I really love Trace Ramsey’s writing at Cricket Bread; I’m always learning something over on his blog - this essay about becoming a farmer is a great example of the poetry and heart in his prose. He recently did a status update on his hugelkultur raised beds - I’d never heard of them before. They’re [...]
Erika sent me a link to this New York Times article about the Waterpod, a home built on a barge. They plan to make the 30×100 foot barge as self-sufficient as possible, with chickens, gardens, and power from a mix of solar, wind, and bicycle.
Wow - not just a rooftop garden, but a whole farm on top of an old bagel factory in New York! Serious Eats has the whole story.
Metafilter has an interesting discussion going about square foot gardening. It just got started yesterday, so there’s time to chime in!
Want to buy something *once*? Metafilter has a great discussion about near-indestructable products, from kitchen equipment to clothes to hand tools to cars.
Here’s a small round-up of some of my favorite frugal food blogs I’ve run across recently.
Things Your Grandmother Knew - not just food, but lots of vintage thrifty ideas, too.
30 Bucks a Week is a blog by a Brooklyn vegetarian couple about their efforts to eat on $30 a week. There are some cool, adventurous [...]
This ridiculously wonderful strawberry bus stop makes me so happy! I don’t know what’s so charming about miniature and giant things, but this is great. I want a little house like this in my back yard. I like the watermelon and bus bus stops, too. Toxel.com via Chaos Theory via Stranger Slog
Puget Sound Fresh puts together a great local farm guide (7MB pdf) every year - lots of info about u-pick farms, farmers markets, and what’s available when.
