Archive for November, 2009

Homesteading - One-of-a-Kind Holiday Gifts - East Bay Express

Monday, November 30th, 2009

One-of-a-Kind Holiday Gifts - East Bay Express
$29.99 for three jars. With a multitude of books about urban farming and the First Lady espousing the grow-your-own philosophy, gardening on any size plot has now become a no-brainer. The logical next step in this trend is learning to preserve your

Urban Agriculture Examiner | - Examiner
In the last few years, she has concentrated on learning as much as possible about urban agriculture, urban homesteading, organic gardening, conservation, and self-sufficiency. Her goal now is to educate and enlighten those who seek a simpler

One-of-a-Kind Holiday Gifts - East Bay Express
$29.99 for three jars. With a multitude of books about urban farming and the First Lady espousing the grow-your-own philosophy, gardening on any size plot has now become a no-brainer. The logical next step in this trend is learning to preserve your

Urban Agriculture Examiner | - Examiner
In the last few years, she has concentrated on learning as much as possible about urban agriculture, urban homesteading, organic gardening, conservation, and self-sufficiency. Her goal now is to educate and enlighten those who seek a simpler

Homesteading - Ithacans are turning to home-preserving home-grown food - Ithaca Journal

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Ithacans are turning to home-preserving home-grown food - Ithaca Journal
They are skills our grandparents took for granted, but ones that seem to have slipped through the collective consciousness of an increasingly consumer society: canning, cellaring, freezing and fermenting. Now a new generation of self-sufficiency

LETTER: Nice Nov. 11 coverage - Daily Herald Tribune
I believe that the original women and men who came to the Peace Country, whether they were homesteading in the area or living in Grande Prairie, should be acknowledged more with their stories, and should have been in the Homecoming Parade during the

Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay
I got some interesting reactions when I floated the idea recently that the city might consider giving Fort Trumbull back, offering the still-undeveloped land up to homesteaders who would agree to build houses and live there, creating a neighborhood

Northern People: Couple lives off-the-grid - Traverse City Record-Eagle
MARQUETTE — Homesteading. The term calls to mind American pioneers moving west, living off the land, self-sufficient. They’re not moving west in covered wagons, but modern-day homesteaders, using alternative energy, home gardens and other methods

One-of-a-Kind Holiday Gifts - East Bay Express
$29.99 for three jars. With a multitude of books about urban farming and the First Lady espousing the grow-your-own philosophy, gardening on any size plot has now become a no-brainer. The logical next step in this trend is learning to preserve your

Jim Bohlen - The Province
Jim Bohlen was born in the Bronx, N.Y., July 4, 1926. After the 1971 campaign, Bohlen left Greenpeace and moved to Denman Island, where he founded Greenpeace Farm, dedicated to organic agriculture and homesteading. In 1975, he wrote The New Pioneer

Couple teaches others how to live off the grid - Morning Sun
MARQUETTE (AP) — Homesteading. The term calls to mind American pioneers moving west, living off the land, self-sufficient. They’re not moving west in covered wagons, but modern-day homesteaders, using alternative energy, home gardens and other

Urban Agriculture Examiner | - Examiner
In the last few years, she has concentrated on learning as much as possible about urban agriculture, urban homesteading, organic gardening, conservation, and self-sufficiency. Her goal now is to educate and enlighten those who seek a simpler

Ithacans are turning to home-preserving home-grown food - Ithaca Journal
They are skills our grandparents took for granted, but ones that seem to have slipped through the collective consciousness of an increasingly consumer society: canning, cellaring, freezing and fermenting. Now a new generation of self-sufficiency

LETTER: Nice Nov. 11 coverage - Daily Herald Tribune
I believe that the original women and men who came to the Peace Country, whether they were homesteading in the area or living in Grande Prairie, should be acknowledged more with their stories, and should have been in the Homecoming Parade during the

Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay
I got some interesting reactions when I floated the idea recently that the city might consider giving Fort Trumbull back, offering the still-undeveloped land up to homesteaders who would agree to build houses and live there, creating a neighborhood

Northern People: Couple lives off-the-grid - Traverse City Record-Eagle
MARQUETTE — Homesteading. The term calls to mind American pioneers moving west, living off the land, self-sufficient. They’re not moving west in covered wagons, but modern-day homesteaders, using alternative energy, home gardens and other methods

One-of-a-Kind Holiday Gifts - East Bay Express
$29.99 for three jars. With a multitude of books about urban farming and the First Lady espousing the grow-your-own philosophy, gardening on any size plot has now become a no-brainer. The logical next step in this trend is learning to preserve your

Jim Bohlen - The Province
Jim Bohlen was born in the Bronx, N.Y., July 4, 1926. After the 1971 campaign, Bohlen left Greenpeace and moved to Denman Island, where he founded Greenpeace Farm, dedicated to organic agriculture and homesteading. In 1975, he wrote The New Pioneer

Couple teaches others how to live off the grid - Morning Sun
MARQUETTE (AP) — Homesteading. The term calls to mind American pioneers moving west, living off the land, self-sufficient. They’re not moving west in covered wagons, but modern-day homesteaders, using alternative energy, home gardens and other

Urban Agriculture Examiner | - Examiner
In the last few years, she has concentrated on learning as much as possible about urban agriculture, urban homesteading, organic gardening, conservation, and self-sufficiency. Her goal now is to educate and enlighten those who seek a simpler

Homesteading - Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay
I got some interesting reactions when I floated the idea recently that the city might consider giving Fort Trumbull back, offering the still-undeveloped land up to homesteaders who would agree to build houses and live there, creating a neighborhood

LETTER: Nice Nov. 11 coverage - Daily Herald Tribune
I believe that the original women and men who came to the Peace Country, whether they were homesteading in the area or living in Grande Prairie, should be acknowledged more with their stories, and should have been in the Homecoming Parade during the

One-of-a-Kind Holiday Gifts - East Bay Express
Brightly colored fruits and veggies inside glass Mason jars make particularly festive-looking gifts, and your friends and family will no doubt be impressed by your newfound homesteading skills. And if you’ve got a brown thumb or don’t have time or

Ithacans are turning to home-preserving home-grown food - Ithaca Journal
They are skills our grandparents took for granted, but ones that seem to have slipped through the collective consciousness of an increasingly consumer society: canning, cellaring, freezing and fermenting. Now a new generation of self-sufficiency

Urban Agriculture Examiner | - Examiner
In the last few years, she has concentrated on learning as much as possible about urban agriculture, urban homesteading, organic gardening, conservation, and self-sufficiency. Her goal now is to educate and enlighten those who seek a simpler

Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay
I got some interesting reactions when I floated the idea recently that the city might consider giving Fort Trumbull back, offering the still-undeveloped land up to homesteaders who would agree to build houses and live there, creating a neighborhood

LETTER: Nice Nov. 11 coverage - Daily Herald Tribune
I believe that the original women and men who came to the Peace Country, whether they were homesteading in the area or living in Grande Prairie, should be acknowledged more with their stories, and should have been in the Homecoming Parade during the

One-of-a-Kind Holiday Gifts - East Bay Express
Brightly colored fruits and veggies inside glass Mason jars make particularly festive-looking gifts, and your friends and family will no doubt be impressed by your newfound homesteading skills. And if you’ve got a brown thumb or don’t have time or

Ithacans are turning to home-preserving home-grown food - Ithaca Journal
They are skills our grandparents took for granted, but ones that seem to have slipped through the collective consciousness of an increasingly consumer society: canning, cellaring, freezing and fermenting. Now a new generation of self-sufficiency

Urban Agriculture Examiner | - Examiner
In the last few years, she has concentrated on learning as much as possible about urban agriculture, urban homesteading, organic gardening, conservation, and self-sufficiency. Her goal now is to educate and enlighten those who seek a simpler

Homesteading - Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay

Think small at Fort Trumbull
TheDay
Brooks said a homesteading plan, to think micro small, would hit some pretty big obstacles from the outset. One of these would be infrastructure,

Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay

Think small at Fort Trumbull
TheDay
Brooks said a homesteading plan, to think micro small, would hit some pretty big obstacles from the outset. One of these would be infrastructure,

Homesteading - Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay

Think small at Fort Trumbull
TheDay
Brooks said a homesteading plan, to think micro small, would hit some pretty big obstacles from the outset. One of these would be infrastructure,

Jim Bohlen - Kelowna.com

Jim Bohlen
Kelowna.com
In 1975, he wrote The New Pioneer's Handbook, about homesteading, small- scale renewable energy systems, simple building techniques and farming.

Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay

Think small at Fort Trumbull
TheDay
Brooks said a homesteading plan, to think micro small, would hit some pretty big obstacles from the outset. One of these would be infrastructure,

Jim Bohlen - Kelowna.com

Jim Bohlen
Kelowna.com
In 1975, he wrote The New Pioneer's Handbook, about homesteading, small- scale renewable energy systems, simple building techniques and farming.

Homesteading - The streetcar in the cellar - Denver Post

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

The streetcar in the cellar - Denver Post

The streetcar in the cellar
Denver Post
"History Detectives" also interviewed Sara Jo Peterson, an authority on urban homesteading, who narrated the next chapter in the story of the Strathearn's

and more »

`GM food is almost anti-Hindu’ - Times of India

`GM food is almost anti-Hindu'
Times of India
Homesteading may be a full-time occupation with crucial investments called time and space, yet Dervaes sees hope for Mumbai. When told about the terrace

and more »

Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay

Think small at Fort Trumbull
TheDay
Brooks said a homesteading plan, to think micro small, would hit some pretty big obstacles from the outset. One of these would be infrastructure,

Waco news briefs for Thu., Nov. 26 - Waco Tribune Herald

Waco news briefs for Thu., Nov. 26
Waco Tribune Herald
The fair will feature craft demonstrations, homesteading skills, numerous hands-on crafts, music and more. For a complete schedule of events and directions,

The streetcar in the cellar - Denver Post

The streetcar in the cellar
Denver Post
"History Detectives" also interviewed Sara Jo Peterson, an authority on urban homesteading, who narrated the next chapter in the story of the Strathearn's

and more »

`GM food is almost anti-Hindu’ - Times of India

`GM food is almost anti-Hindu'
Times of India
Homesteading may be a full-time occupation with crucial investments called time and space, yet Dervaes sees hope for Mumbai. When told about the terrace

and more »

Think small at Fort Trumbull - TheDay

Think small at Fort Trumbull
TheDay
Brooks said a homesteading plan, to think micro small, would hit some pretty big obstacles from the outset. One of these would be infrastructure,

Waco news briefs for Thu., Nov. 26 - Waco Tribune Herald

Waco news briefs for Thu., Nov. 26
Waco Tribune Herald
The fair will feature craft demonstrations, homesteading skills, numerous hands-on crafts, music and more. For a complete schedule of events and directions,

Homesteading - UP couple teach others how to live off the grid - MLive.com

Friday, November 27th, 2009

UP couple teach others how to live off the grid - MLive.com
(AP) — MARQUETTE, Mich. - Homesteading. The term calls to mind American pioneers moving west, living off the land, self-sufficient. They’re not moving west in covered wagons, but modern-day homesteaders, using alternative energy, home gardens and

Florence Eleanor Burden - Torrington Telegram
Florence Eleanor Burden, a long time Torrington resident, passed on Nov. 22. She was 90 years old and had been residing for the last five years with her daughter and son-in-law in Nevada. The memory of her kindness and love will long be cherished

UP couple teach others how to live off the grid - MLive.com
(AP) — MARQUETTE, Mich. - Homesteading. The term calls to mind American pioneers moving west, living off the land, self-sufficient. They’re not moving west in covered wagons, but modern-day homesteaders, using alternative energy, home gardens and

Florence Eleanor Burden - Torrington Telegram
Florence Eleanor Burden, a long time Torrington resident, passed on Nov. 22. She was 90 years old and had been residing for the last five years with her daughter and son-in-law in Nevada. The memory of her kindness and love will long be cherished

Homesteading - The dark Road beckons - VUE Weekly

Friday, November 27th, 2009

The dark Road beckons - VUE Weekly


VUE Weekly
The dark Road beckons
VUE Weekly
chaperoning the boy through lawless terrain, their destination being the Gulf Coast and its vague promise of less hostile conditions for homesteading.

and more »

Waco news briefs for Thu., Nov. 26 - Waco Tribune Herald

Waco news briefs for Thu., Nov. 26
Waco Tribune Herald
The fair will feature craft demonstrations, homesteading skills, numerous hands-on crafts, music and more. For a complete schedule of events and directions,

The dark Road beckons - VUE Weekly


VUE Weekly
The dark Road beckons
VUE Weekly
chaperoning the boy through lawless terrain, their destination being the Gulf Coast and its vague promise of less hostile conditions for homesteading.

and more »

Waco news briefs for Thu., Nov. 26 - Waco Tribune Herald

Waco news briefs for Thu., Nov. 26
Waco Tribune Herald
The fair will feature craft demonstrations, homesteading skills, numerous hands-on crafts, music and more. For a complete schedule of events and directions,

Homesteading - Community calendar - Arizona Daily Star

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Community calendar - Arizona Daily Star
Gobble — Surly Wench Pub, 424 N. Fourth Ave. Rock music. Age 21 and older. 9 p.m. Nov. 26. $5. 882-0009. Al Foul — Plush, 340 E. Sixth St. Rockabilly, honky-tonk. Age 21 and older. 9:30 p.m. Nov. 26. Free. 798-1298. Friday Parents’ Time Out

One-of-a-Kind Holiday Gifts - East Bay Express
Brightly colored fruits and veggies inside glass Mason jars make particularly festive-looking gifts, and your friends and family will no doubt be impressed by your newfound homesteading skills. And if you’ve got a brown thumb or don’t have time or

LETTER: Nice Nov. 11 coverage - Daily Herald Tribune
I believe that the original women and men who came to the Peace Country, whether they were homesteading in the area or living in Grande Prairie, should be acknowledged more with their stories, and should have been in the Homecoming Parade during the

Mitchell’s debut novel powerful - The Chronicle Herald
EVEN AFTER WRITING 150 pages of Under This Unbroken Sky, Halifax filmmaker and writer Shandi Mitchell could not bring herself to “call it a novel.” “It was too daunting” to think that she would be capable of writing a novel, Mitchell says. Her love

Community calendar - Arizona Daily Star
Gobble — Surly Wench Pub, 424 N. Fourth Ave. Rock music. Age 21 and older. 9 p.m. Nov. 26. $5. 882-0009. Al Foul — Plush, 340 E. Sixth St. Rockabilly, honky-tonk. Age 21 and older. 9:30 p.m. Nov. 26. Free. 798-1298. Friday Parents’ Time Out

One-of-a-Kind Holiday Gifts - East Bay Express
Brightly colored fruits and veggies inside glass Mason jars make particularly festive-looking gifts, and your friends and family will no doubt be impressed by your newfound homesteading skills. And if you’ve got a brown thumb or don’t have time or

LETTER: Nice Nov. 11 coverage - Daily Herald Tribune
I believe that the original women and men who came to the Peace Country, whether they were homesteading in the area or living in Grande Prairie, should be acknowledged more with their stories, and should have been in the Homecoming Parade during the

Mitchell’s debut novel powerful - The Chronicle Herald
EVEN AFTER WRITING 150 pages of Under This Unbroken Sky, Halifax filmmaker and writer Shandi Mitchell could not bring herself to “call it a novel.” “It was too daunting” to think that she would be capable of writing a novel, Mitchell says. Her love

Homesteading - FORECLOSURE FEARS LEAD - CityLimits.org

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

FORECLOSURE FEARS LEAD - CityLimits.org
When investors paid exorbitant prices to buy affordable-rent apartment complexes during the city’s real estate boom, tenants and housing advocates suspected the new owners would have to raise rents, kick out rent-stabilized tenants or sharply curtail

Borderlands Uses Winning Formula to Create a Monster Game - Metro Pulse
The air is breathable, the land is somewhat arable, but for all intents and purposes, you’re homesteading on Planet Arizona. What do you do? If your response involves turning a perfectly usable planet into a post-apocalyptic craphole within less

Urban Agriculture Examiner | - Examiner
In the last few years, she has concentrated on learning as much as possible about urban agriculture, urban homesteading, organic gardening, conservation, and self-sufficiency. Her goal now is to educate and enlighten those who seek a simpler

Mitchell’s debut novel powerful - The Chronicle Herald
Filmmaker Shandi Mitchell has written her first novel, Under This Unbroken Sky. (INGRID BULMER / Staff) EVEN AFTER WRITING 150 pages of Under This Unbroken Sky, Halifax filmmaker and writer Shandi Mitchell could not bring herself to “call it a novel

UP couple teach others how to live off the grid - MLive.com
Homesteading. The term calls to mind American pioneers moving west, living off the land, self-sufficient. They’re not moving west in covered wagons, but modern-day homesteaders, using alternative energy, home gardens and other methods, can largely

Sandor Katz: The Self-Taught Wild Fermentation Experimentalist - Tree Hugger
Author and fermentation wiz Sandor Katz. Image courtesy of Chelsea Green Publishing. Makenna Goodman is Community Outreach Coordinator for Chelsea Green Publishing, the publisher of Wild Fermentation, by Sandor Katz, whom she interviewed for this

Blackfalds restores valuable history - Lacombe Globe
Edward Wigmore (1851 – 1911), born in Yorkshire, England, came to the Blackfalds area in 1896, homesteading west of Blackfalds in the Aspelund district. He had served in Canada’s First Militia in Hamilton, Ontario, from 1884 to 1892.

Coming home to roost in the region - Post-Tribune
To raise chickens, mostly for eggs, at their home in Gary’s Miller neighborhood We decided to do some homesteading because we always wanted to do it,” said Rebecca Sasak, an acupuncturist. “Homesteading is just the idea of living off your land a

Bill on spouses’ rights during moves awaits Obama’s signature - Navy Times
Landmark legislation giving military spouses the same right enjoyed by service members to pick their state of legal residence has cleared its final hurdle in Congress and is on its way to becoming law. The Military Spouses Residency Relief Act would

Valley of Flowers - Examiner
There was a time in Montana when if the Sioux and Nez Perces crossed paths it meant war! The Blackfoot may have come out with the paperwork for the property but Crows, Bannocks, Nez Perces, Flatheads and Shoshones all had hunted many times in the the

FORECLOSURE FEARS LEAD - CityLimits.org
When investors paid exorbitant prices to buy affordable-rent apartment complexes during the city’s real estate boom, tenants and housing advocates suspected the new owners would have to raise rents, kick out rent-stabilized tenants or sharply curtail

Borderlands Uses Winning Formula to Create a Monster Game - Metro Pulse
The air is breathable, the land is somewhat arable, but for all intents and purposes, you’re homesteading on Planet Arizona. What do you do? If your response involves turning a perfectly usable planet into a post-apocalyptic craphole within less

Urban Agriculture Examiner | - Examiner
In the last few years, she has concentrated on learning as much as possible about urban agriculture, urban homesteading, organic gardening, conservation, and self-sufficiency. Her goal now is to educate and enlighten those who seek a simpler

Mitchell’s debut novel powerful - The Chronicle Herald
Filmmaker Shandi Mitchell has written her first novel, Under This Unbroken Sky. (INGRID BULMER / Staff) EVEN AFTER WRITING 150 pages of Under This Unbroken Sky, Halifax filmmaker and writer Shandi Mitchell could not bring herself to “call it a novel

UP couple teach others how to live off the grid - MLive.com
Homesteading. The term calls to mind American pioneers moving west, living off the land, self-sufficient. They’re not moving west in covered wagons, but modern-day homesteaders, using alternative energy, home gardens and other methods, can largely

Sandor Katz: The Self-Taught Wild Fermentation Experimentalist - Tree Hugger
Author and fermentation wiz Sandor Katz. Image courtesy of Chelsea Green Publishing. Makenna Goodman is Community Outreach Coordinator for Chelsea Green Publishing, the publisher of Wild Fermentation, by Sandor Katz, whom she interviewed for this

Blackfalds restores valuable history - Lacombe Globe
Edward Wigmore (1851 – 1911), born in Yorkshire, England, came to the Blackfalds area in 1896, homesteading west of Blackfalds in the Aspelund district. He had served in Canada’s First Militia in Hamilton, Ontario, from 1884 to 1892.

Coming home to roost in the region - Post-Tribune
To raise chickens, mostly for eggs, at their home in Gary’s Miller neighborhood We decided to do some homesteading because we always wanted to do it,” said Rebecca Sasak, an acupuncturist. “Homesteading is just the idea of living off your land a

Bill on spouses’ rights during moves awaits Obama’s signature - Navy Times
Landmark legislation giving military spouses the same right enjoyed by service members to pick their state of legal residence has cleared its final hurdle in Congress and is on its way to becoming law. The Military Spouses Residency Relief Act would

Valley of Flowers - Examiner
There was a time in Montana when if the Sioux and Nez Perces crossed paths it meant war! The Blackfoot may have come out with the paperwork for the property but Crows, Bannocks, Nez Perces, Flatheads and Shoshones all had hunted many times in the the