Punk Gardener

& some of our neighbors really go all out for Halloween!

& did I mention one of my neighbors has a goat tied to their house? Give it up for East Austin, y’all

Dry, dry summer, early cold fall; CenTex gardeners are getting no love. My tomatoes are hanging in there, tho.

The Maker Faire in Austin this weekend was nothing short of inspiring. And packed. It gets bigger each year and it is the start of a movement to reclaim our brains from the passive modes of watching media & shopping (which undoubtedly stimulates the hunter/ seeker in us all) to the active mode of MAKING. [...]

Today is blog action day 2008, a day for bloggers to address the problem of poverty in the world.For more see here:
http://blogactionday.org
Since my blog centers around the issues of green living and localization, that is naturally what my thoughts turn to when the subject of how to fight poverty comes up. I am not [...]

Love it!It so beautiful out now when Mr. Punk Gardener & I take our evening walk around our community (a walk with your family before dinner is an amazing thing to do– free bonding, entertainment & exercise all in one). I love Fall & all the trees in our park mean that the color (as [...]

It was just about a year ago that my Casandra like ravings finally reached culmination & I convinced Mr. Punk Gardener that all the economic collapse & debt bubble induced chaos I’d been going on about for the last year or two was well fraggin’ nigh & we’d better either leave the country asap or [...]

& a tiny bit of wind… long overdue, but it split the main stalk on one of my tomatoes. Merde. I was thinking of splinting it, but Mr. Punk Gardener thinks that will just put more torque on it. Let it be & see if it heals? :/

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