Back Porch Ecology

Native plant diseases: to treat or not to treat?

Haunted by Honey Fungus

How to deal with Armillaria in the garden.

The Death of the Small Farm

The corporatization of agriculture is destroying our biosphere.

Why was I discouraged from becoming a farmer?

I have a secret. I want to be a farmer.

Little splinters, everywhere

Thing #9,999,999,999 that shouldn’t exist: Plastic Toothpicks.

The Virus With No Name

Hantavirus history, ecology, and prevention.

Permaculture’s misogyny problem

Permaculture has so far been unable to shed the misogyny that adherents often claim does not exist in…

We should homestead the suburbs

Self-sufficiency starts wherever we want it to.

This is why you shouldn’t buy hybrid seed

Hybrid seed sucks. If you value self-sufficiency, I think…