Field Notes & Rotten Articles
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Two kinds of content. Field Notes — practical guides, plant deep-dives, and soil science worth knowing. Rotten Articles — satire sharp enough to leave a mark. Both aim at the same target: the gap between what we're told and what's actually happening in the dirt.
A brief and extremely dumb history of lawns — and how a status symbol survived long enough to become enforced.
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Three million acres of pesticide-soaked monoculture so wealthy men can LARP as athletes. Here's how permaculture could fix it.
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Water purification, protein production, and why we keep fighting free solutions.
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While coastal cities sink, one island grows. It's self-building, sea-level resistant, fully furnished, and priced to move. Introducing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — civilization's finest unintentional achievement.
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Lake Huron looks crystal clear because the web is collapsing underneath. Clarity isn't redemption—it's a death mask.
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How one man slashed global CO₂ using nothing but horses, composite bows, and a remarkably effective approach to eliminating emissions at the source.
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Lawns are thirsty, loud, and biologically bankrupt. Mulch the monoculture and seed the chaos.
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Most plant problems don't start with a lack of nutrients — they start with how those nutrients are delivered.
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Stop buying what your system can generate. Most fertility already exists on-site — the difference is whether you keep it or throw it away.
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Re-evaluating a Misclassified Aquatic Resource.
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Why plant families matter for companion planting, crop rotation, pest cycles, guild design, seed saving, and resilient food systems.
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Turn kitchen scraps into living, microbe-rich compost with red wigglers (Eisenia fetida). Setup, feeding, harvesting, and fixes.
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Soil isn’t dirt—it’s a living engine. How microbes, structure, and regenerative practices drive fertility, carbon storage, and resilience.
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What Moringa oleifera is, why it’s praised nutritionally, traditional uses, and practical ways to include it—plus a few cautions.
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DIY worm bin setup: drill the tote, add bedding, feed red wigglers, harvest castings. Simple, cheap, indoor-friendly.
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What turmeric is, why people use it, and practical ways to add it to food and daily routines—plus tips to improve absorption.
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Mollison’s ethics, water-and-soil design, ecological indicators, and quietly radical tactics for creating regenerative systems.
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