Tag: nature
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Epicurean Living: The Chicken Issue!
The latest edition of Epicurean Living is now available for free online viewing or download. I’ve dubbed this one the “chicken issue” since I devoted the entire Epicurean homesteading section to the subject. There are also details on using all five senses in the garden and some easy ways to engage with the ecology where…
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Pathways For Your Homestead Potager
When you see past the pretty flowers and profuse plantings, you’ll discover that every garden has bones and secrets buried beneath. A garden’s design and its underlying infrastructure dictate how well it works and how much work it takes to maintain that garden. The Beaten Path For example, when I visit a garden that has…
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Simple Vermicomposting
All organic gardens start with compost. That’s why, in our last post, we started saving materials to make compost in a 5 gallon bucket. In this post, we’ll take a few more simple steps in the compost-making process. There are many different ways of making compost ranging from easy to elaborate. I am going to…
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The Importance of Observation
How did we figure things out before the internet? Did we learn at school? In the US, children weren’t required to attend school until about 100 years ago. As such, schools have only been a source of learning for large populations in recent times. Did we learn from books? Books have been around for thousands…