Here are a few links from around the web that we’ve been passing around.
Here’s a fascinating look at the behavior of plants — including how they look for nutrients, relate to each other, and even scream.
“… Consider the aroma of a sliced tomato, cut flowers, freshly-mowed grass and many other natural scents we cherish.
“What our noses don’t know—and what might trouble a few vegetarians—is that these odors are the plant equivalent of a scream. Plants release this scent as a chemical SOS when a plant faces danger or injury.”
What your garden can teach about cities
“Shifting our built environments from the current linear blocks of car-centric urban sprawl to more integrated human-scale and life-sustaining organisms is not much different in principle than turning a concrete yard into a permaculture plot. We have to think in terms of arrangement of vital nodes, distance between interdependent threads, paths of least resistance, utilizing existing natural conditions, and maximizing water, energy and food sources.”
If only Maine had some castles
Modern, high-quality, energy-efficient apartments in England, close to rural living (and a castle) and urban amenities. Is this what young people want?
The rural English town with the highest quality of life
Rutland’s climate, healthy residents, and weirdly non-British weather make it top the list for quality of life in rural England. How would Maine fare if measured the same way?
Tell us stories about the culture of self-reliant Mainers, the ingenuity of their enterprises, and how they live in connection to their homes, land, animals and community.
