Coming to a new community can be difficult, and this is coming from someone who has moved around a lot. Sometimes, though, you just find a good place to grow; the kind of place where everything you need is close if not in reach. Welcome to Decatur, a nest of little towns just outside of Atlanta. Having lived so many places; so many big cities, it is easy to be instantaneously jaded. I am very liberal, verging on bleeding heart liberal, and being in the south...well... The key to starting in any new place, growing in any new place is testing the soil and then developing a plan based on the results. I have long been a proponent of what I call Neo-Permaculture. Permaculture itself relies on people acknowledging their environment and essentially adjusting themselves and the environment in retroactive ways. Let's be honest, the best thing for the earth right now is to give up cars and return, as a whole back to nature. Let's also be honest and realize ...