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Category Archives: Sustainability
The Warm Fuzzy of Insulation
Last month we got a letter from our electric utility. We are at the “100% percentile for electricity use among neighbours with houses similar to ours”. That’s the bad end of the spectrum. Of course, we don’t have any neighbours … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, energy, Sustainability, winter
Tagged conservation, electricity, insulation, old house, storm windows
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Chicken Forage Experiment
Confined in the side yard during the past year, our chickens had scratched their way to a barren wasteland. I decided to try a little chicken-exclusion experiment to re-grow some vegetation, both for them and for aesthetics. Improvising a pen, … Continue reading
Posted in chicken coop / run, chickens, Sustainability
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Green Mango
I mostly eschew food that travels more than a few hundred miles to my table. Sometimes this is difficult because I want a grapefruit or I want an avocado, and there is one – right there! But I have been … Continue reading
Posted in food, fruit, Sustainability, winter
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Chicken Proselytizers
(photo from the West Seattle Blog!)
On Sunday, Scott and I volunteered at the Sustainable West Seattle Festival. I think we were the only booth not staffed by a business or nonprofit – just the two of us with our chicken passion. I got a little worried when we arrived to the colourful banners at all the other tables, but we put up a hasty hand-drawn sign, replete with cartoon chicken, and the people came anyhow Continue reading
Posted in chickens, education, Scientific, Sustainability
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