M Christou

A room of one's own to play and create in is a wonderful thing! Looking great - have fun in there!

Hi Helen,

Thanks so much for your book! I got it as soon as I read about it here and am enjoying it very much. I have experienced the same about stepping back and letting nature balance out with a little help from me in the way of planting. But I would not have been able to express it so well!

Kate, with regard to growing grain, you might also want to check out Ecology Action's Booklet 33 on growing grains on a small scale here: http://www.growbiointensive.org/ePubs/ They're in Willits CA and have done a lot of research using bio-intensive methods. The booklet is from 2005 but should still be relevant.

I'm sure this book will help us all shift our mindsets more in the direction of working with nature and stewarding the land we have influence over!

I'm grateful that the people in my life support my growth artistically and in the garden, and that I have a "bit of earth" to work on, to steward and I hope leave better than I found it.

And I'm so thankful for the Internet, because it gives us access to so much helpful information and to like-minded community. Without it, I would not have learned about permaculture as early as I did. I remember well having to go to the library to learn, and while I love libraries, one had to stumble upon something so revolutionary when the area I live in had not much interest in practical ways of improving the environment or the lives of people in any empowering way. I love how people who work with nature are so giving!