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By dbarnhart on November 19, 2008 | No Comments
The Urban Hennery has issued The Dark Days Challenge.
The challenge will run from November 15 to March 15. The Rules:
- Cook one meal a week featuring at least 90% local ingredients.
- You define local - the standard definitions range from 100, to 150 to 200 miles.
- Ingredients can be things you grew and preserved yourself, sourced from local farms and markets, or purchased at the store
- Write about the meals you cook, your challenges finding ingredients, why you’re eating local or whatever else strikes your fancy for each recap. Photos are optional.
- Include friends and family in your sourcing and eating as possible.
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By dbarnhart on November 18, 2008 | No Comments
For an average lawn, a mower works just fine, but for fire-prone slopes or polluted landfills, an increasing number of cities are turning to a rugged biological machine: the goat. -
By dbarnhart on November 17, 2008 | No Comments
One-third of an acre planted with corn, squash, green beans, broccoli, pumpkins and sunflowers where grass once grew at San Diego City College is an urban farm project that could revolutionize residential landscaping throughout the county, says Karon Klipple, an assistant math professor.
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By dbarnhart on November 16, 2008 | No Comments
Actually, Blogger Dave probably won’t be doing much of the farming. The green thumb in the family belongs to Blogger Dave’s Wife, Merry Ann.The landscapers are done. Part of their work was to create two raised beds for vegetables. (Yes, the raised beds were necessary. Six inches below ground level it’s like concrete.) The black tubing you see is T-Tape and it’s connected to the automatic irrigation system. It’s a couple of months late, but we are going to try:
Beets
Carrots
Leeks
Peas
Swiss Chard
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By dbarnhart on November 11, 2008 | No Comments
So Much Ground, So Little Time.
That’s the lament of many homeowners who wish they could turn a few square feet of their backyard into a source of fresh fruits and vegetables. I’ve often herd people wonder out loud if they could simply hire someone to do it for them. In San Francisco, now you can.
Trevor Paque calls his business ‘MyFarm’. He and his helpers currently farm 55 backyards. For time-starved residents, MyFarm is a way to get organic produce grown steps from their kitchen without having to touch a trowel. For yardless neighbors, it lets them effectively buy a share of their neighbors’ gardens.
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By dbarnhart on November 10, 2008 | No Comments
The Urban Ecoist brought my attention to a site containing a summary of the city codes across the country affecting the raising of chickens:
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By dbarnhart on October 31, 2008 | No Comments
Energy Boomer has a great article about what to look for when buying windows.
Here in Arizona, you should pay the most attention to the window’s Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC) rating. The SHGC is the fraction of incident solar radiation admitted through a window. SHGC is expressed as a number between 0 and 1. The lower a window’s solar heat gain coefficient, the less solar heat it transmits.
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By dbarnhart on October 30, 2008 | No Comments
I hate mowing. I’ve hated since I was a kid. Here’s a device that you just put out like the cat and it mows the lawn for you. -
By dbarnhart on October 29, 2008 | No Comments
Do you have a great idea about helping the environment by making your home more energy-efficient? Make a video about it and submit it to Home Depot’s Save Money. Save Energy. Win Big contest.
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By dbarnhart on October 28, 2008 | No Comments
Have your Permaculture Design Certificate? Ready to take your Permaculture practice to the next level? This course is for you. You will learn new skills and a new way of looking at Permaculture design, practice, and presentation:
- Practice pattern understanding with new tools- learn to see projects in a new way, and how they nest within diverse community scales and contexts.
- Explore how to use simple, clear presentation methods, as well as efficient ways to partner with design teams on larger projects.
- Study dynamic real world case histories of Permaculture projects, including projects in other cultures.
- Enhance your understanding of the often neglected “Zone 0″ of Permaculture Design
- Learn how to create working teams which enhance and empower communities to find their own sustainable solutions.
- Practice effective communication skills with clients and the public
- Learn more about working with government and non government organizations and non-profits
Dates: One long weekend - November 7th, 8th, and 9th.
Cost: $325 Fee includes all course materials and delicious natural snacks each day made from local foods. Although the course is non-residential, accommodations to stay the weekend may be made with the course host (contact Barbara Rose for lodging and/or camping info) -
brosearth@aol.com
(520) 572-7221
Location: Dancing Rocks Permaculture Community, fifteen miles north of downtown Tucson.
Contact Barbara for more info on the site and directions.
Teaching Team: Joel Glanzberg, Regenesis, Santa Fe, New Mexico.See the Regenesis website at.http://www.regenesisgroup.com
To register contact Dan Dorsey, 624-8030, dorsey@dakotacom.net
http://www.sonoranpermaculture.org/members/dan-dorsey
You can view our full listing of courses for Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 at
http://www.sonoranpermaculture.org/courses-and-workshops
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