Archive for December, 2009

Homesteading - ‘Highway for wildlife’ near Quail Mountain - Desert Sun

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

‘Highway for wildlife’ near Quail Mountain - Desert Sun
Sure, the area surrounding Quail Mountain is pretty. But if you don’t know much about the desert, you might wonder what all the fuss is about. These 955 acres, however, are actually something special. The parcels — never developed, never grazed

VT Edition: Modern Homesteading - Vermont Public Radio
Homesteading conjures images of a life of complete self-sufficiency: living off the grid and growing your own food. But there is no easy definition of the practice and these days there are many different approaches. VPR’s Steve Zind talks with

‘Highway for wildlife’ near Quail Mountain - Desert Sun
Sure, the area surrounding Quail Mountain is pretty. But if you don’t know much about the desert, you might wonder what all the fuss is about. These 955 acres, however, are actually something special. The parcels — never developed, never grazed

VT Edition: Modern Homesteading - Vermont Public Radio
Homesteading conjures images of a life of complete self-sufficiency: living off the grid and growing your own food. But there is no easy definition of the practice and these days there are many different approaches. VPR’s Steve Zind talks with

Homesteading - What Does Farmville Mean for Farmers? - GOOD

Monday, December 21st, 2009

What Does Farmville Mean for Farmers? - GOOD


Treehugger
What Does Farmville Mean for Farmers?
GOOD
In 2004, Eleanor Agnew wrote a memoir, Back From the Land, about her homesteading experience. After being lured by the idealism of living in nature and
Finding a Balance Between Farmers and FarmvilleTreehugger

all 2 news articles »

Patrick Grady ‘70 Authors Homesteading Along the Creek - DePauw University


DePauw University
Patrick Grady '70 Authors Homesteading Along the Creek
DePauw University
December 19, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. — Patrick Grady, a 1970 graduate of DePauw University, has published Homesteading Along the Creek: Pioneer Life in Cave

PNC surprise: Grants for Christmas - Cincinnati Business Courier (blog)


Cincinnati Business Courier (blog)
PNC surprise: Grants for Christmas
Cincinnati Business Courier (blog)
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati; SmartMoney Community Services; United Way of Greater Cincinnati; Homesteading and Urban Redevelopment Corp.;
PNC gives out $206000 to groupsCincinnati.com

all 19 news articles »

What Does Farmville Mean for Farmers? - GOOD


Treehugger
What Does Farmville Mean for Farmers?
GOOD
In 2004, Eleanor Agnew wrote a memoir, Back From the Land, about her homesteading experience. After being lured by the idealism of living in nature and
Finding a Balance Between Farmers and FarmvilleTreehugger

all 2 news articles »

Patrick Grady ‘70 Authors Homesteading Along the Creek - DePauw University


DePauw University
Patrick Grady '70 Authors Homesteading Along the Creek
DePauw University
December 19, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. — Patrick Grady, a 1970 graduate of DePauw University, has published Homesteading Along the Creek: Pioneer Life in Cave

PNC surprise: Grants for Christmas - Cincinnati Business Courier (blog)


Cincinnati Business Courier (blog)
PNC surprise: Grants for Christmas
Cincinnati Business Courier (blog)
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati; SmartMoney Community Services; United Way of Greater Cincinnati; Homesteading and Urban Redevelopment Corp.;
PNC gives out $206000 to groupsCincinnati.com

all 19 news articles »

Homesteading - 30 day Archives - flatheadnewsgroup.com

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

30 day Archives - flatheadnewsgroup.com
Oshanee Cullooyah Kenmille was an artist, a tribal elder, and teacher who taught tanning at Salish Kootenai college for 28 years. She died of natural causes Feb. 11 at the age of 93, a press release from the Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribe said

2009’s Crop Of Great Gardening Books - WBUR
My hands down favorite of 2009 is Novella Carpenter’s Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer . It’s the cheekiest manifesto on homesteading you’re ever likely to read. Carpenter farms in Oakland, Calif. — “on a dead-end street in the ghetto

PNC surprise: Grants for Christmas - Business Courier
Working In Neighborhoods; Consumer Credit Counseling Services; Housing Opportunities Made Equal; Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati; SmartMoney Community Services; United Way of Greater Cincinnati; Homesteading and Urban Redevelopment Corp.;

PNC gives out $206,000 to groups - Cincinnati.com
Consumer Credit Counseling Services; Housing Opportunities Made Equal; Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati; Smart Money Community Services; United Way of Greater Cincinnati; Homesteading and Urban Redevelopment Corporation (HURC); Cincinnati

30 day Archives - flatheadnewsgroup.com
Oshanee Cullooyah Kenmille was an artist, a tribal elder, and teacher who taught tanning at Salish Kootenai college for 28 years. She died of natural causes Feb. 11 at the age of 93, a press release from the Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribe said

2009’s Crop Of Great Gardening Books - WBUR
My hands down favorite of 2009 is Novella Carpenter’s Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer . It’s the cheekiest manifesto on homesteading you’re ever likely to read. Carpenter farms in Oakland, Calif. — “on a dead-end street in the ghetto

PNC surprise: Grants for Christmas - Business Courier
Working In Neighborhoods; Consumer Credit Counseling Services; Housing Opportunities Made Equal; Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati; SmartMoney Community Services; United Way of Greater Cincinnati; Homesteading and Urban Redevelopment Corp.;

PNC gives out $206,000 to groups - Cincinnati.com
Consumer Credit Counseling Services; Housing Opportunities Made Equal; Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati; Smart Money Community Services; United Way of Greater Cincinnati; Homesteading and Urban Redevelopment Corporation (HURC); Cincinnati

Homesteading - Holiday Books - New York Times

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Holiday Books - New York Times

Holiday Books
New York Times
Summer's homesteading how-to's and grilling guides have given way to fall's fearlessly bountiful lineup. It's the time of year when big

New Landlord Is Chosen for Troubled Bronx Buildings - New York Times


New York Times
New Landlord Is Chosen for Troubled Bronx Buildings
New York Times
There are numerous dilapidated apartment buildings around the city, but the organizing work of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, which assisted
Omni New York LLC emerges to buy mortgage for Crotona Park buildingsNew York Daily News

all 8 news articles »

Nurseryman passionate about conservation - La Grande Observer

Nurseryman passionate about conservation
La Grande Observer
CHRIS BAXTER / The Observer ENTERPRISE — Terry and Irene Bates have homesteaded in Enterprise. They are not homesteading in the classic sense of receiving

Holiday Books - New York Times

Holiday Books
New York Times
Summer's homesteading how-to's and grilling guides have given way to fall's fearlessly bountiful lineup. It's the time of year when big

New Landlord Is Chosen for Troubled Bronx Buildings - New York Times


New York Times
New Landlord Is Chosen for Troubled Bronx Buildings
New York Times
There are numerous dilapidated apartment buildings around the city, but the organizing work of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, which assisted
Omni New York LLC emerges to buy mortgage for Crotona Park buildingsNew York Daily News

all 8 news articles »

Nurseryman passionate about conservation - La Grande Observer

Nurseryman passionate about conservation
La Grande Observer
CHRIS BAXTER / The Observer ENTERPRISE — Terry and Irene Bates have homesteaded in Enterprise. They are not homesteading in the classic sense of receiving

Homesteading - Northern People: Couple lives off-the-grid - Traverse City Record-Eagle

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

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

Gros Ventre habitat plan would help swans - jhnewsandguide
A project to improve and restore wetlands far up the Gros Ventre River drainage could make the Jackson Hole trumpeter swan population more robust, a wetlands advocate said Tuesday. A plan by Michael Halpin to increase riparian vegetation and wetlands

Library receives memorials, donations - Bellefontaine Examiner
Homesteading edited by Abigail R. Gehring for Elizabeth Castle Hoylman from Benjamin Logan Schools bus drivers. Amazing Grace by Cris Peterson from the Logan Soil & Water Conservation District and Tamplin Trust. Light Dragoons and Man of War  by

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

Letter from the Other Alaska - Alaska Dispatch
JoomlaEZ.com’s Slideshow Joomla Module - Brings modern web 2.0 slideshow layouts to Joomla based site. JoomlaEZ.com’s Joomla Theme Base - Complete base helps creating professional Joomla template in minutes. BOOK EXCERPT: On the morning of John

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

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

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

Gros Ventre habitat plan would help swans - jhnewsandguide
A project to improve and restore wetlands far up the Gros Ventre River drainage could make the Jackson Hole trumpeter swan population more robust, a wetlands advocate said Tuesday. A plan by Michael Halpin to increase riparian vegetation and wetlands

Library receives memorials, donations - Bellefontaine Examiner
Homesteading edited by Abigail R. Gehring for Elizabeth Castle Hoylman from Benjamin Logan Schools bus drivers. Amazing Grace by Cris Peterson from the Logan Soil & Water Conservation District and Tamplin Trust. Light Dragoons and Man of War  by

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

Letter from the Other Alaska - Alaska Dispatch
JoomlaEZ.com’s Slideshow Joomla Module - Brings modern web 2.0 slideshow layouts to Joomla based site. JoomlaEZ.com’s Joomla Theme Base - Complete base helps creating professional Joomla template in minutes. BOOK EXCERPT: On the morning of John

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

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 - Library receives memorials, donations - Bellefontaine Examiner

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Library receives memorials, donations - Bellefontaine Examiner
and Cindy Kelley, The Scoop by Fern Michaels, 92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber (large print edition Homesteading edited by Abigail R. Gehring for Elizabeth Castle Hoylman from Benjamin Logan Schools bus drivers. Amazing Grace by Cris

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

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

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

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

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

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

Library receives memorials, donations - Bellefontaine Examiner
and Cindy Kelley, The Scoop by Fern Michaels, 92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber (large print edition Homesteading edited by Abigail R. Gehring for Elizabeth Castle Hoylman from Benjamin Logan Schools bus drivers. Amazing Grace by Cris

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

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

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

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

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

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