Edible yard: organic veggies & foraging for palatable weeds by Kirsten Dirksen on March 16, 2011 You may not have enough land to urban homestead (“a household that produces a significant part of the food, including …
Amaranth: a superfood for the backyard gardener by Kirsten Dirksen on March 10, 2011 Cultivated as a grain for 8,000 years, Amaranth is known in India rajeera- the King’s grain- and by the ancient …
Tiny home for two plus shipping container as art studio by Kirsten Dirksen on July 15, 2010 Bigger is not always better and it’s nice to have options. Or that is how artist Joe Hawley chose to …
NEVS, off-turf golf carts and the beauty of Slow Driving by Kirsten Dirksen on July 9, 2010 Summering in a retirement community (where I’ve spent the past 3 years visiting my parents) takes some getting used to- …
Using a kind-of golf cart as a second car by Kirsten Dirksen on July 7, 2010 Forty percent of all our daily trips, according to the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, are within just 2 miles of …
A compost tumbler: a beginner’s composter by Kirsten Dirksen on July 1, 2010 One of the priciest parts of tearing up her front lawn and replacing it with a garden was, surprisingly to …
Dish soap as pesticide (with a little help from good bugs) by Kirsten Dirksen on July 1, 2010 If you’re going to grow your own organic produce, you need to arm yourself with other tools to fight the …
You can’t eat grass: an edible yard, 9 months later by Kirsten Dirksen on June 30, 2010 In September of 2009, Cloverdale (California) resident Patty Silva-Hicks ripped out her lawn and replaced it with fruit trees and …
An herb garden off the front stoop by Kirsten Dirksen on June 10, 2010 In permaculture, you plant what you use most often closest to the house, things like your herbs. In this video, …
Searching for density in a San Francisco exurb by Kirsten Dirksen on November 2, 2009 If Americans all lived like New Yorkers we would be using less than a third of the energy we currently …