Tending the Wild

Permaculture guru, Benjamin Fahrer was our guest today. He briefly spoke about his evacuation process from the Big Sur fire. Discussed was the possibility of managing fires with fire breaks, smaller fires throughout the year, and plants that can actually help with fires. Fahrer seems optimistic that our nature system will prevail, yet recommends policy changes which will address managing fires differently; by working with them rather than against them. Interesting. If you want to hear more of Fahrer's ideas check out Wise Earth and drop him an email. He highly recommends the book, Tending to the Wild, by Pat Anderson.

We want to give our deepest thanks to the fire fighters and community members who are helping with the Big Sur fire. Please look at Sur Fire 2008 to offer to volunteer, or to find a volunteer, housing or news on the fire.

Thank you to our callers for sharing your stories today. We picked up a great post-fire tip from Jeff, who worked with the Marble Cone Fire in 1977. Apparently burned soil is a great place to scatter seeded Winter rye. It absolutely flourishes!

Thank you for listening, and have a happy, fire-works free 4th Of July. Lets not start any more fires.

Olana and Deborah