By Ben on April 30, 2011
Posted in Food, Garden | Tagged cattle, farming, lawn, livestock, Mother Earth News, pest control, pigs, poultry, sheep, sustainable living, weeds |
From Mother Earth News:
Homestead Helpers: Sheep, Cattle, Pigs and Poultry
Livestock aren’t just useful for meat and eggs. They can mow lawns, work garden soil, dig stumps and more!
Lawns first became fashionable in the Middle Ages. Back then, the only alternative to sending flocks of sheep to graze the lawn was hiring men with scythes. Since [...]
By Kevin on May 21, 2010
Posted in DIY, Featured Posts, Garden | Tagged beautification, civil disobedience, environment, guerrilla gardening, marijuana, Seed bombs |
Now we can all be bomb-throwing anarchists without hurting anyone! I came across a recipe for making seed bombs.
Here’s the recipe:
5 parts dry red clay*
3 parts dry organic compost
1 part seed
1 – 2 parts water
*For the clay it is recommended that you use dry potter’s clay. You should be able to obtain this at any [...]
By Harold on April 16, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Food, Garden | Tagged agriculture, cooperative, farmers markets, farming, sustainability |
A great website LocalHarvest, has tools to find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area. One of the features the site offers is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), which is a great way to find a local farmer to buy seasonal food from.
Here is a basic overview listed on [...]
By Harold on April 6, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Food, Garden | Tagged anonymity, environmentalist, fruit, guerrilla gardening, plants, urban, vegetables |
Guerrilla Gardening, is a growing method environmental activists are using, in order to take back abandoned pieces of land, and either beautify it or grow food. This is an example of how individuals, without the permission of the state, can take action in a productive manner that benefits the community as a whole. Among the [...]
