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America’s Agricultural History and how to read about it

May

2013

Have you ever read old, early 1900′s, books? They are written with a flare that, I at least think, is inpiring. Recently I found Cornell.edu‘s The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture. These are written in the same style I mentioned and are all about agriculture starting in the 1620′s to 1999. It’s a win win ...

Dave Wilson Nursery informational videos

Apr

2013

If you have never heard of Dave Wilson, then you provably haven’t been to a nursery in your lifetime. They are one of the largest distributors of fruit trees in the United States and have been around since 1938. I just recently stumbled upon their YouTube Channel and it is full of information from maintaining your ...

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 ...

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 ...

Permaculture resources from Paul Wheaton

Sep

2012

Paul Wheaton is a permaculture practitioner that curates permies.com, a youtube channel and an interesting podcast I just stumbled upon. He takes more of a Sepp Holzer aproach to permaculture, here are some of his videos. Go learn something and have fun doing it. Related posts: The Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann Good videos to raise some eye ...

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 ...

No tech, is good tech

Jun

2012

Just felt like sharing with you a cool page full of inspirational projects and info. Low Tech Magazine in their own words “Low-tech Magazine refuses to assume that every problem has a high-tech solution. A simple, sensible, but nevertheless controversial message; high-tech has become the idol of our society.” Check them out and be inspired! ...

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 ...

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 ...