Coming to a forest near you? Permaculture is a movement that seems, from the outside looking in, to consist of a bunch of nature-worshipping tree-huggers. This is something I say affectionately, as I’m a bit of a tree-hugger myself. Practitioners of permaculture, known affectionately as permies, are often outwardly motivated…

Permaculture has so far been unable to shed the misogyny that adherents often claim does not exist in its ranks. TW: Misogyny, rape Permaculture brands itself as a fairly progressive movement, peaceful and motivated by a desire for an egalitarian post-violence utopia where all people are equal and the environment…

Oenothera biennis has a place in every garden.

The recent rise of Buruli Ulcer in Australia is our fault. The headlines were dramatic. A new flesh-eating disease spread through the Melbourne suburbs and well beyond, disfiguring victims slowly and painfully. The culprit? …

I was lost without it — It would only take a couple of cuts. A pinch of the skin, a push of the blade, and my torment would be over. My attention was laser-focused on the mole that I thought was getting ready to take my life. I could feel it pulsating under my skin, extending…

Timber companies are running an eerie anti-mask propaganda campaign. The last years festivities have included all kinds of things I had never expected — masking up, avoiding my family (like I don’t do that already), and gun-toting idiots wandering my town screaming about pedophiles. What I didn’t expect was to…

Adventures in writing for a content farm and how to make a chunk of change in the process. For those of you who went to college, do you remember writing half-assed essays at 1:00am before the due date? Was that fun? …

Himalayan honeysuckle is a weird plant, at least compared to most of the fruit we eat. It’s a very handsome plant, with cane-like stems that droop down and hold pretty white flowers that are loved by bees. …

Adventures in pruning a most unusual fruit. The medlar is a funny fruit. Intriguing, revolting, seductive, rotten — a fruit that you must allow to go a bit ‘off’ before you can take the first bite. This is a fruit straight out of the Middle Ages, being referenced commonly as…