Announcing Our New Solar Cooking Initiative
...begin learning how to use it, one recipe at a time. Are any of you solar chefs? Any advice? Horror stories? Favorite resources?...
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Science, Blogging and Peaches
...subjects our underfunded Extension Services could look at if they had more resources. Right now they have to concentrate on commercial agriculture with backyard horticulture taking a distant second. Until Musk has that low-tech road to Damascus experience, we may have to crowd-source some answers ourselves. While still anecdotal, I really appreciate your comments on my posts. It may not be scientific but it’s a start. And, of course, it’s always g...
Hidey Holes and Hooch Hounds
...ition sparked a lot of creativity in the 1920s even among those with fewer resources than Ned Doheny. I sometimes wonder if the trend for built in ironing boards and breakfast nook benches in 1920s era homes had a dual purpose? I also wonder if we’ll see another hidden cabinet trend if marijuana prohibition returns. In case that happens, here’s just a few clever hacks from the 1920s: “I’m just carrying a load of bricks officer.” Too bad everyone l...
119 A Chat With the Gardenerd
...ips for Organic Gardening Success: A Decade of Tricks, Tools, Recipes, and Resources from Gardenerd.com. During the podcast we discuss: Chip Drop Free Little Library Front yard fruit trees Bee rescues Michael Thiele Celeriac Loofa Jicama Styrian hulless pumpkins Piteba Nut and Seed Oil Expeller Oil press Sow True Seed In Defense of Okra Tomato varieties: stupice, yellow perfection, Azoychka , Tess’s Landrace, Tigerela, Yellow pear, black cherry, J...
An Awareness of What is Missing
...are harnessing acedia to sell us crap we don’t need and harvest our personal data for their financial gain. But I also don’t want to come off as a Luddite. I like the community that this blog has formed, as well as the great people I’ve met through resources like Meetup.com. And I know a few people who use social media in a very positive and uplifting way (which should, perhaps, be the subject of a future blog post). So what do you think? What ski...