By Dick Pierce
Dear Permie Pro, Q: Now that it’s spring, we’re cleaning up our yard. We have a lot of leaves, and we’d like to compost to reduce our family’s contribution ...
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By Cara White Lowrimore Photography by Leigh Jackson
Whether providing food for the needy or instructing a hundred energetic kids at vacation bible school, the members of The First Baptist Church ...
Read more: Still Life with Garden
Last spring, Oriental medicine practitioner Dr. Paddy Tawada had a butternut-squash moment. This very much resembled a lightbulb moment, except the vision that lit up her imagination involved ...
Read more: Trip to Bountiful
Recall, if you will, those old commercials in which someone with a jar of peanut butter crashes into someone with a chocolate bar—serendipity that results in the perfect combination. Something ...
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Story and Photography By Jam Sanitchat
Thai cuisine is a cohesion of clean, distinct flavors—sweet, sour, spicy, salty and bitter—derived from different herbs, spices and vegetables. ...
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Story and Photography By Carol Ann Sayle
Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due Supper Club teaches a class on deconstructing a pig—encouraging folks to use every part of the animal, wasting nothing. ...
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By Dick Pierce
Dear Permaculture, Gardening and Foodie Friends,I hope this is a relaxing time of year for you and for your gardens. Enjoy the spinach, lettuce and greens you planted a while back, ...
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By Dick Pierce
Dear Permie Pro,Q: We are fairly experienced gardeners, but new to Austin. We’ve heard that Austin is great for fall gardening. Sounds like fun. Can you help us get ...
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By Carol Ann Sayle Illustration by Jenna Noel
In Central Texas, September is a major planting month. It starts off, unfortunately, as hot as summer, and often as dry—conditions that make ...
Read more: For the Birds
By Jeremy WaltherPhotography by Jenna Noel
Our poor dirt. In just a few hundred years, the once-fertile crust of Central Texas has been eroded, depleted, abused and completely taken for granted. ...
Read more: Saving Our Soil