Poetics of dead leaves & tree landscaping as best thermostat around by Nicolás Boullosa on October 30, 2024 As of now, leaves change their color and fall around us. In a fragmented reality, the slow shift of seasons …
Little things that count: home materials, gardening, compost by Nicolás Boullosa on December 7, 2023 We know that our lack of patience as a civilization has reached its apex when companies invest their best engineering …
Left BBC’s Planet Earth to start dream family homestead (full tour) by Kirsten Dirksen on October 26, 2022 Over a decade ago Matt Swarbrick and his wife Jenny decided to leave behind city life to “grow cabbages and …
FedEx tinkerer custom builds no-waste micro farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on October 17, 2021 Ramutis “Ray” Narkevicius kept his day job with FedEx, but cultivated his dream job by gardening his small Los Angeles …
Off-grid float cabin: retirement tiny home in BC wilderness by Kirsten Dirksen on July 2, 2012 Margy and Wayne Lutz were camping in Coastal British Columbia when they discovered their dream home: the float cabins of …
Identifying good bugs in a worm bin & a DIY fly trap by Kirsten Dirksen on April 18, 2010 Our worm bin has become overwhelmed by flying and crawling things. This scared me. I know that you should expect …
Worm bin month 2: mold and flies by Kirsten Dirksen on April 9, 2010 Into month two of life with our worm bin and we’ve started to notice more life than we’d expected. There …
How to setup a worm bin: finally, the worms move in by Kirsten Dirksen on March 26, 2010 Now that we’ve assembled our worm bin and created a bed, it’s time to move in the worms. In this …
Wormbin setup: a coconut fiber bed for your wigglers by Kirsten Dirksen on March 25, 2010 Now that we have the worm bin assembled and the worms have arrived, it’s time to make a bed for …
A 21st Century garbage can: seeking the ideal vermicomposter by Kirsten Dirksen on March 23, 2010 When the golf-loving gated-community-living mother of a friend of mine told me she had worms at a ladies tea, I …
