DIY vintage tiny home for less than $3500: meet Jenine Alexander by Kirsten Dirksen on August 22, 2010 In a town where the median home price is over half a million dollars, Jenine Alexander decided to build her …
How to make traditional fermented sauerkraut at home by Kirsten Dirksen on August 17, 2010 The jury may be out on the exact effect of probiotics on the “good” gut bacteria, but protecting our flora …
Mountain man’s salvaged home walkthru: Black Kettle’s Idaho life by Kirsten Dirksen on August 16, 2010 “Black Kettle”, a self-described “mountain man”, hasn’t lived in a home since 1974 which might explain why he chose to …
DIY solar shower by Kirsten Dirksen on August 15, 2010 A solar shower is one of the simplest ways of using the sun’s energy. It can be as simple as …
Raw milk: Idaho ranchers on why not to pasteurize by Kirsten Dirksen on August 14, 2010 Before the advent of pasteurization, all milk was raw milk. There were also a lot more food-related illnesses. Universal pasteurization …
Idaho Cottonwood homestead’s back to basics: raw goat milk by Kirsten Dirksen on August 14, 2010 They’re as playful as dogs and they also provide milk (and if you want to, also meat). Backyard goats may …
A family bike that’s a go: a bicycle built for 3 (plus 1) by Kirsten Dirksen on August 12, 2010 If you prefer bikes to cars, having young kids don’t mean you can’t stick to two wheels. When the kids …
A river, 3 generations of family and the meaning of life by Kirsten Dirksen on August 3, 2010 When the past feels bigger than the future and death whispers for loved ones, a trip to a childhood haunt …
Mark Twain’s "hideous place": the case for Mono Lake by Kirsten Dirksen on July 24, 2010 When Mark Twain visited Mono Lake in the 1860s he called it a “lifeless, treeless, hideous desert… the loneliest place …
The human scale of tiny homes & McMansions as fad by Kirsten Dirksen on July 21, 2010 Stephen Marshall built his first tiny home as a way to afford his own home in the pricey San Francisco …
