The Greenman Project

The Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann

Mar

2013

I don’t personally know Scott, however in this post he tells us his story and I can relate. Very much indeed. He curates a very informative podcast and throws some great blog posts in there. Go read and listen to this inspiring Permaculturist and tell me what you think. Related posts: Permaculture resources from Paul ...

Wild Cucumber Season is Here

Mar

2013

You might remember me talking about wild cucumbers before. Well, it’s that time of the year when the Marah Macrocarpus plant begins fruiting. Don’t let this pass you by as these are quite the multi use plants. Related posts: Wild cucumbers, who knew? What do plants, robots, and pizza have in common? Hate Aphids? Here ...

Picture This: Bees on Sunflower

Mar

2013

Sunflowers are considered composite flowers, meaning the flower “head” is actually composed of many smaller flowers. Also they are not heliotropic, or follow the sun, as many people think. This is an old picture, but I thought you might enjoy it. It’s been crazy over here after the hectic move we had. We are still looking into our ...

About SRI and how it could better feed the world

Mar

2013

SRI, originally a rice farming technique developed in Madagascar by French Jesuit Henri de Laulanie, stands for System of Rice Intensification. This system spawns from over twenty years of observation of “deviant” farmers in the area. Instead of espousing the rice paddy‘s traditional approach, this technique: Transplants the seedlings at a very early stage in the ...

Deepening into the path, our third move in three years 2

Feb

2013

After the final part of the west coast trip, we started discussing possible relocation. Having seen so many wonderful places and met so many inspiring people, how could we not? That was, after all, the reason for driving all the way up to Portland. So we sent mail to our new and old friends ...

The eye of the storm

Feb

2013

Today at 5:30 pm we rescue our home from certain death. Updates soon on this epic chapter. [Update] Well here it is. Related posts: A storm is coming Progressing towards the goal

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 ...

The secret to free food, almost 1

Jan

2013

I was recently cooking some veggies and , as I was throwing the scraps into the compost bin, I remembered something I read on one of my favorite blogs. Kelly from Rootsimple mentioned a neat trick. What you do is save the butts, or roots, from your green onions. You then plant them and in a fewdays, ...

The holy trinity of non toxic cleaning products

Jan

2013

As I’m sure you are aware, cleaning products don’t have the best record on the environmental scale. This started, many years ago now, a lucrative “green industry” of cleaning products. Lots of people talk about green cleaning, Oprah, the EPA and the Organic Consumers Association to name a few. This surely is a step in ...

An interesting take on alternative economies

Jan

2013

As you might have noticed on TheGreenmanProject’s FaceBook page, there is a post linking to an article by Permaculture Magazine titled The Moneyless Manifesto. This touches on a subject that’s been on my mind for a while now, money. Now I’m not talking about the usual thoughts… I mean it’s origins, reasons for existing and ...