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But will she lay? Review of Keeping Chickens

By Staff Reports | September 18, 2012

A Rhode Island Red Chicken

For the past two years gardening has been my great obsession. I've planted fruit trees, vegetables, and flowers, with great hopes for how beautiful and nourishing they'll be both now and in the years to come. I've even taken on beekeeping and have one beehive near my back porch. The only things missing are chickens. I yearn for a few hens to provide me with fresh eggs as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: backyard chickens, biodynamic gardening, gardening, urban homesteading

Yes, you can bake bread

By Lindsay Curren | February 23, 2012

Fresh Bread

My husband and I are on one heck of a family resilience bender. When we first got married almost three years ago, we focused on insulating our place from attic to basement, shaving 20% off of our heating and cooling expenses. This really adds up. But in the past six months our efforts have turned more to homemaker re-skilling. We've added a rain barrel and composter. He's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Products, Re-skilling Tagged With: food, Lindsay's Yes you can series, reskilling, urban homesteading

Back in the day, urban gardens everywhere

By Erik Curren | January 13, 2012

Village of Catskill, NY

Have you ever walked through your neighborhood, noticed a vacant lot, and wondered why nobody had bothered to plant a garden there, instead of just letting the land sit around empty? Now, of course, plant and insect people will tell you that no land is empty. Even the humblest weedlot plays a role in urban ecology. But I'd wager that few vacant lots are under the control … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: gardening, Rob Hopkins, smart development, urban homesteading, urban orchards

Top 10 peak oil books of 2011

By Erik Curren | December 12, 2011

open book on stack of books

Welcome to our second annual list of the top ten peak oil books. Most of them are explicitly about peak oil, while others deal with energy depletion as a significant factor in the economy or the environment. A couple titles focus on responses to the myriad conundrums that Richard Heinberg has dubbed "peak everything" and that are now converging to create a perfect storm for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Dmitry Orlov, futurology, James Howard Kustler, John Michael Greer, Richard Heinberg, top 10, urban homesteading

The Greenhorns: No fear of farming

By Lindsay Curren | July 12, 2011

Greeenhorns

In US culture, where food is denatured, communication is #txtd, and the majority of us spend most of our time indoors behind computer screens, going back to the land holds an undeniable charm. Many therapists and advocates for a more holisitic life, such as peak oil writer Carolyn Baker, argue that such a draw is healing, and essential to mitigate the most alienating aspects of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Films, Reviews Tagged With: activism, community organizing, cooking, farming, food, urban homesteading

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