What’s going on in sustainability:
A year passes, another begins, the earth renews itself. As you can see, it is so incredibly hard to avoid cliche when talking about the passage of yet another year. And it’s especially hard to not subscribe some transcendent importance when looking back over a decade of so much change. But [...]

What’s going on in sustainability:
Today marks the one year anniversary of the end of my life on the road and the beginning of building my homestead. Although I’ll share with everyone what I’ve learned over this past year in next week’s end of the year article, I would like to share my thoughts of this [...]

What’s going on in sustainability:
Ah, the holidays are upon us. As I’ve said, this is my first fall in many years where I am living in one place in the north, and I’ve been soaking up every little bit the holidays have to offer. But even though I feel that I’ve really settled down, I [...]

One of Philly’s cornerstone venues, The Fire, has recently fallen on some hard times, and as one of the countless bands that have darkened the stage there, we felt like we should show some support.  If you love Philly music, then you should too!  There’s gonna be a big ol’ benefit this Sunday at The [...]

What’s in the ground:
As I said, this section will probably disappear soon, as the season moves on and the soil renews itself. But I had to pat myself on the back. After a nasty little snow storm on Saturday in Philadelphia, and watching my partner’s nasturtium totally wilt, I thought my lettuce was good enough [...]

What’s in the ground:
This will be the last garden related note I post, as the season is slowly winding to an end and I would like to spend the weeks before the holidays helping turn all of your hard work into great presents. Your garlic should be planted, your greens sheetmulched and everything else pulled out of [...]