It is only our limited time frame that creates the whole “natives versus exotics” controversy. Wind animals, sea currents, and continental drift have always dispersed species into new environments... The planet has been awash in surging, swarming species movement since life began. The fact that it is not one great homogeneous tangled weed lot is persuasive testimony to the fact that intact ecosystems are very difficult to invade.

The average yard is both an ecological and agricultural desert. The prime offender is short-mown grass, which offers no habitat and nothing for people except a place to sit, yet sucks down far more water and chemicals than a comparable amount of farmland.

The average yard is both an ecological and agricultural desert.

Vegetarians may be appalled, but much of gardening is actually raising animals: the tiny ones under the earth’s surface.

The plants we’ve chosen will collect and cycle Earth’s minerals, water, and air; shade the soil and renew it with leafy mulch; and yield fruits and greens for people and wildlife.

When you are doing work of value, people will support you in a variety of ways, not just money.

Agriculture is the process of turning eco-systems into people.

Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance.

A culture disconnected from wild nature becomes insane.

It is only our limited time frame that creates the whole "natives versus exotics" controversy. Wind animals, sea currents, and continental drift have always dispersed species into new environments... The planet has been awash in surging , swarming species movement since life began. The fact that it is not one great homogeneous tangled weed lot is persuasive testimony to the fact that intact ecosystems are very difficult to invade.