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Eco-Laboratory Wins at GreenBuild
Net zero high rise is a self-contained sustainable community.
Simple, Low-Tech Trick That Keeps Your Greenhouse Warm (and Cool)
Keep your greenhouse above freezing during short cold periods without paying for a heater.
Seeming Green
I first ran into the Green Building Initiative last March at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Building Energy conference in Boston.
The Responsibility of the Corporate World to the Environment
For decades, corporations have been able to skirt past being held accountable for any environmental irresponsibility, and that has helped propel us into a time where pollution is out of control, and our natural resources are at a constant decline. Raising the standards for these faceless corporations is becoming evermore necessary.
Energy Hogs
I am especially concerned with the electricity hogs that keep us burning coal.
Needing Space from my Place
Simran Sethi reflects on her first summer of yard-care and gardening.
Groupon for Greenies: A Site to Save You Money
Green America offers savvy shoppers daily discounts--and reassurance that they're buying green--through GreenDeals.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Redefine
In Simran Sethi's final post, she describes her philosophy on sustainability.
The GO Home Receives 2011 Project of the Year Award From US Green Building Council
GO Home, built by architecture and construction firm G•O Logic LLC, received the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) 2011 LEED for Homes Project of the Year Award.
How to Build a Hoop-style Greenhouse
A "how to" for building a hoop-style greenhouse using PVC pipe and plastic sheeting.
Green Goods: Useful Products and Gifts
An index of previous posts that have referenced green products. These posts have covered building- and home-related products, as well as chocolates, books, and other types of goods. Many of the products mentioned in these posts would make good gifts.
Food is Love
Simran Sethi enjoys the fruits of late summer at a local farm dinner.
$25 DIY Greenhouse
You can build a small greenhouse in an afternoon!
Paint the Town Green
This Friday, Beijing will show off its green improvements when the Olympics begin.
How Do You Know Your Cleaning Products Are Green?
"Green" cleaning products are awash with misleading labels and false claims. Always look for a third-party certification to assure you're buying the healthiest, most environmentally friendly cleaners.
Greendex Study Finds Eco-Friendly Consumer Behavior Increasing Worldwide
Despite the worldwide increase in environmentally friendly lifestyles, the United States still ranks as one of the least eco-friendly consumer societies. Natural Home editor-in-chief Robyn Griggs Lawrence shares ways to green your habits.
False Green Claims On the Rise, Study Finds
TerraChoice's annual Sins of Greenwashing study finds that 95 percent of the products claiming to be green have used vague language, unproven claims and false certification labels.
Winter Is Coming
The cold weather is hitting Virginia early this year and it's time to winterize!
Photo of the Week: Attack of the Snake Gourds
Snake attack! OK, maybe it's just a creative picture of snake gourds. Keep submitting for your chance at Photo of the Week!
Green Faith
Simran Sethi explains how the green faith movement can provide common ground among different groups.
Holiday Hoop House Salad Bar
Potted greens are a good complement to greens in the hoop house soil.
New Season of Greensburg Series About to Begin
See green building in action! The third and final season of the Greensburg TV series is scheduled to begin on May 2, 2010.
Moving On Up
Environmental journalist Simran Sethi investigates the greenest way to move to a new house.
Is Golden Sage Edible?
Stick with culinary sage whenever you don't know if a specific type of sage is edible.
Trying to tend to kids AND a garden.
Get a Head Start With Chitting Potatoes
To make the best use of potato-growing season, use the technique of greensprouting.
The Two Kinds of People
Non-gardeners and gardeners are very, very different creatures.
Choosing Heads for Fall Garlic Planting
Musings on growing and eating garlic, and why you should "Never Eat Your Seed Garlic"!
GreenOx Presents Green Shed Technology for Consumers
Vantem Outdoor Living partners with Lowe's Home Improvement to deliver next generation shed and workspace structures.
Sumatra Chickens at the Poultry Show
I took some of my Sumatra Chickens to two poultry shows and this is what happened.
Google PowerMeter Tracks Energy Consumption
Natural Home editor-in-chief Robyn Griggs Lawrence shares exciting information about the Google PowerMeter, a new device that helps homeowners find ways to reduce their electric bills.
Want Goats? Come to Goat School!
Janice Spaulding teaches goat husbandry both at her farm in Maine, and around the country with her "Goat School."
The Linked Health of Civilizations and the Environment
Abuse of the environment has been linked to the demise of empires.
From File To Knife: Make a Bushcraft Knife Using Simple Tools
Learn how to make your own bushcraft knife using only simple tools and materials, including an old file.
So You Want to Be a Farmer?
In the Spring of 2010, I quit my job as a high school theology teacher, because I wanted to be a farmer. I am now entering my fourth year of full-time farming, even though I had almost no experience farming. Here's how I did it, and some tips to help you on your way.
The Goldenrod is Starting to Bloom in the Beeyard
Goldenrod is starting to bloom in the beeyard now that the cooler weather is on its way.
Are You Growing Anything Outdoors This Time of Year?
Readers share their winter gardening stories.
Backyard Vegetable Gardeners: Go Get a Hoop House for Winter!
It is not difficult to set up a backyard hoop house to extend your growing season. The result is abundant, delicious greens and extra months with your hands in the soil. Share information here on backyard hoop house gardening and cuisine.
Whole Foods Market to Carry Multi-Functional, Eco-Friendly 'GreenBox' from ECOvention
ECOvention, LLC announced today that as of August 2010, more than 30 Whole Foods Market locations in the Rocky Mountain region will use the multi-functional, eco-friendly GreenBox to serve take-away customers at their brick-oven pizza counters.
Goats: Meat Goats
There are so many different "types" of goats! My last post was all about Angora goats and their fiber; this post will be about the meat aspect of goats. So what makes a goat a meat goat?
Goats on Their High Horses
These kids just won't quit! Jumping up and standing on horses is one sure way for goats to get up higher than the rest.
Compost: The Trash That Is Really Treasure
Simran Sethi learns how to compost the right way and explores her composting options.
Watch Goats Playing Rambunctiously on Steel Ribbon (Video)
This video of goats playing shows how simple it is to keep your goat herd entertained.
Voyageur Press Wants to Hear Your Goat Stories
Submit your goat stories for possible book publication.
MAX Update No. 88: The Minimum Windscreen
A video demonstration of MAX's windscreen, which deflects air around the driver's face with minimal aerodynamic drag.
Green Technology Stars at Consumer Electronics Show
Home energy management, electric cars and solar gadgets take starring roles at consumer electronics industry's biggest trade show.
The Case for Using Sustainable Building Materials
Recently, I had an epiphany in a building supply center. Even though I've been in the building trades for over 35 years and made countless trips to purchase building supplies, this trip was different.
After Seeds Have Sprouted in Indoor Greenhouse Trays, Should I Remove the Clear Plastic Lid? And Do I Need to Move Them to Bigger Containers?
A gardening expert discusses what you should do with your seedlings after they sprout in their indoor greenhouse containers.
A Visit to Greensburg
Earlier this month I visited Greensburg, Kan., and toured a few of its many green buildings. Here's what I found.
From Globe to Google Maps
I learned to love the Earth while studying a globe, now I can see it all on Google maps.
Recycled Paper Guide From Greenpeace
Find out what's in your paper products with Greenpeace's Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide.
The Dirty Weather Report
This is an announcement inviting you to participate in a global web cast discussion on climate crisis on November 14, 2012. This is hosted by the Climate Reality Project and Al Gore.
Paraffin-free GoodLight Natural Candles Launches in the United States
Perfect for an evening of socializing out on the deck or an intimate meal at a table for two, GoodLight candles keep the mood bright and the air clean and are now available both online and in stores nationwide.
Candlelit Dinners: Finally, Petroleum-Free!
GoodLight is first to offer sustainable, non-toxic candles for restaurants.
Gruyere Gougeres (Cheese Puffs)
The technique for making these easy cheese puffs is the kind of recipe that every cook should have up her sleeve.
Testing Out the Meadow Creature Broadfork
David Goodman tests the Meadow Creature broadfork on his Florida farm and finds it to be amazing as heck.
What Can You Do In the Next Hour to Get Closer to Your Goals?
When we're trying to achieve our dreams, it can be easy to be overwhelmed by all of the steps between where we are today and where we ultimately want to be. MOTHER EARTH NEWS writer Jenna Woginrich suggests a great idea for a fresh perspective and making your goals more attainable. If you look at the next 60 minutes, what can you do in the next hour to get closer to your goals?
Natural Goat Care
How to use herbs on goats, blends, suggestions, and tips.
The Oregon Megabucks Show!
An all-day adventure to the Oregon Megabucks show!
Weed & Water Wednesday: 10 Green Gifts for Gardeners — All Under $50
Check out this roundup of 10 favorite sustainable gifts for the gardeners on your list — all under $50!
Green Gifts (2.0): New tips and ideas
More tips, ideas, and considerations for choosing green gifts. A sequel/supplement to last year's article!
Meat Goats Two
There is no "one size fits all" bunch of information that works every time in every location, every person, and for every goat.
Goats: You Are What You Eat
"Garbage in, garbage out," is as true to goat nutrition as it is to the computer world and more folks should take heed!
Another Day in Paradise: Life Outside of the Big City
The goat herder extraordinaire, Annie Warmke, talks about the care of breeding bucks, and a life in the day of a goat herder.
Fun Times at Goat School
Maine and Minnesota Goat Schools are over, and a great time was had by all; Janice Spaulding recaps the events and prepares for the next one is in Ohio in September.
Bedbugs and Small Homes: Top Trends of 2010
This year readers were concerned about bedbugs and greenwashing, and everyone wants to know more about smaller homes.
About Honeybees and January… and April…
Ordering bees in January doesn't seem to make sense, until you understand that April is the cruelest month. Plus, if you order bees in January, and then you don't need them - that's just a reason to celebrate! Order early!
Whoops! Heavy Snow vs. The Greenhouse
Cam learns the hard way why it's never a good idea to procrastinate about important jobs!
A Greenhouse: Part Two
The greenhouse takes shape with the help of family.
Let It Shine: Solar Heat for Gardening
The invention of clear window glass allowed the ancient Romans to trap solar energy to enhance their gardening techniques to grow vegetables out of season and exotic non-native plants in Rome. A thousand years later, empire builders in Europe rediscovered the trapping of solar heat with clear window glass so they as well could enjoy the foreign plants in their own back yard and grow native vegetables throughout the year.
Winter Challenges in the Country, Part 2
Suggestions for what to have on hand - and handy - when you hear a storm is heading your way.
Driving Toward Sustainability in a Green Airstream
A California couple is hitting the road in a greened-up Airstream to share and gather lessons on living sustainbly.
Goats: Getting Ready for Goat School!
Getting ready for Goat School is always a daunting task, but once all of our new friends start arriving, we get excited! What a great time learning all about goats!
Alaska Sues Against Protecting Beluga Whales
Governor Sarah Palin announced that the State of Alaska will sue against the decision to place beluga whales on the Endangered Species List.
Goldie: A True Cat Tale
A heart warming story about a feral cat that traveled many miles across harsh terrain to be back to familiar ground.
Clothing Swap
Participate in a clothing swap and make an economic statement
How to Design a Year-Round Solar Greenhouse
How can you create a lush naturally abundant indoor garden year-round? With these 7 simple principles, you can create a greenhouse that is completely self-sufficient, relying only on the sun to provide all of its heating needs. Moreover, solar greenhouses can grow much more than traditional greenhouses - citrus, avocados, guava - using less energy, water and resources.
End-of-Season in the Greenhouse
As winter descends a three-season hoop house is weeded, compost spread, and a straw mulch applied. Next spring will be here soon.
Californian's Savory Spin on Porridge Wins Grand Prize
Merry Graham will help represent Bob's Red Mill in the 2011 Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship in Scotland
After Tornado, Greensburg Reimagined by GreenTown
After Greensburg was destroyed in 2007, the citizens of Greensburg, with the help of GreenTown, have invested in green building for a better tomorrow.
Mulch Madness: Environmentally Friendly Mulch Options
A good layer of environmentally friendly mulch such as eucalyptus, pine bark or cocoa hulls will discourage weeds, keep soil up to 10 degrees cooler and help prevent plant disease. What's your favorite green mulch?
Alpaca Gold Introduces Line of New Organic Fertilizer
Introducing Alpaca-Gold, a new company producing 100% all natural, organic Alpaca fertilizer.
Quit Working So Hard – Plant a Food Forest Instead!
Rather than toiling away with annuals, consider creating an edible perennial food forest.
Cassava: A Reliable Staple for Subtropical Gardeners
Learn how to grow, harvest and process cassava – an amazing staple crop.
Composting for Anarchists
Composting doesn't have to be tough! Learn to make easy compost without the stress.
Summer Apples and MeMa's Applesauce Recipe
Characteristics of early summer apples and an applesauce recipe from MeMa's Bakery in Kansas City.
Ernestine and the Ben Davis Apple
Learn about the Ben Davis Apple, one if not the most important commercial apple of the late 1800s, and get a recipe for Apple Dumplings.
New American Solar Energy Society Director Promises to Get Aggressive
Former Boulder, Colorado, mayor Shaun McGrath, the new head of the American Solar Energy Society, has his work cut out for him.
What Species is a Giant Runt?: Promoting Heritage Breed Poultry
Alexander Goldberg's first blog post, introducing himself, his chickens and his concerns for rare and endangered breeds of poultry. Alexander talks about poultry shows, his work with 4H and support for the Livestock Conservancy.
Living Off Grid - Our Boneyard
How we avoid most clutter but manage to keep good leftover products for future use.
Freezer Pleaser: Launching an Eco-Friendly Way to Keep Ice Cream Cold
Ben & Jerry's teams up with Greenpeace to bring the U.S. a cleaner way of freezing food, especially ice cream.
Freezer Pleaser: Launching an Eco-Friendly Way to Keep Ice Cream Cold
Ben & Jerry's teams up with Greenpeace to bring the U.S. a cleaner way of freezing food, especially ice cream.
How to Tell When Meat is "Off"
Hmmm - not feeling so well. Was it those chicken wings?
Gourmet Garlic: Black Garlic
In the last few years, gourmet black garlic has become an in-demand culinary ingredient. But what exactly is it? And what can you do with it?
Gourmet Garlic: Rocamboles
In the second of this series of blog posts, I'll be discussing what are arguably the caviar of the garlic world: Rocamboles!
Greening the Green Girl
Environmental journalist Simran Sethi talks about buying her first home and discusses what eco-friendly goals she has for her new abode.
Gore Says this is the Year for Action on Climate
Former Vice President Al Gore thinks 2009 needs to be the year that America creates a climate bill. And he's got a plan to back it up!
LEED Platinum Homes and Buildings: Top-Ranking States and Countries
Find out which states and countries have the greatest number of LEED Platinum certified projects, and where the Platinum projects are located. Plus, a list of some LEED Platinum rated homes and residential buildings, with links to case studies.
Choosing a Dairy Goat Breed
A look into each dairy breed, on how much milk each one averages and what to expect in taste.
HOMEGROWN Life: Sticking Together For Winter Goat Breeding
HOMEGROWN Life blogger and Maine dairy farmer Dyan Redick gets through winter — and goat breeding — by taking a page from her herd and sticking together.
Selecting A Herdsire, Part 1
What to look for in a buck, and how to choose a herdsire.
Choosing A Herdsire, Part 3
The third and last part in choosing a herdsire.
Choosing A Herdsire, Part 2
The second part to choosing a herdsire for the dairy goat herd.
Chad Gadya: A Jewish Name for an American Goat?
Chad Gadya. Not just a Jewish song anymore, but now the future name of Goat Song Farm's herdsire.
Goats: Goat School Needs a Class Room!
Goat School needs a class room, visit our Kickstarter project and enjoy our video of Goat School!
Time Flies When You're Having Fun
The summer days are getting longer, and so is the list of barn chores! Goats are kidding, cows are arriving, and a dream of having a raw milk dairy is becoming tangible.
No Rest in the Winter!
Traveling with Goat School on the Road, and learning all about newborn kid hoofs.
Goats: Just Kidding! Part 1
Kidding is quite a process! This blog covers the very first signs of impending birth.
Waiting For Kids...
Overdue does, goats with bloody milk, harried milkmaids... Oh where does it end?! Life isn't ALWAYS roses in the goat life; sometimes it does leave you tired frustrated.
Goats: Still Waiting for 2012 Kids!
No babies yet, so a few anecdotes about Angora kidding,labor
Listen to Your Inner Voice
In each of us is an innervoice that really knows what we want to be and what we want out of life but we continually ignore it for the sake of security or out of fear of failure or a million other reasons. Listen to the innervoice and heed its advice.
The Yule Goat
The Yule Goat is an ancient Scandinavian tradition which predates Christianity. Learn about how our oldest farm animal became the symbol of Christmas.
Goats: A Busy Autumn
Autumn is very busy at Stony Knolls Farm between the Common Ground Fair and Fall Goat School!
The Gourmet Butcher's First Blog
Cole Ward - AKA The Gourmet Butcher - introduces himself
Downsizing - How to Get There
The process of evaluating needs for successful downsizing.
Gardening Challenges
Gardening challenges at high elevation.
What Can I Do With Big Bags of Greens?
An abundance of greens but a shortage of inspiration? Here are some ideas beyond just adding them to salads.
What Are Your Favorite (Unusual) Spring Greens — And What Do You Do With Them?
Readers share information and recipes about their favorite eating and cooking greens.
Grow Sorrel, a Versatile, Lemony Green
Try to grow some sorrel in your garden this season. It has a unique, zesty flavor that adds a zip to many dishes — and it has a long growing season.
Salad Greens to Grow this Summer
If you live in an area with high summer temperatures try growing one of these greens to replace your spinach.
Amazing Cold Weather Greens to Grow
Why and how to grow a variety of cold weather greens in most climates.
Make a Sassier Salad
This spring, try more interesting salads with spicy, crunchy, and colorful greens.
Flatulence to Fuel in Brooklyn
A new wastewater treatment plant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, will use methane gas to produce energy.
In Search of Real Survival
Survivalists and others who yearn for a better way of life, and a better world, would be best served by studying the successful tribal cultures and ways of the past. Based on an interview with Vine Deloria, author of "God is Red."
Be Here Now
Environmental journalist Simran Sethi spends her first night in her new home and reflects on the struggles and triumphs of the journey thus far.
Getting in the Race: An Advocate's Guide to Elections
Advocating for biking during election season can result in the government focusing on bikeability and walkability.
Fight Back Against Fossil Fuels
Read about new legislation that would stop the government from funding the fossil fuel industry. Then, sign your name to the petition and make a difference.
How To Build an Earth-Sheltered Greenhouse
Step-by-step building instructions for a passive solar greenhouse.
And Then There Were Two (Greenhouses)
Cam is trying to extend his growing season with DIY greenhouse structures.
Growing Pineapples Outside the Tropics
As tropical plants go, pineapples are one of the easiest to grow.
How to Garden Without (Much) Money
Learn to think differently and you can grow a garden without breaking the bank.
Seven Amazing Berries for the Subtropics
Can't grow temperate berries? Jump into the tropics with these seven amazing fruits.
Fertilizing Organically On the Cheap
Ways to fertilize organically without breaking the bank.
Four 'Holy Moly I'm Freezing' Keys to Gardening Success
It's freezing out - but that doesn't mean it's time to quit gardening. Learn how fall and winter are the key to next year's gardening success.
Sugar Cane: You CAN Grow It Outside the Tropics (And Make Amazing Syrup!)
If you live in the South, you can grow your own sugar cane. Learn to plant, harvest and make delicious syrup at home!
You Can't Compost Meat (And Other Ridiculous Myths)
Composting doesn't need to be complicated. It's time to throw out the guide book and start letting nature take its course. Meat? No problem. Bread? Don't worry about it. Human waste? Why not? It's easy!
Survival Gardening in the Deep South
Why "hot and humid" doesn't have to equal "sad and lifeless."
Great Fruit Trees for the Deep South: The Persimmon
A profile of Japanese and American persimmons, excellent trees for the deep south.
Add Fungi to Your Homestead Activities
Fungi help your soil, your composting and your plants. Add fungi to your homestead activities and let 'em grow!
Hemp History Week: Should We Outlaw Powdered Sugar, Too?
If the DEA can't tell the difference between hemp and marijuana plants, says a former Kentucky governor, how can it distinguish between powdered sugar and cocaine? Hempsters: Plant the Seed is a must-see movie that gives pro-hemp activists a voice.
New Year's Revolution: Trust in Allah, but Tether Your Camel
We all have dreams but why is it that some are so lucky that they come true?
Golf Cart Modifications and Back Up Generator Failure
Talking about the back up generator failure along with recent golf cart modifications.
Porch Building and Deer Pressure
Porch building tips along with deer pressure notes and golf cart pickup bed instructions.Throw in a 5 foot high chicken wire fence and a rare appearance from a normally camera shy cat named Strider and you've got an idea of what we've been up to.
Mini-Hoop Keeps Seedlings Warm
Baby greenhouse plants are spring babies too, just like the birth of baby animals. Here's a way to keep them warm in the hoophouse.
Only In America
How we focused on attaining our dream homestead.
What Do You Really Want Out of Life?
Creating the life you want, both personally and professionally, requires clear goals. By establishing the direction of your journey and sticking to your goals, you can achieve anything you want.
Redesigning Your Life
Many people admit that their lives haven't turned out the way they'd hoped. Fortunately, it is never too late to re-design and re-create your life so that you live up to your full potential and find the happiness and fulfillment you seek.
What is Ritual Slaughter?
"The Gourmet Butcher" Cole Ward breaks down the meanings of Kosher, Glatt Kosher, and Halal.
Growing Gourmet Garlic, Part 1: Where to Get Seed and How Much to Plant
This is the first in a 5-part series of blogs on the process and issues involved in plating gourmet garlic. Part 1 discusses options for acquiring seed and also provides information regarding calculating the amount of seed required.
Preserving Gourmet Garlic: Freezing Garlic In Oil
Another easy way to enjoy the fresh taste of gourmet garlic year-round is with these convenient cubes!
Gourmet Garlic: Marbled Purple Stripe
In this post, I'll be discussing the Marbled Purple Stripe garlic variety, also known as the 'everyman' of the garlic world!
Gourmet Garlic: Glazed Purple Stripe
Introducing glazed purple stripes, the beauty queens of the garlic world!
What is Gourmet Garlic?
Often at a farmers market you'll see garlic designated as 'gourmet.' But what does this mean? Is it a marketing gimmick? Or is there actually something special behind the name?
Toot-Toot My Own Horn
A new guide-to-meat book.
Gourmet Garlic Curing
Garlic will keep for months if properly cured, allowing you to enjoy it all winter long!
Gourmet Garlic: Asiatics
Asiatic garlic cultivars may be difficult to find, but their great taste and easy-growing nature make them a great choice for garlic lovers and growers alike!
Gourmet Garlic: Silverskins
Silverskins are an ideal garlic for braiding and long-term storage!
Gourmet Garlic: Artichokes
The last of my series of posts discussing the different types of gourmet garlic will explore Artichokes, the giants of the garlic world!
Dormant-Pruning Apples for Strength
Pruning apple trees to a three by three central leader shape for strength against high winds and to prevent fungal infection.
The Search for Lost Apples
The search for the long lost apples of Isaac Bowen Essex, the Fulton County Apple.
Cooking Greens for Greens Haters
The right recipe can convert people who think they don't like cooked greens, or energize cooks in need of fresh ideas. Here we offer a roundup of recipe ideas for garden-fresh greens from arugula to turnips.
USA Today's Top Green Homes: Efficient, Affordable and Beautiful
As Passive House Institute standards up the ante, USA Today's "Best Green Homes of 2010" list reflects Americans' desire for affordability, efficiency and style.
'Grass, Soil, Hope' by Courtney White
"Grass, Soil, Hope" by Courtney White is a new book from Chelsea Green Publishing that discusses combating climate change through land-based carbon sequestration efforts such as composting and increasing biodiversity.
Getting My Goats
One woman's journey from life in urban America to a small town in Austria, then back to a suburban homestead in Dallas on which she tries her hand at keeping dairy goats.
Green Homes: Online Case Studies and Project Profiles
One of the best ways to learn about green homes is to explore real-world examples--by touring homes or reading about them online. This article links to free online collections of case studies and in-depth profiles of green homes.
The Good Life Center
Helen and Scott Nearing's farmstead, near Harborside, Maine, is now The Good Life Center, where you can tour the grounds, listen to lectures and participate in workshops.
Goats: Raising Angora Goats
Angora Goats are not the easiest of the breeds to raise, however, even though the work can be intensive, the rewards are incredible!
Wifi Light Bulbs: Smart Step or High-Tech Clutter?
NXP's wifi light bulb would allow homeowners to turn LED and compact fluorescent lights on and off from anywhere, using any Internet-enabled device. Some say it's the first step toward building "smart" computer-controlled homes. Do we need this?
Super Spring Greens Smoothie Recipe
Get the most out of spring's cheap-but-healthy greens with this easy, nutrient-dense smoothie.
Pro Sports Leagues Embrace Solar Power
The embrace of environmentalism by professional sports provides us all with a new and large opportunity to educate people worldwide about the need to do something, however small it might seem, to protect our biosphere.
The Newest Member At Goat Song Farm
The newest member at Goat Song Farm: A 3 week old, purebred Nubian doeling named 'Rose Of Summer'.
Goats: How Do I Milk My Goat?
Milking is a fun and easy chore! Here are some hints on milking in an easy fashion.
Goats: Spring Goat School is History
Goat School is over for a few months, and now the routine will be a little more normal! Great questions were asked at Goat School and some of those answers are shared.
Goats: Just Kidding! Part 3
Baby kids do not always present in the correct position when descending the birth canal. Learn about the different positions and how to handle them.
Goats: Just Kidding! Part 2
Be prepared for kidding season! Set up your kidding kit ahead of time. This information will help you have the right equipment at your fingertips.
Goats: Just Kidding! Part 4
The babies have arrived, now is the time to take care of all of the other parts of caring for the newborns!
Goat Farming, Not All Lollipops and Rainbows
The tale of Carlotta's last day. A trip to the processor. Real happenings on a goat farm, it's not always lollipops and rainbows.
Goats: Why Raw Goat Milk?
Why raw milk? Why goat milk? Things to consider for good health and nutrition for you family. Also a trick to get stubborn kids to nurse from a bottle.
Goats: Spring Cleaning!
Spring clean up on the farm doesn't only include cleaning fallen branches, but cleaning up the goats too! Getting ready for kidding and making sure the goats are all set is our most important spring task.
Goats: Horns or No Horns
Horns or no horns, that is the question! Why should you disbud your goats, or is it okay to leave the horns on? This post discusses both options with a link to a great article about horns and their beauty.
Goats: New Kids, Finally!
The kids have finally arrived, and we have plenty of photos of them!
Goat School Goes International
Goat School will be traveling to British Columbia and then to Ohio in September.
Which is Better for a Family: A Milk-producing Cow or Goat?
An experienced homesteader discusses the pros and cons of one family keeping either a cow or a goat for their milk supply.
FRONT PORCH: Making your own Homestead Music Coffeehouse
Folksinger Michael Johnathon is on tour nationwide. Visit his homepage: www.MichaelJohnathon.com
Monsanto's False Advertising
Monsanto, the world's largest producer of genetically modified seeds and the toxic herbicides used to drench them, is calling itself a supporter of sustainability. You're kidding, right?
Products in our Future: Bamboo Knives and Cork Yoga Mats
Green products rule at Ambiente 2011, the world's most important consumer goods fair, in Frankfurt, Germany, this week.
Google Case Study: Initiatives
Google can be the most enlightened power-user on the planet. Because it is so successful, and because it uses a lot of electricity, Google has the opportunity to set a new global standard for clean power.
Google Case Study: Is it Contagious?
The company's founders seem to be as proud of the company's culture as they are of its financial success. Can the Google culture persist when the company's economic power declines?
Google Case Study: Is it Beautiful?
Google's mission is making information available. That includes all the beauty in the world (along with everything else, of course).
Google Case Study: Background
Conscientiousness is woven into the company culture, quite intentionally. The more prosperous and powerful the company becomes, the more strident the criticism. Any institution as powerful as Google has great potential for evil, and for good.
Google Case Study: Is it Fair?
Google's unofficial motto, "Don't Be Evil," could be expressed as easily in the positive, "Be Fair."
Google Case Study: Does it Create Abundance?
Abundance is the most fundamental building block in the Google DNA.
Case Study Three: The Juggernaut Google Inc.
The decade between the turn of the millennium and 2010 might justifiably be called the Google Decade. The company may have built more influence in less time than any other human endeavor in history.
Meatless Monday: Hamersley's Bistro Vegetable Tian
Chef Gordon Hamersley's Vegetable Tian makes use of tomatoes, squash and eggplant--all in their prime right now.
Greenhouse Made of Recycled Patio Doors Saves Money and Heat
How to build a greenhouse of used sliding-glass patio doors that is warmer and less expensive than plastic, and keeps out burrowing animals.
The $30 Greenhouse
The joy and sustainability of a greenhouse made of salvaged everything (well, almost).
Building a Cheap Greenhouse
HOMEGROWN Life blogger and Bay Area homesteader Rachel shares how she built a cheap greenhouse out of mostly scavenged materials - and how you can, too.
Protest for Clean Energy
Last weekend more than 12,000 people flocked to Washington, D.C., for a three day demonstration to demand the creation of green jobs, cuts in the country's greenhouse gas emissions and less dependence on fossil fuels.
Solar Activity, Greenhouse Gas Levels and Climate Change on Our Earth
An introduction to Richard Hilderbrand's new blog discussing climate change, plus the first installment. Learn how Earth utilizes greenhouse gases to ensure stable temperatures, or thermal equilibrium, as well as how fluctuations in solar activity relate to changes in global temperatures.
Year-Round Food Production: So Much More Than a Greenhouse
Grow food year round with no operating costs and no waste by using integrated closed loop production in a heat retaining enclosure.
Does Invasive Always Equal Evil?
Taking a new look at non-native invasives, such as wild yams.
Great Fruit Trees for the Deep South, Pt. II: The Loquat
A profile of the wonderfully tough loquat tree.
Great Fruit Trees for the Deep South, Part. III: The Mulberry
A look at the wonderful mulberry tree.
Chaya Is a Tasty Perennial Vegetable
Chaya is one of the most delicious greens you've never tried. Learn to grow and enjoy this wonderful perennial!
A Cartoon on Growing Peaches From Seed
Growing peach pits doesn't get much easier than this.
Developing a Consensus on Human Induced Climate Change
This posting present comments by leading scientific organizations, individual scientists and government leaders pertaining to human induced climate changes. All agree that climate change is anthropogenic and that it has become a serious problem.
A Government Of The People - For The Trout
A brief story of how a creek was damaged and how it was reported to the authorities properly.
A Government Of The People - For The Trout - Sequel
Dealing with a government agency to save a creek.
The Greenest Ceiling Fan Ever--and How to Install and Maintain It
In my quest for the most energy efficient ceiling fan, one model blows the rest away. Now is the time to install ceiling fans for lower electricity bills this summer--here's how.
Creating Your Own Micro-Climate
Creating a micro-climate is an essential tool for your survival and homesteading skills. Making the right micro-climate for your plants specific needs will not only help them survive, but thrive as well.
Spring Planning
Starting flats of seedlings begins this year's growing season.
Composting Toilet Construction and No-Till Gardening Details
talking about building a composting toilet and how well the Seed Swap went on Saturday. Hauling capacity of a golf cart compared to an ATV generated some useful and helpful comments regarding electricity vs internal combustion engines. No till works!
Strength and Resilience: Two Keys to a Happy Life
LIfe is full of adversity. Whether you succumb to it or bounce back is up to you. Knowing that no matter what life throws your way you will emerge stronger will help you become more resilient and stronger and will help you create a happier life
Choose Strength and Happiness
Life presents many challenges, but if you consciously choose to be strong and resilient you can recover more quickly and grow even stronger. Your experiences will make you better able to cope and will help you live a happier, more productive life.
Sometimes Life Has a Better Plan for You
Adversity is a part of life. Enbrace the hard times. Sometimes, adversity can lead to new opportunities that allow us to pursue new paths, sometimes even re-invent our lives. Knowing something good may arise can help us cope with adversity, too.
Good News: U.S. Greenhouse Gases See Record-Setting Decline
For the first time since the U.S. Energy Information Administration began collecting data on greenhouse gas emissions in 1990, the United States saw a record-setting 5.8 percent decline.
Grow Extra-Early Spinach with This Easy Tip
Get an early spinach crop with this easy gardening tip.
Growing Fabulous Lettuce and Greens
If you love salads, lettuce and greens are a great vegetable to grow. They do great in pots or in garden beds. With a few pointers, you can grow salad ingredients for the entire season.
Gingery Pickled Greens that Stay Tasty All Winter Long
Discovering an outsized pickling tub in our shed inspired me to try this tasty local recipe for greens preserved in soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar.
Late October, and the Garden Is Still Going Strong
The Ogden Community Garden winds down, and one gardener marvels at the late October harvest, and on how much the garden has meant to everyone who has helped tend it.
A Year in the Round: A Few Things I've Learned
I've been living in my tipi for almost a month now. Last night, under a chorus of screech owl trills and whinnies, I spent a little time reflecting on some things I've learned about this curious way of living. Enjoy.
How a Dairy Goat Farm Grows
Dairy goat farmer Julia Shewchuck learned a lot about keeping dairy goats in her first few months (and much more since). It was a learning curve too steep to be repeated willingly, but which has saved many other goats' lives since.
The Importance of Goat Watching
Spending the time to get to your goats is more important than you may think
Chevron: Butchering a Goat
Sherry's son worked hard to raise a goat. Read how he, with the help of family and friends, butchered and prepared the meat for a homegrown Chevron treat.
How to Wage War on Worms and Coccidia in Goats
Here are 12 simple tips that will help you to fight the war on worms and coccidia in goats.
Historic Home Produces More Energy Than It Consumes
For less than the cost of an SUV, a Michigan couple rehabbed their historic home to include solar panels and a geothermal system. The 110-year-old house now produces more energy than it needs.
Easy Ways to Save Money
Do easy ways to save money exist? Absolutely! Blissful saving is only a trip to the bulk section away! When you get home from the store, keep track of your finances on Mint.com; then look for Groupon's daily deal. Search the house for unused items and sell them on eBay. Use these tips to start saving today!
Goats: Just Kidding! Part 5
After the kidding is over, we take good care of our girls! And, the babies need to be bottle fed, so here are the instructions on how we feed our kids.
Wabi-Sabi Wednesday: 3 of My Favorite Things
A flea market basket that called to me, my grandmother's hand-embroidered linens and a quilt made by a circle of women in Minnesota are among the wabi-sabi items that I wouldn't want to be without.
Gourmet Garlic Trimming and Cleaning
Your gourmet garlic bulbs are finally out of the ground. Now it's time to prep them for curing!
Gourmet Garlic: Turbans
Is your growing season a bit too short for gourmet garlic? Turban garlic cultivars may be the solution!
Spinach Alternatives: Warm Weather Salad Greens
Is it too hot to grow spinach where you live? Try these fabulous alternatives.
Kidding-Season Tragedy
Preparing for kidding time is always crazy, and sometimes things never go the way you planned.
How to Have Happy and Healthy Goat Babies
How to prepare for a successful kidding season.
Baby Goats
The joys and heartaches that can come with kidding season are a part of life on a goat farm.
Is There Any Way to Keep the Goats Confined Without Putting in a New Fence?
Try this expert advice to keep goats from getting out of the pasture.
Goatie Time!
Of all the baby animals born on the farm — the chicks, lambs, puppies, calves — the goat kids are in a class of their own. Racing, playing, causing mischief, find out what makes kids so much fun and so invigorating to watch.
Wabi-Sabi Wednesday: 4 Ways to Change Your Vision
Learn to let go of associations with price, value, age and prestige and just appreciate beauty without judgment. Nature is the best muse for cultivating wabi-sabi.
Wabi-Sabi Wednesday: Living in Loud Places
Over the past 15 years the noise level in cities has increased sixfold; urban noise doubles every eight to ten years. Even in the country, we can't escape the sound of airplanes and engines. What can you do?
Cool Your House Without AC
Matt and Kelly Grocoff keep cool in Michigan by taking advantage of their 110-year-old home's natural ventilation strategies. It's as easy as opening a couple of strategically placed windows.
Easy Goat's Milk Cheese: Queso Blanca
When you have goats, you need to do something with all that milk. Why not try making Queso Blanco, an easy cheese which tastes great and cooks well.
How to Make Cajeta
How to make cajeta, Mexican-style goat's milk caramel.
Fresh Chevre Cheesecake Recipe
Made from creamy chevre (fresh goat cheese) instead of the typical cream cheese, this surprising cheesecake is sure to please cheese lovers and dessert lovers alike.
Sunflower Cover Crop
Sensor Plug update along with a report on Sunflowers being used as a cover crop and when to properly harvest onions.
Eating Cicadas and Building a Porch
Eating cicadas, building a porch, and hauling lumber for said porch all in the same week with several images of the action as well as some bee installation pictures.
Quick Tip: Preparing Your Potted Garden for a Hard Freeze
Give your pots the protection they need when freezing temperatures arrive with a portable greenhouse. You can also bring in pepper plants for the winter and have fresh peppers indoors.
An Upcycled Greenhouse
Building a greenhouse out of an old carport destined for the dump.
Resolve to Build a Hoophouse This Year
We've been growing in unheated hoophouses for a decade now, and we can't recommend them highly enough for commercial growers. If you have any dreams of market farming, the first thing you should buy is a hoophouse.
A Hoophouse on the Horizon, Part 4: Learning Curve
Gardening for the first time ever in a hoophouse is a lot like gardening elsewhere. But, it is gardening in a whole different climate!
3 Methods for Heating Greenhouses for Free
Smooth out the temperature range in your greenhouse by adopting one of these strategies for heating greenhouses.
The Greenhouse Dream Fulfilled
Cam has been collecting old windows for years and has finally put them together to make a greenhouse!
The Lowdown on Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Compact fluorescent bulbs are very energy efficient, but disposing of them can cause complications because of the mercury in them. It is good to be informed about proper recycling and make informed decisions to minimize greenhouse gases.
Cozy Abode
On the brink of settling into her new home, environmental journalist Simran Sethi shares some tidbits of eco-information, such as how to box and save for the move, and how a few simple changes can make your home cozier and more energy-efficient.
How to Green a McMansion? Tear It Down and Build Two Homes In Its Place
The Reincarnated McMansion Project aims to tear down one inefficient, climate-insensitive suburban house and replace it with two small, green, handcrafted homes.
Attitude of Gratitude
Environmental journalist Simran Sethi stays thankful for what's important in the midst of a big move.
Small Steps Toward Energy Efficiency (and Away From Moving Anxiety)
From switching out light bulbs to bundling up your water heater, environmental journalist, Simran Sethi, shares some simple and stress-free tips on how to save energy in your home.
Five Tips on Gardening With a Living Safety Net
Tired of pests? Here are five tips for knocking 'em back without resorting to pesticides and toxic chemicals.
Discovering Chinese Water Chestnuts
Chinese water chestnuts are a delicious nutty root that are also easy to grow. Learn more in this article!
New Documentary about Car-Free Visionary Could Earn You a New Bicycle
Who the heck is Paul Goodman? The car-free visionary who inspired a new documentary and bicycle contest.
More The Same Than Different - Discussing Top Bar and Standard Hives
Beginning a discussion on top bar hives and standard hives in a question and answer format, getting the best of each for users of both kinds of hives.
Gold Prospecting And Having Fun
Spending a day having fun prospecting for gold, enjoying the outdoors, exploring a ghost town and the high mountains.
Grow a Quick Crop of Lettuce Indoors
Before space beneath your grow light is needed for onions and other early seedlings, fill it with baby lettuce grown in translucent clamshell salad containers.
Visitors and Company
Ed and Laurie struggle with making time for visitors while dealing with all of the daily business and homesteading tasks.
Living Off Grid - Winter Fresh Vegetable Options
A brief description of how we grow fresh vegetables in our long cold winters.
Try This Technique: Grow Lettuce Under Shade
Many gardeners take lettuce off of their summer planting lists, but shade covers can put garden-grown lettuce on your table more than a month sooner this fall.
Day Two Starting Strong
Today's FAIR attendees will be well prepared to grow, make and preserve their own food and, as Joel Salatin encourages, get out of the Industriall food system.
Introducing Find Good Food on HOMEGROWN
HOMEGROWN.org introduces Find Good Food, a new page that includes national and state-by-state resources for locating family farmed eats near you. Read it! Share it! Add to it! Make it your own—and help make it even better.
Living Off Grid - My Year of Blogging
Fun facts about our first year of blogging for Mother Earth News.
Living off Grid - Home Design Features Part 1
Design features we incorporated into our new off grid home.
Best Way to Clean a Goat's Udder (Or Is There?)
There are some questions worth exploring, find out if there is a BEST way to clean your goat's udder before milking.
Goat Milk and Goat Kids
Ilene White Freedman contemplates sharing goat milk with the nursing kid.
Hello From Oregon
An introduction from a goat-crazy Oregonian.
A New Future: Winning a USDA Value-Added Producer Grant
Our little farm received the USDA Value Added Producer Grant and we are embarking on an exciting future. Be with us from start to finish.
2015: The Year of the Goat
In the year of the goat we must compare the personalities and characteristics of goat people with goats.
Meatless Monday Recipe: Polenta with Leeks, Wilted Greens and Mushrooms
Sauteed spring greens and mushrooms dress up polenta in this nutritious, satisfying main dish.
What to Plant Now: Leafy Greens
Sow leafy greens in late summer to reap abundant crops in the fall.
HOMEGROWN Life: Geeking Out on Goats
HOMEGROWN Life blogger and Bay Area homesteader Rachel recounts how she went from half-hearted to full-breed-ahead when it comes to breeding goats.
HOMEGROWN Life: A Bittersweet Month on the Farm
HOMEGROWN Life blogger and Maine dairy farmer Dyan Redick honors the determination of women farmers, even as she observes a bittersweet month on her farm.
A Dairy Goat Homestead: Our First Breeding Season, Part 1
A dairy goat owner chronicles the frustrating beginning of her first breeding season.
Becoming a Modern Day Dairymaid
Follow Sarah Cuthill's search for a dairy mentor and her very first experience milking a goat.
Why You Really Don't Want a Billy Goat
Owning an intact male goat can be difficult, even if you know about their little idiosyncrasies. Learn about (and laugh at) one goat owner's attempt at doing something simple, like switching female goats in a buck pen.
Barn Thieves: Beware Marauding Goat Herds
Goats will get into and out of everything. Some thoughts on why you need to keep your feed secured.
How to Make Money on a Goat Farm (Or Not)
More goat babies and finding ideas to make money on a farm.
Dealing With Goats in Cold Weather
When the temperature drops below zero Fahrenheit, you have to keep an eye on your goats.
A Difficult Goat Kidding
If you have dairy goats and plan on getting milk, inevitably you have to deal with difficult kiddings. Most of the time, you walk in the barn and there's mom and her kids staring at you, all dripping from birth slime. To be honest, that's how I like it. All I have to do is dry the kids, tie off the umbilical cord, and dip it in iodine. Not yesterday.
Goat Fencing 101
Do you know where your Goat is NOW? A quick overview over fencing materials, fencing type, fencing do's and don'ts.
Wethering Heights: Neutering Male Goats
When you have too many bucklings, you need to neuter or wether if you're going to keep them. Here's how I do it.
Predicting Goat Kidding; or, Why My Goats Think I'm Nuts
Since Lulu and Belle had their kids, I'm now waiting on three more does to have their babies. Only, they aren't. So here is how the experts claim you can discover if your goat is going to kid. Only, it's really wishful thinking...
Raining (Goat) Kids
When it rains, it pours, when it comes to kidding goats.
Photo of the Week: Kid on the Farm
Play on the farm in this week's Photo of the Week. Remember to submit your own pictures, and you could be the next Photo of the Week!
On the Farm, a Tale of Sorrow and Hope
Confrontation with life and death situations are unavoidable when living on a farm. Seeing baby animals come into the world is beautiful, but sometimes these beautiful moments can be full of anxiety if things aren't going just right.
Available: Experienced Baby-Goat-Sitters
Cam babysits a baby goat for the weekend.
First Frost
A mysterious "ailment" brings our first frost to the goat pen.
Goat Farming, Part 2: Bringing Your Goats Home
Safely bring a new goat herd home and getting them used to you and their new surroundings.
Summer Peach and Goat Cheese Sandwich
Fresh peaches and creamy goat cheese unite in the perfect summer sandwich.
Cheesemaking Trials
Ilene White Freedman starts her cheesemaking trials with an aged pressed cheddar cheese with goat's milk from the farm.
Flywheel Garlic Bearings
Crushing a truck, harvesting garlic, and fixing a broken flywheel shaft key are just a few of the things that got done over the last week at WaldenEffect.org complete with photos of all the juicy stuff.
Aquaponic Trout and Golf Cart Jousting
Summing up the last week of activity by hitting on a few key stories that might prove note worthy to a few of the homesteading folks out there complete with photo montage of golf cart jousting and aquaponic trout.
Off Grid Homesteading and Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden
Launching Anna's new E book on cover crops in a no till garden and talking about the recent power failure that prompted us to do some Off Grid Homesteading which taught us a few lessons on using golf cart batteries for supplemental lighting.
Make the Best Apple Pie to Chase the Blues and Grays Away
Baking the Great American Apple Pie chases away the blues and grays that sometimes afflict the homestead.
The Comfort of "Why"
It helps us feel better to know "why" things happen, but we don't always get to know that answer...
Just how big should a top bar hive be?
A quick essay regarding the "size" question of a top bar hive, from the bee's point of view - where it's all about the "volume"!
Five Easy-to-Grow Gourmet Vegetables
Growing some of the most delicious and sometimes expensive gourmet vegetables doesn't have to be hard. Artichoke, bronze fennel, kohlrabi, leek, and savoy cabbage are among the vegetables that grow well from seed.
Sun-Lite for Solar Greenhouse Application
Sun-Lite HP for greenhouse glazing provides excellent diffused light.
The Carbon Cycle
This blog explains how the carbon cycle regulates atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide. The blog also discusses how the burning of fossil fuels has disrupted the carbon cycle which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
A Hoophouse on the Horizon
Putting up a hoophouse expands the growing opportunity into the barren winter months. A USDA program is helping market growers purchase a hoophouse to find out if local farmers and consumers reap benefits from extending local growing seasons.
Fossil Fuel and Atmospheric Levels of Carbon Dioxide
We discuss the concept that carbon dioxide released from the burning of fossil fuels is partly responsible for the current atmospheric carbon overload. We also briefly discuss other human activities that contribute to the atmospheric carbon overload.
Senate Starts Hearings For Energy Bill
Since the U.S. House of Represenatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the U.S. Senate started work on its own energy and clilmate change bill.
Thawing Permafrost Could Accelerate Global Warming
A new study finds that warming temperatures will cause up to two-thirds of the earth's permafrost to disappear by 2200, unleashing large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The Arctic Feedback Factor and Climate Change
In this posting we discuss the role of the positive Arctic Feedback Factor in amplfying climate change. We also discuss how this feedback factor triggers the release of methane from the floor of the Arctic Ocean and from the permafrost.
An Aquaponics Greenhouse Makes a Splash for Homesteading Education Month
Andre Armantrout sent us this wonderful update from a Homesteading Education Month event featuring aquaculture at Snowy Pine Ridge, outside Spokane, Wash.
Can You Really Get Goats For Free?
Author Maggie Bonham recounts the various ways she's managed to obtain free goats, including Craigslist ads and trading for chickens.
Teat Dip: A Natural Approach
A chemical-free way to keep goats' teats clean and the milk pure.
Rudimentary Homesteading: Buying Our First Dairy Goat
A new homesteader commits some classic mistakes when buying her first goat.
21 Things You Should Know About Goats Before You Start a Goat Farm
21 things you should know or wish you had known before starting a goat farm.
Preparing for Goat-Kidding Season
One of the most exciting facets of raising goats is when kids are born on your farm. Knowing how to prepare for the grand event makes for a smoother and more successful kidding process.
Cold-Weather Goat Kidding
Hints for kidding in the very cold weather.
My Goats Have Green Thumbs
HOMEGROWN.org blogger and Bay Area homesteader Rachel of Dog Island Farm says keeping animals in the garden improves her soil and fights weeds and pests.
Raising a Pack Goat
Jenna gets a pack goat to help carry gear for hiking trips. Share her experience of buying a buck kid and raising him to be a pack goat.
Rude Goats
There are some goats you don't want, no matter if the price is right. In this case, the goat was free.
Mahmoud, Stone, Abraham and Isaac
The Africans showed up at our door on a sunny, chilly November afternoon. Two men introduced themselves as Stone and Abraham. In the background stood a young woman with a gregarious little boy, Henry, about 2 years old. They were looking for goats.
Goats: Why Having a Buck is a Great Idea!
Why keep a buck? Because they are wonderful, friendly, lovable creatures! Here are all the reasons why having bucks on your property is a good thing.
Goats: It's All In The Names
Often time choosing the right name for your kids is the most difficult part of kidding! Here is a little help on picking out names that are appropriate!
Nourishing Myself (A First Time Homeowner's Guide to Kitchen Renovations)
Simran Sethi describes the choices she made for her eco-friendly kitchen remodel.
Wabi-Sabi Wednesday: From Shakers to Shibui, Feeling Its Influence Through Time
Wabi-sabi has infused Western design for centuries—though its advocates rarely knew it. It's in the plain, efficient homes built by the Shakers, the unsentimental Arts and Crafts style, Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie houses and midcentury furniture.
Wabi-Sabi Wednesday: How to See
Natural beauty is priceless. We can take in and appreciate a great view because we don't have any hope of owning it, and we can't manipulate it. With our egos out of the way, we can learn to simply observe.
One Surefire Way to Create an Enjoyable, Fulfilling Life
Life is full of amazing things and remarkable people that make our lives richer and worthwhile. However, many of us hone in on what's wrong with life and others. Focusing on the good will bring great happiness to you. It will turn your life around.
Hoop House Transformation
The hoophouse on our farm is filled with greens all winter long. It's almost hard to switch gears for summer tomatoes.
Shrimp and (Really Good) Grits with Greens Recipe
Recipe for Southern-style shrimp and grits, made with superb Floriani Red Flint grain corn.
When Spring Gives You Dandelions, Make Dinner!
Far from being weeds, spring's earliest greens are packed with nutrition and help detox the body.
Looking Ahead
Using cold frames for fall salad greens can extend your season of fresh eating.
Meatless Monday Recipe: Nest of Wilted Greens with Sunnyside Up Eggs
Ann Harvey Yonkers, founder of Washington, D.C.'s FreshFarm Markets co-op, nests eggs in a bed of wilted fresh greens for a delicious meatless summertime brunch or dinner.
Spring Greens and Other Things from the Early Vegetable Garden
The mild winter has led to an earlier than usual spring growing season and plenty of surprises in the way of plants making it through the winter that normally would never survive the cold season. Here's a peek at what's growing in my spring garden.
Good Friday Wild Stir Fry
Gathering weeds from your garden or yard can make a quick, healthy spring meal.
Seed Swaps, Seed Saving and Abundant Winter Veggies
Host a community seed swap in honor of "National Seed Swap Day," plan to save your own seeds from the garden this year, and get inspired to cook creatively with winter vegetables.
Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs: The Chicken That Threw Me a Change-Up
According to FDA data, the quantity of antibiotics sold for livestock use in this country continues to rise, topping 29 million pounds in 2011. This has a direct effect on the efficacy these same drugs will have on us. Sam Spitz has personal experience with a resistant illness and FamilyFarmed.org asked him to tell his story. It's a cautionary tale that should have us all making better food choices. Read how we can all influence the campaign to end the misuse of antibiotics in livestock and keep antibiotics working for us when we need them!
Living Off Grid - A Home Made Deep Well Pump
In this blog we share someone else's story about old fashioned home made ingenuity concerning deep well pumps that operate without electricity.
Living Off Grid - An Average Winter Day
A snapshot of winter life living remote and off grid.
Living Off Grid - The Cost Of Water
Costs associated with providing your own water.
Living Off Grid - Working At Home
Things we have done to earn an income from home in a down economy.
Homesteading Month Features Garden Therapy at In a Good Way Farm
Teddi Irwin sent us this great update on a Homesteading Education Month event held at IN A GOOD WAY, a training farm established to use therapeutic methods of farming to improve the lives of Native American men.
Saving A Creek And The Trout Habitat
The final result of a reporting a water violation and having a creek restored.
Living off Grid - Home Design Features Part 2
Things we did to make our new home more sustainable.
Reader Challenge: Comment On Your Cooperative
Our experience with our local cooperative.
Considerations Before Adopting A Dog
How to select and find the right pet for you. Non professional guidelines.
Ft. Garland, Colorado - Part 5
Living in a community that has those who served in the armed forces and make good neighbors.
Look to the East
We Westerners tend to think we've got it all going on when it comes to green living in general, and green building in particular.
Green Clean: Method Cleaning Products Receive Cradle to Cradle Certification
If you still want to do everything you can to make your home healthy—for your family and the planet—take a look at how you clean. Like it or not, we have to clean our homes on a regular basis. Natural Home offers lots of great ideas for making your own healthy, natural cleaning solutions—or look to some of the great green solutions now available at your grocery store.
Drill Powered Plucking Onion Harvest
Describing how to look up tax maps, cutting carrots, and deleting problem tomato plants that only produce insipid fruit. The main attraction this week is our Power Plucker review and how awesome this new product is at saving time when plucking.
Winterizing Tips for Top Bar Hives
This post offers tips for winterizing a top bar hive - insulating, mouse guards, wrapping, closing entrances, protecting from wind. All things you can do to help get them through!
Really Big and Off the Grid
Michael Funk's 6,000-square-foot off-the-grid home and retreat center on 1,200 acres in the Sierra Nevadas is an heirloom, handbuilt with reverence for the spectacle that surrounds it. He hopes it will inspire every visitor to preserve the paradise.
Making the Connection: Honeybees, Food, and You - a TED talk by Christy Hemenway of Gold Star Honeybees
A TED talk by Christy Hemenway of Gold Star Honeybees: Making the Connection: Honeybees, Food, and You.
A Christmas Wish For All, from the honey bee...
A Christmas Wish for all, inspired by the magic of the honey bee.
Top Bar Hives -- It's All About the Wax!!!
This blog post by Christy Hemenway of Gold Star Honeybees describes some techniques for getting bees to draw straight comb in a top bar hive.
Heritage Foods USA Launches Initiative to Support Goat Dairies
Fifteen family farms and over 50 restaurants have committed to participation in No Goat Left Behind, a new program developed by Heritage Foods USA.
Living HOMEGROWN: Goat Adventures -- Bottle Jaw?
Rachel gets a scare with Daisy the goat - is it bottle jaw or something else? A trip to the vet provides some lessons.
Chevron: Cooking Goat Meat
How we prepared and ate all the meat of the goat Caleb raised and butchered.
Comment Before the EPA Rules on Carbon Dioxide
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking comments until Nov. 28 on how it should rule on global warming pollutants.
Putting the Community in a Community Garden
Describes the process of forming a community garden from the physical and energetic standpoints. The power of teamwork, the joy of accomplishment and the building of a feeling of group unity are described.
FTC Regulates Green Marketing
Green marketing faces new regulations from the FTC for the first time since 1998. Natural Home's Editor-in-Chief, Robyn Griggs Lawrence, tells more in "FTC's New Green Marketing Guidelines Go After Greenwashers."
Tell Everyone About a Great Green Nonprofit
Do you support or work for a nonprofit that helps protect the environment or promotes sustainability? Whether it's a small local group or a national one, this month you have the opportunity to help it get recognized in GreatNonprofits' 2012 Green Awards. Here's how.
How Can I Get an Eco-friendly House on a Low Budget?
MOTHER EARTH NEWS' green homes editor offers remodeling advice for home owners interested in reducing their environmental footprint.
Goats: Love is in the Air?
At breeding time, things aren't always what they seem. Sometimes things can really go awry!
Living The Sustainable Life: Interns, Building With Trash, and So Much More
Who would think it's possible to discover the artist in me, incubate a business, plus milk goats, grow a garden...all in one unforgettable summer. I'm a rich woman by any standard.
The Whole Sordid Story of How a Goat Herder is Born
The cold, hard facts about how Annie Warmke, goat herder extraordinnaire, found her calling in a barn with Eleonore Rigby and her two tiny kids.
A Dairy Goat Homestead: Building Our Goat Barn
A homesteading family undertakes Extreme Home Makeover: Goat Edition at the possible expense of their sanity.
The Joys of Raising Dairy Goats
Raising dairy goats has benefits that extend beyond fresh milk and cheese.
Goat Farming, Part 1: Selecting a Goat Breed and Preparing for Arrival
This series of posts chronicles Betty Taylor's adventures in goat farming. This first post covers selecting a goat breed and breeder, costs, and preparing for arrival of my goats.
Applying for a USDA Grant: An Unforgettable Experience
The blog describes the experience of applying for a federal grant and shares some advice for others who might want to follow in those foot steps.
Goat Farming, Part 3: Tragedy and a Hard Lesson Learned
Describes the heartache that can come of now observing and working with nature when raising goats.
A Dairy Goat Homestead: Our First Breeding Season, Part 2
After a rocky start, the second half of breeding season ends happily for both goats and owners.
Cheap Effective Goat Feeder
How to make a cheap hay feeder for goats that cuts down on wasted hay.
Goat Midwifery
Ilene White Freedman's goat is in labor, reminding Ilene of her own natural childbirth experiences.
The Thankful Goat: A Micro-Farm Flourishes (With Recipe)
One woman's vision of a family farm comes to life in her back yard thanks to one friendly goat.
A Buck In The Pen Is Worth Two In The Bush
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Rent spacious and private room 25 m2, for 2 person maximum, in the typical Balinaise Villa : - Private Bedroom, AC, queensize bed, mosquito net, beanbags, table, clear and light with 2 windows. - Private bathroom 15 m2, shower and bath, cold and hot water, private WC. - Private lounge
Shared spacious 160 m2 villa 2 rooms : - Kitchen area, all furnished - Dinner area and open space living room - Tropical garden, exposure sud-est, sun from 6 am to 4 pm. - Pool 7 m x 3 m
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Situated in a calming area in Seminyak but just near the hearth of the center, 3 mm scooter to shop of Jalan Raya Seminyak, restaurant, near Oberoi street, 5 mm scooter beach 66 Kuta, 10 mm beach Petitenget and Batubelig.
Enjoy with the extra services (not included) : - Rent scooter : delivery directly to the villa, - Private driver for excursions. - Trip tour Bali, Gili Island and Lombok - Booking boat ticket - Body relax massage, manicure, pedicure, facial carefulness.
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Respect for the Indonesian law and Balinese Culture… so NO drugs (death penalty in Indonesian). Villa with zen attitude ! Thanks for your comprehension, Your host, Catou
Quiet area !!!! Zen attitude....No drug, No Party in the villa (respect for the local culture and law). Real pleasure to meet travelers but I 'm respect your intimity. If you want I can give you many information for your trip and help you to enjoy in Bali.
Nice spot near downtown Seminyak. Appreciated Catou's recommendations on places to eat and her help organizing transport to the airport at the end of our trip. Really pleasant and tranquil stay, thank you!
thanks so much for your review, I'm appreciate. Best regards, Catou
We were upgraded to a private villa instead of the one bedroom in shared which of course was an awesome surprise. Villa was beautiful & comfortable with great location. However the Internet ran out after an hour or so & we would of needed to pay for more wifi, breakfast is left in the fridge to cook our own (which isn't the worst just unexpected for airbnb). Also don't forget to leave the key in the bathroom door when you leave for the day- Catou was not happy at all that we forgot.
Otherwise beautiful Villa.
Our stay at Catou's villa was great. She upgraded us to private villa. The villa is amazing with nice decor and very comfortable. The outdoor villa garden is really nice and we spent most of our time sitting outside.
Villa is in nice location, about 15 minute walk to the beach and 5 minutes to all the shopping and restaurants. There are many restaurants and app's not too far from the villa.
Catou was there to check us in and explain all the details about ammenties close by. She even arranged driver to pick us up from airport as helped us coordinate ride to our next destination. We only stayed here for two nights and wish we stayed longer.
Hi Shruti, thanks for your king review. Best regards, Catou
beautiful villa and it really peaceful... staff also very helpfull and friendly...more enjoy if u stay in a group of 4... catou guide me even she not around... tq so much and we really feel relaxing in a very peaceful villa ;)
Thanks Nurulhuda. I very happy all is ok with my staff when I'm not here. Best regards
A great stay in a lovely villa! Catou was very responsive on email and offered to move me to Villa Katu which was more central. The villa was very well-equipped and stylish. A great location close to the shopping and restaurant districts. Would recommend staying!
Thanks Kate for your coming and comment... hope see you soon....
I enjoyed the stay at Le Sourire, it was clean, ideal and great staff, I thought it may have been a little far out but was okay, great pool and garden and Catour was very helpful in every way,and will stay there again. Thanks Catour.
Thanks Kay for your review, very enjoy for your welcome
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