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New Chicken Coop

Hard to believe it has been five years since we constructed a home for our first flock. Those birds developed...

April 30, 2017
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Garden Irrigation Project

In late April, we had a pretty impressive hailstorm, which led to us getting a new roof and new gutters....

September 7, 2012
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Home Cheep Home

In the middle of our other spring project, the timing was right to get our new pets, but that started...

April 27, 2012
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Landscaping Project

This has been a busy spring. Thanks to warmer than average temperatures in February, we got a jump on our...

April 26, 2012
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I Bought A Cow

I challenge anyone to watch the documentary Food, Inc. and not be influenced to make at least a few changes...

June 22, 2011
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I Speak For The Trees

[continued from Part 1] After meeting with the contractor that Ameren dispatched to walk my property line and mark trees,...

June 12, 2011
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I Am The Lorax

I am not a fan of Ameren. Ever since I spent seven days without electricity in the throes of a...

June 11, 2011
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Garden 2.0

Last year’s garden was a big success, but it didn’t take us long to realize that it wasn’t big enough...

April 9, 2011
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The Oil

I can’t let these 30 days go by without saying something about the story that has everyone talking. Everyone has...

June 20, 2010
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First Harvest

We had our first salad the other night from our garden and it was great. I can’t wait for all...

May 21, 2010
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Happy Earth Day!

Yeah, I know I’m a week late, but I had to post an update on our square foot garden. My...

April 28, 2010
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Square Foot Gardening

We picked up Mel Bartholomew’s Square Foot Gardening book last year with the intent of planting a small vegetable garden,...

April 8, 2010
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An Inconvenient Purpose

A few years ago some folks started asking the question, What Would Jesus Drive? I’m not sure how seriously the...

November 15, 2009
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Green vs Green

If you want to “go green” for environmental reasons, that’s great. If you want to do it for financial reasons,...

July 2, 2009
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Envirocycle Compost Bin

Since we’ve been talking about planting a garden for quite a while now, my Earth Day gift to myself this...

June 14, 2009
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Free Energy

Last summer when I wrote about our solar water heater installation, I was anxious to see how it would function...

March 1, 2009
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Solatube Solar Attic Vents

Back in July, I wrote about having a solar water heater installed. About the same time, I also had solar-powered...

December 12, 2008
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Some Like It Hot

As I mentioned last month, we planned to install a solar water heater in our home this year. That plan...

July 28, 2008
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Going Solar

As I mentioned previously, I was considering installing a photovoltaic system this year to offset some of our home energy...

June 9, 2008