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Must read online library 2

Jan

2013

Soil and Health Library is one of those pages I wish I would have seen when I was back in High School and had nothing better to do with my time than skateboard and play video games. Steve Solomon, the founder, and Justin Crawford, the current librarian, should be given a medal for all the work that ...

Book Shelf: The Hand Sculpted House 2

Jul

2012

I got this book in preparation for a week long natural building workshop I’ll be attending in early August. This is written by pioneers of the American cob renascenceIanto Evans, Michael G. Smith, and Linda Smiley. Just getting into the meat of it, but could not help but post about it. So far it’s inspiring and ...

Vernalization and What it Means for Your Garden

Mar

2011

Soviet agronomist Trofim Lysenko coined the term Jarovization in 1928. This translates to Venalization, vernum being the latin word for spring. This study left my head spinning. What it boils down to is that plants know when to flower in spring because of sensors telling them it’s been cold for a prolonged period of time. ...

Urban Forage Event

Feb

2011

What a great weird day… Last night I went to a friend’s new home. He, with his wife and newborn, just moved much closer to me. It was a “we got the key” party, so Erin and I went. We had a couple of drinks and a whole lot of laughs. Today I woke up ...

Jeremy Rifkin on “the empathic civilization”

Jan

2011

Empathy or apathy? We make the move. I’ve actually got the book and I’ll admit to not having read it yet. It’s quite large. This video however seems to make the case quite well. I’ll read it one day and report back, I promise… Related posts: Must read online library Rob Hopkins and Transition, a ...

Easy “yogurt”

Dec

2010

This is the long story…I heard of Erik Knutzen about two years ago. He did a talk at a local gathering promoting his new (at the time) book. He spoke of water harvesting, brewing spirits, gardening, etc. Needles to say he had my full attention. I bought this book that same night. I gobbled ...

Awesome read! 1

Nov

2010

I just finished reading Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (OK I really just listened to the audio book, thanks Los Angeles Public Library). It is a very insight full and well written book. In it, he goes into detail about three types of meals. One from industrial food, organic, and foraged/hunted. First he talks about ...