June 2012
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Archaeological News: South Korean archaeologists... →
archaeologicalnews:
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s archaeological agency says it has unearthed evidence of East Asia’s oldest known farming site.
Archaeologist Cho Mi-soon said Wednesday that the agency has found the remains of a farming field from the Neolithic period on South Korea’s east coast. The site…
Audio books are saving our homesteading behinds...
thegreenliferi:
So, I should start by saying that my partner, myself, and his daughter all love audio books. What originally started as something we only did for long journeys has evolved into a family pastime. His daughter will ask for a book when she is building, playing, or crafting, I listen to them every day on my commute to work, and now we have started using them to help make our...
mamitah:
Appropedia is the site for collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction and international development through the use of sound principles and appropriate technology and the sharing of wisdom and project information. It is a wiki, a type of website which allows anyone to add, remove, or edit content. Registration is encouraged but not required for contributors.
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Gardener Sues Tulsa for Cutting Down Her Edible... →
humanformat:
KOTV reports that Denise Morrison grows an edible and medicinal garden of over 100 plant varieties in her front and back yard. Last August, she received a letter from the city reporting a complaint about her yard.
She took photographs of her gardens and went to meet with city inspectors who told her “Everything, everything need to go” when she asked for problem areas to be...
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Farming Concrete (NYC)
gardenup:
Farming Concrete is an open, community-based research project to measure how much food is grown in New York City’s community gardens and school gardens. Follow NYC’s harvest using ourinteractive map and Harvest Report.
For 35 inventoried gardens growing on .94 acres, the estimated yield for crops we have data for was 13,000 pounds, worth $47,000.
