Archive for the ‘Permaculture’ Category
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Caring for vegetables, flowers, berries, etc. is a challenging process. If there isn’t enough sun one day or if Mother Nature decides to shock the environment with an early frost, your plants can be in trouble. In some circumstances, the plants might not recover, and then you lose part or ...
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Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Raising children to live off the grid isn't an easy task, especially when they're going to be around other kids who don't live like your family does. Whether you have younger kids or teenagers, you're going to have some issues along the way. However, the more you make living sustainably ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
The transition from winter to spring isn’t always seamless. Sometimes you will have freezing and thawing cycles that cause damage to plants and even aggravate your sinuses. The rising and lowering barometric pressure can become irritating. However, it’s the days on end or round-the-clock freezing temperatures that can cause damage ...
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Friday, February 25th, 2011
Everything slows down when the temperatures decrease and snow covers the ground, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that your compost bin has to follow suit. You spend all year aerating and keeping your compost pile moist, and it’s important to stay on top of it when everyone else is hibernating. ...
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Within 24 hours, there’s not telling what types of weather you might experience. From warm to cold and from rain to hail, it’s sometimes challenging to forecast what Mother Nature has in store for us on a day to day basis. Planning a garden let alone working outside can be ...
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
During the wintertime, there is a quiet beauty that that covers the land. After the first snowfall, it can be challenging to appreciate the simple, quiet landscape, but if you’re able to see the potential, you will be able to create a garden space that is beautiful from season to ...
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Friday, January 28th, 2011
Peat moss has been a gardener’s friend, because it contains many nutrients. However, how sustainable is it to use peat moss in your garden? If it’s too costly or environmentally harmful to use this material in the garden, eco-conscious gardeners might want to think twice before using it.
Peat moss is ...
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Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Raising chickens in the backyard is one way to ensure that you and your family are eating eggs from organic and vegetarian raised chickens. You can never be too sure what claims on egg cartons are correct unless you’re raising, feeding and caring for the chickens. Even though a backyard ...
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Friday, December 24th, 2010
Permaculture is a way of living and using the earth’s resources in a more balanced way. It’s an approach that mimics the relationships found in natural ecologies, and it enables humanity to live off of the planet in a less destructive and wasteful way. It’s such a basic and common ...
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
Creating a self-sustaining lifestyle inside and outside of your home can be an overwhelming task for even the most innovative, green thumbed individuals. Even cultivating a thriving garden that flourishes from year to year is no easy task, but if relying on renewable resources is a goal that you would ...
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