Patty Love opened my eyes and ears at a recent perrmaculture group meeting to the fact of how it is completely unnecessary for EVERYONE to own a complete set of gardening tools, and those of us fortunate to have them, are an under-used community resource, as well as a virtual waste of outright POTENTIAL for return on our tool investments through community acts of trust and respect for personal property as if it was their own investment.

… We cover topics such as (but not limited to) edible landscapes, gardening, farming, renewable energy, green building, local currency, rainwater harvesting, composting, mushrooms, local food, forest gardening, herbalism, "green" living, sustainable economic systems, conservation, community-building, relocalization and transition towns ... (Thanks to the Portland, Maine MeetUp Group (http://www.meetup.com/portlandpermacu...) for this text!) .