The Greenman Project

Interesting Technique

Jan

2012

This video shows an “emergency” way to back feed your generator to your home electrical breaker panel. Not sure it’s safe, but it’s clever enough to entertain the thought. Related posts: Energy Matters Home made power Energy tracking achieved The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Organic!

Jan

2012

New and updating, welcome to 2012 3

Jan

2012

We’ve been out of town for a while, visiting Erin’s family over on the east coast. How awesome was your Christmas and New Year? Mine was just perfect! We’ve been looking into the logistics of buying land and building codes etc. It’s not an easily traveled road. Land buying is not generally given any love ...

There is no such thing as waste

Dec

2011

How fun was that? Thanks Permaculture Planet Have a good weekend. For me its Permaculture Design Course this weekend! Related posts: Intro to Permaculture Design DVD Greening the dessert Happy new moon Permaculture resources from Paul Wheaton

YES! 2

Nov

2011

The other day I was chatting with my friend Aaron, and he mentioned a cool magazine he’s been looking at. YES! is the publication I speak of. They are right up my alley, maybe even yours. Also they have a buy one get one free deal for their yearly subscription. No this is not spam, and ...

Cool Home Design 1

Nov

2011

We’ve been busy here at home. Friends from Israel dropped by for a stay. They have been traveling all over the US. One of the stops they made was at Natural Spaces Domes. They are a Minnesota based Geodesic Dome Home design family business. After talking with the family, my friends decided to make one ...

Good people, Great stuff!

Nov

2011

Ever heard of The Urban Farming Guys? They are a group of about twenty families who, purposely, moved to a bad neighborhood in Kansas. Why, you might ask, would someone do this? They are creating a mashup between creating community, going back to the land and reviving a neighborhood. They have many great videos that ...

Wild cucumbers, who knew? 1

Oct

2011

If you have ever looked around the, even semi, wild part of your city then you will most likely have ran into the versatile wild cucumber. This amazing vining plant is found all over western North America. These are the species that are found in California. I literally see these at least ten times a ...

Give a hoot 5

Oct

2011

Since building the fortress, I’ve learned some hard lessons here on the land. Per instance, gophers are not the only animals that think my garden bed is a all you can eat buffet. We also have deer and bunnies. As cute as all these creatures are… Related posts: Planting time Goodbye Cruel World The Sociable ...

The return of the “Booch” part 2

Sep

2011

This is part two of a how to brew your very own kombucha. You might want to look at part one first. Once your concoction smells or tastes more vinegary than sweet you can start (This is really more of a trial and error thing). Again, cleanliness is key. Get a ladle and scoop out ...