How to grow up to 100#’s of potatoes in 4 sq ft!
Filed under: Gardening, Green Parenting, How To's, Permaculture, Potato Tower, Sheet Mulch | 21 Comments »
Blooming Where You’re Planted
Posted on April 26, 2009 by onestraw
Several Years ago we moved into our current home saying ”We’ll move to a rural home in a few years…”
Our current home is on the freeway- literally: this picture was taken with me leaning on our back fence… which is owned by the D.O.T. Follow the link for the backstory on that. Our land was [...]
Filed under: Counting our Blessings, going off, sustainability | 7 Comments »
Fields, Elysian – Market Garden 2009
Posted on April 18, 2009 by onestraw
2009 Market Garden Plans
Filed under: Green Living, Market Garden 2009, sustainable agriculture | 4 Comments »
Food as Revolution
Posted on April 11, 2009 by onestraw
I keep a sticker on my laptop that reads “Eat like you give a Damn.” That sticker sums it all up succinctly for me: if you are willing to put it in your mouth, you better give it some thought. We are, literally, what we eat after all. Course yesterday at the table my [...]
Filed under: Activism, Green Parenting, going off | 5 Comments »
24 hours
Posted on April 7, 2009 by onestraw
Random snippets from the past 24 hours or so:
Upon visiting my home town after almost 15 years I actually said “Huh. The trees look bigger…”
We took our kids to the only Lego Discovery Center in the country yesterday and it was awesome.
I shopped in the Uber Mall near where I grew up and left feeling [...]
Filed under: Counting our Blessings | 5 Comments »
Specialist v. Generalists
Posted on April 4, 2009 by onestraw
A call for learning generalized skills as descend from Peak Oil.
Filed under: Essays, Permaculture, going off, sustainability | Tagged: Peak Oil, Re Skilling, Transition Towns | 7 Comments »
