Tag: green living

Crazy Useful Thing of the Day: Amaranth

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Heidi McDonald

The amaranth (Amaranthaceae) family encompasses a surprising and diverse number of useful plants that you see everyday, but probably would never guess are this closely related. For example: Beets (Beta vulgaris) The beet is presumed to have originated in the region around the Mediterranean,… Continue Reading “Crazy Useful Thing of the Day: Amaranth”

Category: Crazy Useful Thing of the DayTags: ancient grains, crazy useful things, green living, traditional foods, traditional trades, unusual natural resources

Masters of Cottage Industry: The Eugene Saturday Market

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Heidi McDonald

Bugs

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Heidi McDonald

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If there are over 8000 species of insect known to be edible, why don’t we eat more bugs?

Category: Why This, Not That?Tags: alternative agriculture, cochineal farming, cottage industry, cricket farming, entomophagy, green lifestyle, green living, raising silkworms, sericulture, unusual natural resources, vintage crafts

Word of the Day: Yelm

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Heidi McDonald

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“Yelming” is part of the thatcher’s trade: to yelm is to prepare the gathered straw, sorting it by size, laying it out flat, and in some techniques, dampening it with water. According to James Arnold in his amazing book The Shell Book of Country… Continue Reading “Word of the Day: Yelm”

Category: Word of the DayTags: environmentally friendly, Featured, green construction, green living, thatch roof, traditional building methods, traditional trades

Wax

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Heidi McDonald

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Tag: green living

Crazy Useful Thing of the Day: Amaranth

Masters of Cottage Industry: The Eugene Saturday Market

Bugs

Word of the Day: Yelm

Wax

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