A Better Way

I know I promised that I would post about the Sci Am article, and I will, but the mailman brought me my plates today so I’ll share.
Notice the shafts of heavenly light… I’m on a mission from God.
This is actually a very nice segway into the first of my Sci Am commentaries. This one will [...]

The Future is Insight

The title of this blog was intended to work on many levels- some of which are that it plays off of my belief in hybrid technology being a necessary step towards our future, the fact that introspection and mindful planning are critical to our future, and to the fact that the future is literally in [...]

The Prairie Restoration

Followers of this blog understand that some of the energy behind our gardens is coming from a base source: guilt. You see we are urban sprawl. We purchased a spec home 2 years ago after failing to find a farmette that even remotely fit both our budget and our needs, and stand by that decision. [...]

Waste Not…

A funny thing happened on the way to Good Harvest in Peawaukee, WI over the past 2 months. We managed to hit our waste goal of one grocery bag of garbage! An unexpected, but very welcome, side effect of us buying significantly more bulk items and more fresh produce is that the packaging (which gets [...]

We are what we eat.

In case you hadn’t noticed, Mia and I are making a concerted effort to reduce our ecological footprint. Going back to when we lived in Iowa City in ‘97 we started shopping at The Co-op and started to eat more natural foods. This is also when I first started toying with seasonal vegetarianism (Ever the [...]

Patriotism

Today is a special day. Of course it didn’t really used to be, but everything is different now isn’t it? Over the weekend I made an appointment that, with the help of some serendipity, made this morning even more poignant than it looked to be.
There is an organic CSA in the town just [...]

Eco Municipality

A few weeks ago I shared the amazing news that our little community had voted itself the 4th Eco Municipality in WI and then followed that relatively non binding resolution with a more practical one in which we mandated that all new government and commercial developments must be built to LEED Silver Standards, though certification [...]

Someday Gardens

Over the past several months a significant amount of energy has been building in the House of Beo towards doing more concrete things to effect change in our little corner of the world. Much of this had focused on us attaining our dream of founding a micro farm and selling wholesome organic produce to the [...]