Suburban Permaculture Project

It occurred to me, as I was visiting a friends whose permaculture project is further along than mine, that you all might want to read about what other people are doing, if only to see that it isn't just us. Plus, of course, all of us can learn from each other what works and what doesn't, and you never know where the next "oh, of course!" idea will come from.

I have contacted two people directly, email will be sent this week to a third, to ask them to participate. If you are reading this, and I haven't contacted you, but you would be willing to share with us what you are doing with your urban/suburban/rural lot to convert it to permaculture or xeriscape or wildlife habitat, please contact me. I'll send you the interview questions and a personal email address where you can send pictures to be included (no identifying house numbers or street names please--let's be internet safe).

Of course, there are many ways to live greener or more simply that don't involve converting your yard, as I was recently reminded on the [gogreenbcs] yahoo list, and every one of them counts. I'd love to hear what you, our patient readers, have been doing. So if you please, leave a comment here, tell us what you and your household do to help the earth! I'll add that information to my "informal and highly unscientific survey" post (coming soon to a blog near you).

remember 1+1+1+1+1..... and pretty soon we are talking real numbers. What you do counts, even if all you do is something "tiny", it matters.

So what do you do?