Sustainable Living Skills You Need to Survive
It might not seem so serious to the average consumer in the First World, but the future of the world as we know hangs in the balance. The media is full of bad news that can make changing things for the better seem hopeless, but there are simple and radical things you can do to reduce your impact and set an example for others. It's not just a choice, our survival depends on it.
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How I Keep My Tiny House Cool (With Almost No AC) In the Heat of Summer
It gets pretty hot in Missouri during the summertime. And living entirely off renewable energy it doesn’t have to be a challenge to stay comfortable on those 90°F+ dog days. There are simple things you can do to minimize your use of air conditioning–one of the biggest contributors to climate change. Nature has provided us with many options to keep ourselves cool. We just have to make the connections and implement the systems.
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It’s a Vintage Year in my Permaculture Vineyard
This is a little tour of my vineyard from earlier in the year. I plan to post another video of later in the year and the harvest soon. This was a really good season for growing grapes (though it was pretty bad for a lot of other things). The dry weather made perfect, sweet clusters of delicious grapes that will make some good wine.
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Tricks to Make Your Garlic Store a Lot Longer
There are some simple tricks I’ve found can make my garlic last all the way until the new harvest is in. It’s not hard, but it takes just a little care and effort. Last year I was using up my last garlic cloves at about the time I was harvesting the new crop.
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Mangoes As Big As My Head and My Biggest Fish Ever: Foraging in the City
This is a little video about my trip to Florida earlier this summer. It was the time I’ve always wanted to be in Florida–mango season. There was pounds and pounds of delicious free fruit to glean in the neighborhood. I also had some surprise fishing experiences in my brief time, including my personal best snook, that was also the biggest fish I ever caught (and only my second snook ever caught). I’m glad I got some fishing in before the red tide killed everything in Florida.
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My Rice Experiment: What Happened
Earlier in the season I made a video about an impulse purchase of rice seed. Surprisingly rice is grown in southern Missouri, but I’ve never tried it here. This upland rice supposedly doesn’t need as much water as a traditional variety, but we did have a drought this season. I’m hoping to be more successful in future years and start growing this staple that I eat a lot of throughout the year.
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Trying to grow food and waiting for rain in a drought
This season was a drought year for the early 3 months or so. It was a struggle getting stuff established, and a bit frustrating to wait for rain and be disappointed so much when it didn’t come.
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