A Backyard Bioshelter
...row avocados! You can keep up with what he’s doing on his blog at permaculturegreenhouse.com. Thanks to the Natural Building Blog for the link....
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White Sage and Bees and our other sage friends
...chest high, but like to fall over, like this one: Clary sage has medicinal uses, but I’ve not tried it for anything myself. I’ve also heard you can make fritters of the leaves….which is interesting. Of course, I’d eat just about anything if it was made into a fritter. And last but not least is my culinary sage, tucked in with some thyme and mint, and beleaguered by the nasturtium. It’s not flashy, but its strong and knows what it’s about. It’s als...
The Vermont Sail Freight Project
Vermont farmer and baker Erik Andrus not only uses draft horses on his farm and to deliver baked goods, but also plans on reviving the lost art of shipping freight under sail power. Andrus has a Kickstarter going to fund the the consturction of a 39 foot sailing vesel, the “Ceres” which will carry 12 tons of rice and other shelf-stable goods from Ferrisburgh, Vermont to New York City. The Ceres is already under construction and is due to start sa...
Lady Urine, Water Conservation and Halfway Humanure
...mous female reader, telling us how she adds urine to her compost pile. She uses an inexpensive funnel from an auto-supply store. (Auto parts for lady parts?) This funnel has a handle, which is convenient. But I’m not sure how to interpret the look of the thing. It’s sort of disturbingly medical-techno. The advantage of this type of funnel over, say, a kitchen funnel, is that it has a very long nose or nozzle. This, she explained, allows her to nea...
The world sends us garbage. We send back music.
...http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fXynrsrTKbI#! Via Lloyd’s blog an inspiring story from Paraguay about a children’s orchestra that uses instruments made from trash....