Winter Gardening at the White House

Im sitting here all doe-eyed with my hand on
my heart wondering if I have to pinch myself.

Whats going on here?
I really want to be optimistic...I REALLY do.

Greening the Desert Part 2!!!

Greening the Desert II: Greening the Middle East from Craig Mackintosh on Vimeo.

This is about 40 min long, but I promise you that it is
very WELL worth your time. (if youre into permaculture I guess)
It shows what can be done in some of the most unforgiving climates,
and gave me some really hopeful and inspiring moments
about rebuilding the paradise that Earth once was.
Expand to full screen...the quality is pretty solid.

Im building swales with branches and logs around this little meadow
right now and it is COLD outside. But im sweating from all
the walking around and carrying stuff.

Anyways...I definitely recommend that video above.
Food forests are the future, likely thru sheer necessity...
but those that can jump on earlier will enjoy life MUCH
more in this upcoming decade.
What a decade we just went thru right?
Like...the best ever and the worst ever?
Well, the bad stuff is nothing new.

Here is to the new decade filled with food forests,
local organic produce, complete nonviolence,
and month-long adventures instead of the 40hr work- week
...why not 20...or 4?

Plan your decade, include some tree planting.

Madventures Ayahuasca

I know some of you will get a kick out of this.



These guys are originally from Finland if youre
wondering about the accent.

Those icaros that the Shamans are singing are SO beautiful.

*There's a decent amount of throwing up in this vid - just so you know*

Dolores Cannon on Coast to Coast

This is Golden. If the weather is bad,
spend a little time with these.













if youre still on it you know where to go for the rest.

AMAZING right??

I clipped brush from the forest garden
in fresh air for 6 hours....highly recommended!

Mice in the dome greenhouse! Who can blame them??

Meet the Natives

I watched this last night with my friend,
and if there was a show on TV right now
that I could recommend it is this.

This is the episode we watched: Montana.
If there is a better argument for raising animals
on grass and natural foods, please share.

I wonder if the makers of the show really
wanted to subversively show the insanity of factory
farms when they had the idea of bringing these guys there.

To see the reactions of the men about injecting the cows with
medicines and feeding them bad food is just priceless.

I would highly recommend watching this show.

If you want a preview from the Travel Channel site, click HERE.
I would actually watch that first, then watch the whole show below.











One native man tells the American farmer -
"Your cow would taste much better if it ate grass"

hahahahahahaha

This show gives us a pure perspective on the
screwed up nature of the American life...
I thank the travel channel for showing people
the insanity of factory farming,
even though not a negative word was said,
the reactions of the native men and the video really drives it home.