We are spending a weekend in Berea, KY for a festival involving lots of workshops and music… and high temperatures.
We didn’t bring a bullet so we just have tent camping and these high-60s night temps… so I’m not bringing a sleeping bag.
Climbing beans for your garden
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicgardening/gh_beans.php
Living out of a storage container… and how.
A Chicken coop and a garden on top. #efficiency maximum.
Avg American Diet requires 1.2 acres of land
I could probably do it on half that.
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…work on your own land is more rewarding than any paycheck from a boss you’ll never even meet.
Purifying water on your homestead
“Many people have water/rain barrels for the purpose of keeping and storing water. Rain barrels can serve the purpose of storing water for the garden and for household usage if necessary. The problem with rain barrel water is that it can have all kinds of contaminants in it from sitting in the barrels for extended periods of time. It is for this reason that every homestead should have a water filter/purifier.”
Could you use your own pooh for fertilizer?
Mishelle Shepard can… and thinks we all will someday.
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Is there not some irony in using social media to market for a local farmer’s network? I think not, proof that their is a greater reach in the arms of the web… and we all will connect to the larger community via social media outlets.
How can feeding the large wheel of internet-connectedness help my inner need to bring people back to their earth and home gardens, as well as their communities? How do we use what may have initially separated us to bring us back home?
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