Open Source Seeds

Vandana Shiva discusses savings seeds, sharing knowledge, and open source software. (Via Bifurcated Carrots.)

I've been having a lot of discussions regarding seeds and seed saving recently, with people who are "not the type. This is quite fascinating when you consider how unpopular the topic of seeds was just a couple of years ago.

Permaculture Video

There is a pretty good permaculture video on YouTube (chopped into six parts). It is awesome and loaded with information.

Permaculture is a super way to grow a garden-- less effort and more yield. It's more a system design tool and almost a worldview. Nothing cultish, just common sense really. Very progressive stuff.

Here are the videos:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

A plus: I won't tell you where, but you will come across hilarious 80's nerd rap about permaculture somewhere there.