continue reading Rabbit Welfare
Nothing but Flowers . . .
This used to be real estate Now it's only fields and trees Where, where is the town? Now, it's nothing but flowers The highways and cars Were sacrificed for agriculture I thought that we'd start over But I guess I was wrong - Talking Heads (Nothing but) Flowers I've been looking at our greater … Continue reading Nothing but Flowers . . .
Farmer Wants A Life
“The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words … Continue reading Farmer Wants A Life




