Wild Tater

Failure is not something to run or hide from. It’s the key to success.

The relationship between plants is a little like the relationship between notes. Some work together, others don’t. But when you find several that work together well, the result is awesome.

The edges of ecosystems have the greatest fertility, and this even applies to microsystems. Using this knowledge in your garden can help you get the most out of your system.

Deep down, how different are we than the plants, animals, water, rocks, and bacteria around us?

There’s that word again: permaculture. What exactly is permaculture? What is it for, and what is it seeking to accomplish?

Every choice you make has an outcome. Imagine two possible choices, with all their outcomes, then set those two possibilities side-by-side. At what point do those possible outcomes converge back into the same destiny? Or do they ever?

Giving the most important things in your life top priority doesn’t take away from the fulfillment of your hopes, goals, and dreams: rather, it protects, supports, and provides necessary motivation for the fulfillment of those efforts. And there are few of life’s priorities greater than building a strong, happy marriage.

That thing you’re getting too much of–the thing you have an excess of, that’s your crop. And if it’s not something that adds something to your own self-reliance or wallet, then find the thing that requires that crop in order to live. For example, if you have a terrible excess of wild unusable grass, get geese. Grass was your crop, […]

Alfalfa is a perennial of the Fabaceae (beans and peas) family, and it was introduced into North America from (probably) the Mediterranean around 1850. Uses: Primary use: eating raw sprouts from seed. Raw alfalfa sprouts are a favorite on salads, in sandwiches, and in soups, or anywhere fresh green peas, lettuce, or spinach might be used. The young leaves and branches (light […]

Also known as pale madwort, (madwort is the common name for all alyssum) Desert Alyssum is a reseeding annual native to Eurasia, introduced into North America. As with other plants, the word wort means medicine, and mad-wort essentially meant, “medicine to treat madness.” Uses: Primary use: Eating the raw leaves. All parts are edible raw or cooked. Yellow alyssum has a rather mild […]