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Ask the Permie Pro

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 ...

Still Life with Garden

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 ...

Trip to Bountiful

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 ...

You Got Oatmeal on My Hyacinth

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 ...

Thai from Plot to Plate

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. ...

Deconstructing Broccoli

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. ...

Ask the Permie Pro

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, ...

Ask the Permie Pro

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 ...

For the Birds

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 ...

Saving Our Soil

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. ...