Are you ready for the Cob Cottage? This is a building method so old and so simple that it has been all but forgotten in the rush to synthetics. A cob cottage, cobb, however, might be the ultimate expression of ecological design, a structure so attuned to its surroundings that its creators refer to it as "an ecstatic house."
The Hand Sculpted House.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Friday, January 9, 2015
Ecocentrism
Ecocentrism is how I view the world we inhabit, in other words, non-living things are of equal value to living things, and that the functioning ecosystem is the most important. Consider soil, soil is created through the interaction of rocks and weather, without soil we would not have vegetation, at least as we know and depend upon it.
The stories I will be sharing here are set within this context.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Companion Planting
Next Friday Jan 16, I will look at companion planting.
Companion planting is the idea that certain plants are planted close to other certain plants there will be a mutual benefits to the plants.
Companion planting is the idea that certain plants are planted close to other certain plants there will be a mutual benefits to the plants.
Are You Biocentric, Ecocentric or Anthropocentric?
Biocentrism puts living beings—animals, humans, plants—as the most important.
Ecocentrism notes that non-living things are of equal value to living things, and that the functioning ecosystem is the most important.
Anthropocentrism values human beings alone above all else. (courtesy David Suzuki & Facebook)
What do you believe?
Ecocentrism notes that non-living things are of equal value to living things, and that the functioning ecosystem is the most important.
Anthropocentrism values human beings alone above all else. (courtesy David Suzuki & Facebook)
What do you believe?
Friday, January 2, 2015
2015 Year of the Soil
I maintain two blogs, this one From My Garden, is connected to my weekly column is the local community newspaper, the Tribune. Each week, I will preview here, what the following week's article will be.
For example, 2015 is the Year of the Soil. 2015 has been declared the International Year of Soils by the 68th UN General Assembly (A/RES/68/232). The IYS aims to be a platform for raising awareness of the importance of soils for food security and essential eco-system functions.
My other blog, The Permaculture Gardener, concerns storytelling, permaculture and the nature of reality.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
New Year's Greetings
A new calendar on the wall and 2015 begins. What will the year bring, well, that depends upon you. We set our own stories or live by stories other tell us. What will you do?
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