There is plenty that you can do. There is some talk about food shortages because of the very hard winter in Mexico and the Southwest where much of our produce comes from. I talked with the produce manager at our local grocery store and he confirmed that the shortage is a reality and is [...]
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FOOD (PRODUCE) SHORTAGE – DON’T PANIC – BE PREPARED
Posted in community, diy, tagged food shortage what to do on February 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
WILDCRAFTING #2: MUGWORT, (bonus plant Wormwood), YARROW AND RED CLOVER. And a little conversation with God and St. Francis on Lawns.
Posted in community, diy, health & beauty, nature, organic, organic gardening, plant identification, tagged Mugwort, red clover, Wildcrafting, wormwood, yarrow on August 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Find it-MUGWORT-ID it Know it http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mugwor61.html I have to tell you Mugwort and Wormwood are very close. They are related and they are both good herbs to wildcraft. So here is a pic and description of Wormwood. Two for the price of one. Find it-WORMWOOD-ID it Know it http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/w/wormwo37.html The leaves on the wormwood are [...]
I Smell Gas
Posted in community, diy, sustainability, sustainable lifestyle, tagged fix a gas leak, gas leaks, gas smell, shut off valve, stinky neighbors on May 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have been smelling gas in the house. Not all the time just occasionally and just faintly. No it’s not Major. Or the cabbage. I was not really worried but it was annoying. I decided to call the gas company and have them check for leaks. I needed the telephone number to call. I thought [...]
How to start a Movement. Just Do It.
Posted in community, diy, GE, Genetically Modified Organism, GM, gmo, sustainability, sustainable lifestyle, tagged starting movements on April 14, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Ring-a-ling, Ring-a- ling, Hello? Just Pick up the phone and dial the number. Send that email. Just do it. The rest will happen. Had my 3-way conference call Friday with Shannon Biggs co-author of Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grass Roots. Shannon Biggs directs the Local Economy project at Global Exchange. As [...]
How to Get GMO’s Labeled. One for All. All for One Flash Movement.
Posted in community, diy, filmmaking, Genetically Modified Organism, GM, gmo, politics, worm bins, tagged flash movement, how to make worm tea., label GMO's, labeling GMO's, worm bins on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My last 6 blogs were about GMO’s. It was a very one sided point of view, mine and about 200 million other people who view GMO’s as a man-made scourge upon the earth not unlike the biblical plague of locust described in Exodus. I didn’t realize until I looked up the biblical reference to locust [...]
Winterizing the Garden
Posted in community, diy, water, tagged birds and winter, compost piles, frost warnings, garlic, helpful hints on winterizing the garden, How-To, keep plants warm, lettuce, mulching, pruning, repotting, weeding, Winter garden, winter gardening on November 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Getting the yard and the house set up with Christmas lights is a great time to think about winterizing the garden. You can put a string of Christmas lights around sensitive plants like the aloes and citrus. When there is a frost warning I take a cotton sheet (with a Hawaiian print) and cover the [...]
BAMBOO: The Mother of all Grassroots
Posted in community, diy, green building, local businesses, money, plant identification, politics, shelter, site updates, sustainability, tagged Bamboo, bamboo as timber, bamboo bridges, bamboo fastest growing woody plants, bamboo feed stock, bamboo food source, bamboo for fun, bamboo for money, Bamboo ground cover, bamboo houses, bamboo tensile strength of steel, David Blume, grassroots, running bamboo, timber bamboo, triple bottom line on October 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
To most people Bamboo is a nuisance at best, a scourge at its worst. Horror stories of running bamboo taking over yards or neighborhoods is a long-standing urban myth. Unlike the Kudzu, http://www.herbreference.com/kudzu.html that has taken over entire southern states bamboo enjoys limited exposure as a ‘Lucky’ plant grown in an 8oz container, or the [...]
Invention is the mother of necessity
Posted in diy, tagged clothesline project update, family, flexibility, fun, How-To, kids on February 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Okay, this is what invention looks like when you decide not to buy a new dryer and use a clothesline exclusively. And it’s raining outside. And you need clean clothes. The kids love it. I’m glad Denette and I are flexible, because we do a LOT of ducking from the kitchen to the living room. [...]
Vinegar…the all natural “Round Up”
Posted in diy, tagged diy, family, fun, natural herbicides, sustainability on January 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
First, I rent. Second, my landlord is awesome. Third, he’s also very much into order and neatness. So, a few months ago he was was doing his usual landscaping check and he noticed some weeds growing up between the cracks of the stones on the back porch. “I’ll take care of those next week,” he [...]
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