The Big Yellow Farmhouse

Meet the Big Yellow Farm House

This is where we lived for one year in downstate NY, 1 hour outside NYC. This is a journal of the art that was inspired by, and that was, this special haven to our family. Originally this was written to help…

Comfrey — BELIEVE the HYPE!

There’s a plethora of info out there about comfrey but not much detail regarding establishing and managing a…

Monarch Conservation Efforts for Naught?

I feel like I am turning into the Cassandra of the mountains of Mexico, delivering news…

Water: It’s Not Your Problem

I think that anyone living in an area not going through water restrictions needs to read this, and take note of what I am saying, because I am convinced that many people in this country are unaware of just how dire the drought is for some of us, or labour under some belief that…

4 British species that were saved by the EU’s nature directives

‘Die, Country Mouse, Die!’

Rotting rodents, chainsaw envy, and 10 other discovered truths about rural life after six decades in the city

By Martin J. Smith

1. Porcupine quills are one of nature’s most devious creations, constructed in such a way that they…

It’s Time to Face the Dystopian Music

Withstanding Climate Change

Wake up! This is Climate Change

Hermine pummels the eastern U.S. at the end of a summer marked by hurricane, flood, drought, wildfire, scorching heat, and spreading Zika virus — all phenomenon exacerbated by rising global temperatures. So why aren’t Americans discussing climate change more?