John Burroughs

"How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days." - John Burroughs

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry David Thoreau

"The bluebird carries the sky on his back." - Henry David Thoreau

Joseph Joubert

"When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees." - Joseph Joubert

Socrates

"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." - Socrates

Charles Baudelaire

"Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest." - Charles Baudelaire

Thornton Wilder

"Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests." - Thornton Wilder

B. C. Forbes

"It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn." - B. C. Forbes

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

"The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever." - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Forest Farming Practices - Deborah B. Hill and Louise E. Buck

Forest Farming Practices - Deborah B. Hill and Louise E. Buck

Growing food with seawater and solar power

Growing food with seawater and solar power

The Japanese practice of 'forest bathing' has scientifically proven health benefits

The Japanese practice of 'forest bathing' has scientifically proven health benefits

Why insect pests love monocultures, and how plant diversity could change that

Why insect pests love monocultures, and how plant diversity could change that

Life Gets Real When the TV Goes Off

Life Gets Real When the TV Goes Off

A Quick How-To for Rendering Your Own Lard, with photos

A Quick How-To for Rendering Your Own Lard, with photos

How to use a Tape Measure to figure out How much your pig weighs.

How to use a Tape Measure to figure out How much your pig weighs.

Why You Should Raise Chickens

Why You Should Raise Chickens

Making an income from a small homestead - 52 ideas to get the brainstorming juices flowing

Making an income from a small homestead - 52 ideas to get the brainstorming juices flowing

Robert Smithson

"Nature is never finished." - Robert Smithson

John Clare

"He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well." - John Clare

H. P. Lovecraft

"But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean." - H. P. Lovecraft

Oliver Cromwell

"Nature can do more than physicians." - Oliver Cromwell

John Donne

"No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face." - John Donne

Gertrude Stein

"Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose." - Gertrude Stein

We’re So Addicted to Our Gadgets That ‘Unplugged’ Tourism Is Booming

We’re So Addicted to Our Gadgets That ‘Unplugged’ Tourism Is Booming

5 Survival Skills You'll Need When Society Collapses

5 Survival Skills You'll Need When Society Collapses

Batteries: Priming, Reconditioning and Care

Batteries: Priming, Reconditioning and Care

Life After Death: Organic Burial Pods Turn Human Bodies into Living Trees

Life After Death: Organic Burial Pods Turn Human Bodies into Living Trees

Bill Mollison obituary in the Guardian

Bill Mollison obituary in the Guardian

How not to prune a fruit tree

How not to prune a fruit tree

Off-grid sustainable Bio-integrated Greenhouse for aquaculture and growing vegetables

Off-grid sustainable Bio-integrated Greenhouse for aquaculture and growing vegetables

Garlic Scape Infused Olive Oil and 5 Great Ways to Use It.

Garlic Scape Infused Olive Oil and 5 Great Ways to Use It.

The Many Ways Farmer's Markets & Small Family Farms Are Essential to Our Future - Small farms are key to reducing greenhouse gases & improving our overall health with better food options.

The Many Ways Farmer's Markets & Small Family Farms Are Essential to Our Future - Small farms are key to reducing greenhouse gases & improving our overall health with better food options.

Still messing with little rabbit water bottles? Try this 5 gallon water system.

Still messing with little rabbit water bottles? Try this 5 gallon water system.

We can't dig our way out of the fossil fuels pit

We can't dig our way out of the fossil fuels pit

Walt Disney

"You can't just let nature run wild." - Walt Disney

An affordable home greenhouse build.

An affordable home greenhouse build.

Judy Garland

"Behind every cloud is another cloud." - Judy Garland

Edward Young

"Read nature; nature is a friend to truth." - Edward Young

Anne Bronte

"A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine." - Anne Bronte

Living on Earth: The Hidden Life of Trees

Living on Earth: The Hidden Life of Trees

Watch a Permaculture Food Forest in Its Infancy Grow Through the Years.

Watch a Permaculture Food Forest in Its Infancy Grow Through the Years.

Jonathan Bates - From Bare Ground to Urban Paradise on One-Tenth of an Acre

Jonathan Bates - From Bare Ground to Urban Paradise on One-Tenth of an Acre

Jacques Yves Cousteau

"We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one." - Jacques Yves Cousteau

Robert Bridges

"I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds." - Robert Bridges

William Allingham

"Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt." - William Allingham

Alexander Pope

"All nature is but art unknown to thee." - Alexander Pope

William Hazlitt

"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts." - William Hazlitt

C. S. Lewis

"Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature." - C. S. Lewis

Rabbits - How I Built a Rabbit Show Carrier Cart on the Cheap! Part 2

Rabbits - How I Built a Rabbit Show Carrier Cart on the Cheap! Part 2

Never Leave the Playground: A great Life Philosophy from Stephen Jepson

Never Leave the Playground: A great Life Philosophy from Stephen Jepson

15 Earth Ships you will love inside and out!

15 Earth Ships you will love inside and out!

Edible Plants You Can Forage For

Edible Plants You Can Forage For

Free hot water from compost

Free hot water from compost

IKEA Unveils Solar-Powered Flat Pack Shelters for Easily Deployable Emergency Housing

IKEA Unveils Solar-Powered Flat Pack Shelters for Easily Deployable Emergency Housing

Perennial wheat is an ecologist’s dream. Soon it may be what’s for dinner.

Perennial wheat is an ecologist’s dream. Soon it may be what’s for dinner.

The Use of Seaweeds Aquaculture for Carbon Sequestration: A Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation

The Use of Seaweeds Aquaculture for Carbon Sequestration: A Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation

Mark Twain

"Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get." - Mark Twain

Tom Lehrer

"Bad weather always looks worse through a window." - Tom Lehrer

Samuel Butler

"Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning." - Samuel Butler

Marcus Tullius Cicero

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Marcus Tullius Cicero