I know- what’s up? Two posts in as many days? No worries, it’s not a new trend, I just ran across an idea that I really like and thought I would share. It’s presented really well on the actual site, Global Buckets, so I won’t get into the details but in a nutshell it’s a very simple system [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Bucket Gardening
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alternative gardening, container gardening, Global Buckets on March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Hugelkultur and Other Fun Stuff
Posted in gardening, tagged compost, gardening, hugelkultur, permaculture, polyculture, raised bed gardens, sheet mulching on March 29, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Our weather has me a little concerned. At this time last year we were digging the foundation and rubble trench but here we are buried under several feet of snow with no sign of spring yet. Nevertheless I have started my seeds indoors hoping that any day now we’ll have fantastically warm days that will [...]
Movie Night
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aljazeera, CBC, Dirt: the movie, documentaries, Inside Job: movie, online news on March 18, 2011 | 5 Comments »
We don’t have television. I’m not a big fan. It only depresses me. But we do watch documentaries online and some news programs, between the CBC and Al Jazeera. I don’t know why people subscribe to cable when they can get everything online that’s worth viewing. Anyway- Friday, movie night for a lot of people [...]
Modified Rocket Stove
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alternative wood stove, cook stove, fuel efficient stove, projects, rocket stove, wood stove on March 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
All of the really good ideas we’ve gone with have also been the simplest. Go figure. So we’ve been hammering out a plan for weeks now, trying to decide on the best possible stove top using the least amount of fuel. We worked with ideas using firebricks, and all sorts of designs, and we finally [...]
Another compost bin
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canadian winter, compost, compost bin, humanure on March 14, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Note to self: build extra compost bins before the snow falls. Ah, but what would we do without a challenge? We had three compost bins, two of which are not being added to at the moment, waiting for spring and our trees. Well the third bin is officially full. Overfull. Compost doesn’t really heat up [...]
Preparing for Change
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cost of living, economic downturn, preparedness, preppers, self suffiency, state of economy on March 4, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I’ve been reading about managing Solonetzic soils (again) and getting anxious to get out and start building some new garden beds. Our soil is classified as Solodized Solonetz and without getting into too technical an explanation, it means we have a lot of work ahead. But given all of the work and research by independent [...]
