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Skeeter’s Newsletter
Video: Michael Pilarski Interviewed: The Life and Times of a Permaculture Wizard
Water for the Recovery of the Climate: A New Water Paradigm
Some Planetary Regeneration Thoughts
Hot off the Press! Three new books on proposed solutions to the climate crises
Global Earth Repair Foundation News
Global Earth Repair Charter
Indigenous News
Global Earth Repair - Plan B: Paradise out of Disaster
The Great Turning Starts with Regenerating the Amazon Forest
Video: How to Grow and Harvest Catnip with Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski
Video: How to Harvest Wild Lettuce with Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski
Medicinal Herb Micro-Farming Workshop - Spring session
Medicinal Herb Micro-Farming Workshop - Summer session
Medicinal Herb Micro-Farming Workshop - Fall session
2022 Friends of the Trees Botanicals Plant & Tree Sale - Chimacum
2022 Friends of the Trees Botanicals Plant & Tree Sale - Twisp
2022 Friends of the Trees Botanicals Plant & Tree Sale - Tonasket
We are excited to announce our new website!
Seeking Part-Time Office Assistant Manager - Global Earth Repair Foundation
Friends of the Trees Botanicals - Apprenticeships 2022 FILLED
Book: Tony Rinaudo – The Forest Maker (and two short videos)
Friends of the Trees Seed Service Catalog from 1984/1985
Global Drylands Library – Curated by Michael Pilarski
Video: Restoring Water and Soils in Arid Australia – Walter Jehne at Drylands Permaculture Course – Zoom Interview
Fall special! Fresh Tree Seeds
Ethics, Ecology and Sovereignty - The Renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty
Seasonal Tree Maintenance Plan for the Pacific Northwest
Creating New Forests for Medicinal Plants
Video: How to Create and Restore Robust Ecosystems
Beekeeping in Ecotopia and Common Name Index & Honey-plant Bloom Chart
Harvest Schedule for Fresh Herbs & Roots
Drylands Permaculture Design Course (Updated 06-26-2021)
Our Sales Coordinator has a New Email Address
Agroforestry on Clearcuts in the Pacific Northwest
Monsanto's Worst Nightmare, Exposing the Green Revolution: Vandana Shiva
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Northwest Permaculture Conferences
Check Out Friends of the Trees’ Spring 2021 Schedule - Workshops and Plant Sales
Video: Leah Penniman – Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism and Seeding Sovereignty
Video: How to Harvest and Process Lungwort with Michael Pilarski
Video: How to Harvest Licorice Fern with Michael Pilarski
Hands on Hugelkultur Workshop Facilitated by Michael Pilarski, Ashley Kehl and Gene Eisele
Video: Cottonwood Buds with Michael Pilarski
How to deal with a hernia?
Friends of the Trees Botanicals - Part-Time Apprenticeship 2021
Plant Cunning Podcast with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
Rehydrating Landscapes - Great Info
1000 Crops for Northwest Growers
Lynx Vilden, the Woman Who Lives 200,000 Years in the Past
Great Band from Russia
10 Ways to Honor Indigenous Wisdom from Farmer's Footprint
Friends of the Trees Botanicals - Fresh & Dry Herbs WHOLESALE Catalog
Video: More info on Sweet Annie (Artemisia annua)
Video: 25 Year Agroforestry Planting with Michael Pilarski
Herb Stores in the Pacific Northwest Directory
Friends of the Trees Botanicals Farm - Seed Catalog
Habiba Community and Ecosystem Restoration Camp Sinai, Egypt.
Video: Are you into permaculture? Want to go to Kauai but can’t do it right now?
5G From Space Could Accelerate Deforestation and Kill Insects
Video: How to Grow Burdock (Gobo) with Michael Pilarski
Video: How to Harvest Hawthorn Berry with Michael Pilarski
Video: Growing White Sage in Washington with Michael Pilarski
Video: Growing and Harvesting Tulsi / Holy Basil with Michael Pilarski
Video: Lomatium Dissectum Root How to Process with Michael Pilarski
Video: Eco Restoration at Hotlum Camp, Shasta - A Restorative Chat with John D. Liu and Michael Pilarski
Video: Hugelkultur Variations with Michael Pilarski
Video: Asafoetida with Michael Pilarski
Friends Of The Trees Botanicals Dry Herb Inventory July 1, 2020
Feeding People in Hard Times: What does permaculture have to offer?
Video: Ecosystem Restoration Camps & Wild Plants Webinar with Michael Pilarski
Video: Medicinal Plants in Permaculture Systems Webinar with Michael Pilarski
Video: Medicinal Trees & Shrubs Webinar with Michael Pilarski
Video: Medicinal Weeds Webinar with Michael Pilarski
Video: Growing Anti-Viral Herbs Webinar with Michael Pilarski
A Synopsis of Michael Pilarski’s 30 years of Planting and Tending Agroforestry Systems, a documentary
Video: Harvesting Nettle with Michael Pilarski
COVID-19 and Local Food Production >> Read More
Catalog: Friends of the Trees Botanicals 2020 Plant Sale
Friends of the Trees Botanicals - 2020 Catalog - Fresh and Dry Herbs
From the archives: The Well-Rounded Permaculturist
Climate Conference Was a Great Success—for the Fossil-Fuel Industry
Blessings for Earth-Healers
Video: Will this be Humanity's Fate?
Letter from Santiago: Regeneration Now - Regeneration International
Video: Ho Shou Wu Root "Fo-ti root" with Michael Pilarski
Video: Joe Pye Weed with Michael Pilarski
9-11 Never Forget
Philippines Passes Law Requiring Students to Plant 10 Trees if They Want to Graduate
Video: Hugelkultur Berm Planting 2019 with Michael Pilarski
Friends of the Trees Botanicals - 2019 Catalog - Fresh and Dry Herbs
The Power of One: Essay I wrote for The Moon Magazine
Ecosystem Restoration Camps Membership Drive
Video: Finnriver Medicinal Agroforestry Farm 2nd year with Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski
Video: Medicinal Agroforestry Farm 3rd year with Michael Pilarski
Setting prices for botanicals in the herbal marketplace
Soil Conference, June 14, 2018, Chimacum Grange - Report and list of participants
Reversing Degenerative Diseases thru Soil Regeneration
Video: Hoedad Planting into Sheet Mulch
Video: The Magnificent Turkey Rhubarb
Alder Pollen Report
Morning Birdsong, May 29, 2018
Video: Agroforestry Concepts in the Kauai Food Forest
Video: Harvesting Hawthorn Flowers with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
Market Assessment for Medicinal Crops as of February 17, 2018 - Assessment by Michael Pilarski
Video: Medicinal Plants Propagation
Video: Healing the Soil by Felicia Cowden
2018 Sale: Herb Propagation Material
My Herb Farming Business for Sale
Video: Wildcrafting Butterbur with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
Resist! Resist the slaughter of the world!
2018 Catalog of Dry Herbs
Wildcrafting Hoop 2017 – One person’s journey
Humans Are Blind to Imminent Environmental Collapse
1st annual North Olympic Peninsula Farmers Convergence & Mixer Post Convergence Report
December 3 Update: North Olympic Peninsula Farmers Convergence & Mixer
November 30 Update: North Olympic Peninsula Farmers Convergence & Mixer
Solstice heralds regeneration. Gift your loved ones or yourselves with the knowledge. Permaculture Books for Sale On-line
November 18 Update: North Olympic Peninsula Farmers Convergence & Mixer
Friends of the Trees Botanicals - Dried Herbs in Stock - November 16, 2017
Guest Blog Post: A New Armistice Day
Guest Post: The Protected Trees Initiative
Video: Harvesting Black Cohosh with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski Parts 1 and 2
Guest Post: Please Help Fund the Community Rights Movement
Video: Harvesting Lithospermum (Stoneseed) with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
Video: Wildcrafting Oregon Grape Root with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
Video: How to Harvest Spilanthes!
Video: Milky Oats and Oat Straw Harvest
Friends of the Trees Botanicals Farm, 2017 Seed Crop
Books on Herb Growing - Book reviews by Michael Pilarski
The 7th Inland Northwest Permaculture Convergence is Upon Us
Video: Skullcap Harvest with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
Schooling the World Documentary Film
Video: Hugelkultur Berm Planting 2017 with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
Video: Elderberry Propagation with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
Video: Harvesting Arnica Cordifolia in Washington's North Cascades
AWAKE, A Dream From Standing Rock Documentary - Must See!
A Visit to Two Medicinal Herb Gardens
Books on Herb Growing (and more)
Medicinal Herb Growing & Wildcrafting Seminar April 1 Update
UPDATE: Medicinal Herb Growing & Wildcrafting Seminar
Herb Seed Companies in the USA and CANADA
Wildcrafting Resources
Medicinal Plant List - Plants Michael Pilarski has grown and wildcrafted
Updated: BARTER FAIRE SUMMIT & Training
The Mother Lode of Black Cohosh
Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) as an understory crop in an apple orchard
Two Medicinal Agroforestry Planting Mixes
Update on Michael Pilarski’s Herb Classes
Friends of the Trees Botanicals 2017 Catalog - Fresh and Dry Herbs
A Synopsis of Michael Pilarski’s 30 years of Planting and Tending Agroforestry Systems, a documentary
Earth Repair and Agriculture on Soils with Heavy Metal Contamination
FRIENDS OF THE TREES BOTANICALS 2017 SEED LIST
Nettle Root Harvesting - In the Wild and on the Farm
Bill Mollison is dead. Long live Bill Mollison!
Wild, Recombinant Fruit & Nut Forests of the Lower Clearwater River, Idaho
"The main thing is the networking"
Two book reviews and some politics
A Russian Warning. “A Looming Third World War”
Three Herbal Articles for Spring 2016
Testimonials, and Suggestions for improvements: 2016 MHG&MC
Read Michael Pilarski's post-confernce wrap-up letter
Interesting Bits and Pieces can be Found in the Herb Blog
PLANTS AVAILABLE at the CONFERENCE
Clean Water Proposal for the World
Thank you for Registering as a Website User
Anyone looking for a permaculture tropical paradise to buy in Panama? Or perhaps on Maui?
Herbalists in the Pacific Northwest
Herb Schools in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest Herbal Directory
2015 Herb Gatherings in the Pacific Northwest
Syntropic Agriculture
Herbalscaping: Medicinal Plant Permacalture Design Course with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
Book Review: Intercropping and the Scientific Basis of Traditional Agriculture
Herb Stores in the Pacific Northwest 2016
NORTHWEST HERB FARMS
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Test Smooth Scroll
Test Wdnville PDC
$1,500 Yield ($4.25 a Square Foot) From Selling a Weed - Despite Grasshopper Plague
1974 to 2016: Gatherings Started by Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski
Two Book Reviews: "The Maya Forest Garden" and "Wild Product Governance"
Trees and Shrubs of Value in the Maritime Pacific Northwest of North America
Let me introduce you to John D. Liu
Some Crop Categories and Crops For North Temperate Climates
Spokane, The Edible City: Proposal by Michael Pilarski, Friends of the Trees Society
A Dream Report: The night of February 2/3, 2015
World's Poorest President: José Mujica, Uruguay
EARTH REPAIR INSTITUTE - A prospectus. Version #1, January 2, 2015
Integrating Permaculture into Farming Systems: Patterning a New Agriculture A workshop at Washington Tilth’s T-40 Conference, November 8, 2014 - Notes for Michael Pilarski’s presentation
Permaculture Jobs and Interns Link-up Service
2015 Herb Gatherings in the Pacific Northwest
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Going organic. Bhutan and Kerala, India set the pace
Permaculture Directory for the Maritime Pacific Northwest by Michael Pilarski
THE BIG PICTURE - Book Review: "Energy Basis for Man and Nature" by Howard T. Odum and Elisabeth C. Odum
North American Permaculture Convergence: An epic opportunity!
Methane, the Gakkel Ridge and Human Survival
Michael Pilarski’s 2014 Schedule
I highly recommend that people interested in their family’s and communities’ survival study permaculture.
Guest Article: The Devolution of the Seas - The Consequences of Oceanic Destruction
The role of wild food plants in indigenous and contemporary diets
Networking Pre- and Post-Internet - Plus a Review: Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land
Permaculture and Fairies: A Perspective
The Five Stages of Collapse - Survivors’ Toolkit By Dmitry Orlov, 2013. New Society Publishers.
Introducing Dr. Arden Anderson
North American Permaculture Convergence: An idea whose time has come?
History of the Permaculture Movement in North America
Employment, Unemployment, and Misemployment in the United States - Building a new economic system based on useful jobs
Pine Nuts for Food and Edible Oil
Sustenance & Ecology on the Edge - A Permaculture View of One Plant Community
A Proposal for a Green Tea Party: Putting Together a Winning 3rd Party Coalition
Russia’s Anastasia and Permaculture
Scales of Permaculture Gatherings
INLAND NORTHWEST PERMACULTURE CONFERENCE
Report on a Seattle Conference Cultivating Regional Food Security
Paradigm Shifts Happening Now
A Permaculture Approach to County and Regional Planning
The Northwest Herbal Fair Rides Again!
A HISTORY OF PERMACULTURE GATHERINGS HELD IN THE UNITED STATES & CANADA
Rooftop Greenhouses and Gardens
POVERTY CONSCIOUSNESS
BUILDING THE NEW ECONOMIES: SOME THOUGHTS AND RESOURCES
A Permaculture Approach to Food Production
The Struggle for the World Food Noosphere
Permaculture principles, methodology and web resources
A Carbon Sequestration Proposal for the World - Based on Reforestation, Improved Ecosystem Management & Increasing Soil Carbon Levels in Farm Soils
A CARBON SEQUESTRATION PROPOSAL FOR THE WORLD
The Well-Rounded Permaculturist
The Fairy & Human Relations Congress
Permaculture Strategies Applied to some North American Landscapes: Cross-country on Amtrak
The Role of Home Gardens in Feeding the World & Sequestering Carbon
TOWARDS A POSITIVE WORLDVIEW
Aspects of Permaculture and Some Practical Techniques
Feeding People in Hard Times: What does permaculture have to offer?
LOCAL FOOD SECURITY IN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON STATE
WORLD PEAK FOOD PRODUCTION
Sheet Mulching