LEARN THE LATEST ON SOLAR PANELS AT THE DODGEVILLE SOLAR ENERGY FAIR
Is 2017 the year to install solar energy panels? According to a recent Fortune Magazine article, solar power is becoming cheaper, and will beat the price of coal and natural […]
TAGGING MONARCHS AT GOOSE POND
It’s not too early to start thinking about joining the taggers next year to help the Monarchs keep flying.
8 GREAT WAYS TO BEAT BACK BAMBIE – DEER DAMAGE CONTROL
When you think of wild animals, which one scares you most? A cougar? A wolf pack? A grisley bear? A badger? (Go Badgers!) What scars me most is a white tail deer. That’s right – Bambi strikes fear in my heart. I’m not alone. A 1992 USDA national survey targeted […]
5 WEBSITES THAT CAN HELP YOU CLEAR OUT YOUR LIFE
A lot of things happen to you when a parent dies. You may find yourself dealing with their lifetime accumulation of possessions which can give you unexpected insights into your parent’s life. As we are cleaning out Doug’s dad’s house, I keep asking myself – What the heck was he […]
200 WAYS TO LIVE WITH LESS
There are so many ways to approach living simply, and all of them seem good. Choosing a minimalist path in our current economy is just going with the flow and finding the fun in frugal. Environmental issues all involve slowing the speed with which we are burning through the resources […]
A PRIMER ON PAINTING PRIMER
We did not paint our barn (see my post Don’t Paint — Gray is the New Green ) because it is sided with 1-inch slabs of white oak, which has weathered to a silvery gray and will not rot. But we do have to paint our house in town, which […]
6 SITES YOU SHOULD BE READING ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The most e-mailed article in the NYT yesterday wasPaul Krugman’s “Who Cooked the Planet?” He calls 2010 the year in which all hope of action to limit climate change died, and notes that ironically the first half of this year has been the “hottest such stretch on record.” He blames […]
Six Sites to See Great Straw Bale Projects
Straw is a natural material that can be sourced very locally. Isn’t it great to see examples of straw bale construction popping up all over the world? I can make such a grandiose statement because I have found a really cool application of straw bale construction in England. The other […]
9 FINE SITES TO SAVE YOUR SOIL
Food comes from the soil, but where does soil come from? That’s what I’m learning in my first reading assignment of the Training Program for Master Gardener Volunteers. (The University of Wisconsin Extension Master Gardener Program provides extensive, free horticultural training to people,who in turnshare their training for gardening-related projects […]
KEEP IT CLEAN AND GREEN
Obi-Wan Kenobi called Mos Eisley a wretched hive of scum and villainy, but I’ll bet that’s just because they hadn’t discovered any sodium bicarbonate on Tatooine. We are SO lucky to have plenty of baking soda on Planet Earth. According to Planetgreen, there are 17,000 petrochemicals available for home use […]
Digging in the Driftless 