~SUSTAINABLE LIVING FOR CHALLENGING TIMES

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SUSTAINABLE LIVING FOR CHALLENGING TIMES 10 12 13 [ #board-9881 ]


GETTING READY

100 Things you can do for Peak Oil #msg-17772600
The Basics of Resilience by Chris Martenson #msg-54766641
100 Items to Disappear First #msg-33015264
Preparing For Peak Oil By Mr. Energy Czar #msg-53887821
Preparing For Life In A Peak Oil World, By Gail Tverberg #msg-59587560
The 7 core areas of preparedness http://tinyurl.com/78zem6h
Plants For A Future, Edible, medicinal and useful plants for a healthier world http://tinyurl.com/4bwe3v9
Ten Wild Edibles to Consider Planting on or Around Your Property #msg-70642470
Jerusalem Artichoke - http://tinyurl.com/72uk74e
Planting Fruit Trees http://tinyurl.com/86qzot5
Establishing and Growing a Survival Orchard [David Consolvo] #msg-71843630
Preparing for a Crash: Nuts and Bolts by Zachary Nowak http://tinyurl.com/6wwbyzg
Saving Electricity - 37 super tips for saving money on cooling and air conditioning costs http://tinyurl.com/oj9xoc
Peak Oil Crisis - Prepare to Survive! http://3k88.com/
How To Get Started on the Path to Providing for Your Family http://tinyurl.com/7yrgbou


ACTUAL EXAMPLES OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Living Off The Land http://tinyurl.com/yfqu568
Little House on the Parkway http://tinyurl.com/7ut46dr
HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION http://tinyurl.com/72ogrx8
HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION - Radical Change Taking Root http://tinyurl.com/4mt97y
How To Prepare For the Apocalypse With Vegetables – My Garden Design Will Save Me http://tinyurl.com/94qnqpk
Path To Freedom http://urbanhomestead.org/
Preparing For Peak Oil By MrEnergyCzar #msg-49930698
A short history of peak oil preparation #msg-45951251
Possum Living #msg-48604828
Renewal – One Backyard at a Time http://tinyurl.com/87pyz2n
What the Amish have to teach us about Transition #msg- 39256014


GARDEN GIRL/SUSTAINABLE LIVING VIDEOS

Who is Patti Moreno? http://tinyurl.com/7htbrl4
What is Urban Sustainable Living http://tinyurl.com/7r9j9xd
Garden Girl TV: Lawns to Edible Landscapes http://tinyurl.com/7q2zvn9
Garden Girl TV: Vertical Gardening One [How to Grow Vertically] http://tinyurl.com/7nqmurd
Garden Girl TV: Vertical Gardening Two http://tinyurl.com/6m6wkdh
Garden Girl TV: Vertical Gardening Three http://tinyurl.com/7wpbco5
Garden Girl TV: How To Build A Raised Bed Garden http://tinyurl.com/ydrbv4t
Garden Girl TV: Building a Water Garden http://tinyurl.com/6tye4l9
Garden Girl TV: How to Make Your Own Worm Bin http://tinyurl.com/6ru4wgy
Planting Potatoes http://tinyurl.com/6m7lcqm
Garden Girl TV: Cucumbers http://tinyurl.com/6w28exm
GARDEN GIRL: URBAN SUSTAINABLE LIVING http://gardengirltv.com/


GOOGLE & OTHER VIDEOS

Farm for the Future - BBC 2009! http://tinyurl.com/7ng5num
How To Make Compost Tea - http://tinyurl.com/aalp2ey
Soil Microbes Help Save… Costs http://vimeo.com/42140886
Peak Moment Videos http://tinyurl.com/82qgclv
Suburban Permaculture with Heinbergs http://tinyurl.com/cz5snm
God's Pharmacy: the original Chassidic version http://tinyurl.com/nvrkue
Back To Eden film - http://vimeo.com/28055108
Backyard Permaculture - #msg-83429984


TRANSITION MOVEMENT

Transition Towns http://tinyurl.com/7bpzg52
Transition Culture http://transitionculture.org/


FAVORITE BLOGS ON SUSTAINABLE LIVING

A Gardener's Diary - Moderated by Monksdream #board-11512
A Garden For The House http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/
Aspiring Homemaker http://tinyurl.com/77kg4bj
Backwoods Home Magazine [Ask Jackie Column] http://tinyurl.com/7sr6367
Chatelaines' Keys [The] - Sharon Astyk http://sharonastyk.com/
Country Living In A Cariboo Valley http://tinyurl.com/87httn3
Cracked Pot Gardener [The] - Cindy Shapton http://tinyurl.com/7rqds78
EARLY WARNING http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/
ECO SHERPA SUSTAINABLE LIVING BLOG http://ecosherpa.com/
Entire-of-Itself Blog - Pat Meadows http://tinyurl.com/6ooz7v6
From the Wilderness - Michael C. Ruppert/Jenna Orkin http://tinyurl.com/6acsfc
Gardening Gone Wild http://gardeninggonewild.com/
Hen & Harvest http://henandharvest.com/
Homegrown Evolution http://homegrownevolution.com/
Homestead Survival Blog http://homesteadsurvival.blogspot.com/
Horticulture - http://www.hortmag.com/
In Lee's Garden Now http://leereich.blogspot.com/
Living The Frugal Life http://livingthefrugallife.blogspot.com/
Old World Garden Farms http://oldworldgardenfarms.com/
OrganicToBe.org http://organictobe.org/
Pat’s Garden Forum http://patwelsh.com/wpmu/
Peak Generation http://peakgeneration.blogspot.com/
Peak Oil Hausfrau - Christine Patton http://tinyurl.com/32qpa22
Powering Down - Aaron Nuline http://poweringdown.blogspot.com/
[re]purposing life http://repurposinglife.blogspot.com/
Sharon Astyk's Ruminations on an Ambiguous Future http://sharonastyk.com/
Sifonian's Square Foot Gardening http://tinyurl.com/83t4qdy
Skippy's Vegetable Garden http://carletongarden.blogspot.com/
Survival Acres http://survivalacres.com/wordpress/?cat=4
SurvivalBlog.com http://survivalblog.com/
SURVIVING PEAK OIL, PREPARATIONS, AND RELOCATION http://tinyurl.com/d6ujt5
The Energy Blog http://tinyurl.com/7kduf5q
The Rural Blog http://irjci.blogspot.com/
VEGGIE GARDENING TIPS http://veggiegardeningtips.com/


WEB SITES

Wessels – Living History Farm http://livinghistoryfarm.org/index.html
Dave’s Garden http://davesgarden.com/
Educational Concerns For Hunger Organization http://echonet.org/
GardenersHub*Com http://www.gardenershub.com/
The Journey to Homesteading http://bb.bbboy.net/thejourneyforum
The Master Gardeners - Adams County, PA and Frederick, MD http://tinyurl.com/7b3j2mk
Let the SUN work.com http://letthesunwork.com/
National Gardening Association http://garden.org/home
National Sustainable Agricultural Information Center http://attra.ncat.org/
Peak Oil: The End of the Oil Age http://oildecline.com/index.htm
Path To Freedom http://urbanhomestead.org/
The Seed Hopper http://tinyurl.com/8uxkyug
The Vegetable Garden http://www.thevegetablegarden.info/
World Changing http://worldchanging.com/about/
National Gardening Association http://garden.org/articles/index.php
BackyardGardener.com http://backyardgardener.com/
Essential Gardening Guide http://essentialgardenguide.com/
Organic Gardening http://organicgardening.com/


SUSTAINABLE LIVING BOOK LIST

"Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods" http://tinyurl.com/79wnwol
"Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide..." http://tinyurl.com/79xgqqw
"Charcoal Remedies" by John Dinsley http://tinyurl.com/7hkhcrg
"Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front" http://tinyurl.com/7uqylxv
"Emergency Preparedness and Survival Guide" by Backwoods Home Magazine http://tinyurl.com/7qwwh6
"Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them" by Rolfe Cobleigh #msg-33468573
"Independence Days: A Guide to Sustainable Food Storage & Preservation" http://tinyurl.com/7h5ea5q
"Peak Oil Survival: Preparation for Life After Gridcrash" http://tinyurl.com/7zsqdow
"The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook: Recipes for Changing Times" by Albert Bates http://tinyurl.com/7l7nohh
"THE RUTH STOUT NO-WORK GARDEN BOOK" http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/ruth-stouts-system.aspx#axzz2ZiGudWY5
"The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardener" Deborah L. Martin http://tinyurl.com/856zhty
"THE SELF-SUFFICIENT SUBURBAN GARDEN" #msg-33656210


HEIRLOOM SEED VENDORS

Monsanto-Free Seed Companies - #msg-83557224
Annie’s Heirloom Seeds http://www.anniesheirloomseeds.com/
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds http://rareseeds.com/
Merchants and Purveyors of Heirloom Seeds http://tinyurl.com/79dlzhv
Reimer Seeds http://reimerseeds.com/
Seed Savers Exchange http://forums.seedsavers.org/
Victory Seeds http://victoryseeds.com/


SOIL, COMPOST, MULCHES

Ruth Stout's System #msg-88323651
Ruth Stout: The No-Dig Duchess - #msg-90455705
Soil Components by eaglesurvivor #msg-42440600
Soil Reclamation Process #msg-46349910
Soil Microbes Help Save… Costs http://vimeo.com/42140886
Mycorrhizae and the Vegetable Garden #msg- 49948595
Welcome To The Holistic Agriculture Library http://tinyurl.com/7rthz8z
How To Improve Clay Soil http://tinyurl.com/7h3aylp
Seaweed to Wood Chips, Mulch Is a Plus #msg-38852648
3 Things Your Garden Needs http://tinyurl.com/6szl335
A Theology of Compost #msg-27189836
Fertile Inquiries: A Very Basic Primer on Creating and Maintaining Soil Fertility #msg-59139024
How To Compost.org http://howtocompost.org/
Compost Guide - Compost Fundamentals http://tinyurl.com/7dx3hby
Compost From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compost
Benefits of Using Compost http://tinyurl.com/75qlqwv
Composting Instructions: How to Compost at Home http://tinyurl.com/6mxabq9
Vermicomposting: Indoor Composting with Earthworms http://tinyurl.com/7d2l9s4
Composting - CLEMSON COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
http://tinyurl.com/7wanh6l
Understanding Compost Tea http://tinyurl.com/6vxfyzd


BEES

Beekeeping Tips for Beginners [credit to Eaglesurvivor]
http://tinyurl.com/7qhzzl9
Beekeeping Naturally - Bush Bees [credit to oo_buck http://bushfarms.com/bees.htm
Top Bar Hive Beekeeping [credit to oo-buck http://www2.gsu.edu/~biojdsx/main.htm
URBAN BEE GARDENS - A Practical Guide To Introducing The World's Most Prolific Pollinators Into Your Garden http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/


WATER - COLLECTING RAIN WATER

Example of Water Collection System - #msg-40720352
Care and Feeding of Rain Tanks - #msg-46001364
A Spouse's Guide to Building the Perfect Rain Barrel System - #msg-54095904
Rainwater Harvesting - #msg-49162319


WATER - FILTRATION SYSTEMS

Berkey™ Water Filtration Systems http://berkeyfilters.com/
BioSand Water Filtration: #msg-42681220
Chapin Living Water http://chapinlivingwaters.org/


WORM COMPOSTING

Composting With Red Wiggler Worms http://tinyurl.com/6lkudec
Worm Farming Effort by bagwa-john #msg-52622945
How to make a CHEAP worm farm #msg- 82880188


PERMACULTURE

Permaculture http://tinyurl.com/6u6va
Permaculture Institute http://tinyurl.com/84dscro
Backyard Permaculture - #msg-83429984
Intro. to Permaculture: Concept and Resources
http://tinyurl.com/87onpl8
Farm For The Future - #msg-49379356


THE FUKUOKA FARMING METHOD

Masanobu Fukuoka http://tinyurl.com/6u64njs
'One Straw Revolution' by Masanobu Fukuoka - #msg-51012627


STRAW BALE GARDENING

GROWING A STRAW BALE GARDEN - #msg-51178308
Straw Bale Gardening By JOEL KARSTEN - #msg-50217046
Straw Bale Gardening Techniques By Jared Lee - #msg-50223601
Straw bale gardening is less work, inexpensive By Gloria Kupferman - #msg-50223678
Straw Bale Gardening: Start to Finish [You Tube] - #msg-50223727


MIXED FARMING

MIXED CROP-LIVESTOCK FARMING
http://tinyurl.com/6oll57x


GARDENING APPROACHES & TECHNIQUES

No Till Gardening http://tinyurl.com/7zzdskc
No Till Organic Gardening Using Natural Waste And Yard Compost #msg-70642611
List of Companion Plants #msg-42754032
Using Beneficial Insects in the Garden http://tinyurl.com/84alctx
Creating Habitat for Backyard Pollinators http://tinyurl.com/75gpyge
Succession Planting Simplified http://tinyurl.com/bhzmqr4
Container Gardening ….. - http://tinyurl.com/7ov5u89
Best Vegetables to Grow in the Shade - http://tinyurl.com/4tynlk2


BEGINNING SEEDS & SAVING SEEDS

When to Start Seeds Indoors #msg-71711693
Top 10 Tips for Saving Seeds - http://tinyurl.com/aqqwohc
Seed Saving - Quick Tips for Saving Your Garden Favorites - http://tinyurl.com/cobyq34


GROWING GUIDES

A Crop-by-Crop Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables and Fruits:
Our Complete ‘Crop at a Glance’ Collection #msg- 83308637

How to Grow an Herb Garden - http://tinyurl.com/axu34qa
How to Grow Herbs - http://tinyurl.com/b6wrk5e
Tips for Growing Medicinal Herbs - http://tinyurl.com/cl4eyzd

Starting a Vegetable Garden - http://tinyurl.com/dxqttms

Starting an Orchard: Apples, Cherries, Peaches, Plums and Pears - http://tinyurl.com/avy2vv9

Growing Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Currants and Other Berries That Thrive Where You Live - http://www.motherearthnews.com/Growing-Berries.aspx
Enjoy Fresh Blackberries - http://tinyurl.com/b9ucyz2
Blackberry Summary - #msg- 81513519


HINTS ON GROWING & COMPANION PLANTING

All About Growing Potatoes - #msg-35679287
Build-As-You-Grow Potato Bins - #msg-36973368
Companion Planting Charts http://tinyurl.com/7smkwkj
Companion Planting http://ghorganics.com/page2.html
List of companion plants http://tinyurl.com/8229mnz
Lasagna Garden #msg-45919210
4 Simple Steps to Grow a Hundred Pounds of Potatoes in a Barrel - http://tinyurl.com/cmtlllq


RAISING CHICKENS

BackyardChickens.com http://tinyurl.com/36b784
'Chicken coop for a small flock" by Gene Logsdon, Published Oct 14 2008 by OrganicToGo.org http://tinyurl.com/6sed8ye
CHICKEN FEED:The World of Chickens http://tinyurl.com/7mjokbd
The ICYouSee Handy-Dandy Chicken Chart http://tinyurl.com/829zve2
U.S. City Dwellers Flock to Raising Chickens,"La cage de poulet"http://tinyurl.com/78bmpdu


URBAN GARDENING

The Manic Gardener http://themanicgardener.com/
Urban Gardening Help http://urbangardeninghelp.com/


FORAGING

Modern Day Food foraging http://tinyurl.com/bzbw47x
ForagingPictures.com http://foragingpictures.com/
Foraging.com http://foraging.com/
Foraging, Growing and Using the Versatile Elderberry http://tinyurl.com/7usd8ez
Mushrooms/Wild and Cultivated - http://tinyurl.com/be8bbtv
Wild Edible Plants Of The U. S. http://tinyurl.com/ac3c2ln


PRESERVING GARDEN PRODUCE

Canning Sauerkraut http://tinyurl.com/7jxrtbn
Homestead Harvest http://homesteadharvest.com/
How to Blanch and Freeze Garden Vegetables http://tinyurl.com/6m9owym
How to Make Rhubarb Wine http://tinyurl.com/7wopdfw
National Center for Home Food Preservation http://uga.edu/nchfp/
PreserveFood.com http://preservefood.com/


STORING/SAVING GARDEN PRODUCE

Foot Cellars Thrive as Food Prices Rise - #msg-33611777
Root Cellars in the 21st Century - #msg-74984787
Saving Seeds - #msg-64330650
STORING FOOD IN BUCKETS - #msg-29877262


HOMES OF THE FUTURE

Building a simple solar cabin - #msg-70620506
THE LITTLE HOUSE SOCIETY http://tinyurl.com/85xbeqk
TinyHouses.net http://tinyhouses.net/
TUMBLEWEED TINY HOUSE COMPANY http://tinyurl.com/6ubc94c


WEBSTORES

CROSS COUNTRY NURSERIES http://www.chileplants.com/
DiMeo Fruit Farms http://www.dimeofarms.com/
Dixondale Farms http://www.dixondalefarms.com/
Gardens Alive http://GardensAlive.com
GREENHOUSE MEGASTORE - http://tinyurl.com/axy57yr
Green Naturals - http://www.greenfieldnaturals.com/
Homestead Harvest http://homesteadharvest.com/index.html
Honeyville Food Products http://tinyurl.com/75v2r57
Lamson & Goodnow http://lamsonsharp.com/lamson.html
LANCASTER COUNTY BARNES http://tinyurl.com/7djj3ad
Lehman's - Products for Simple, Self-sufficient Living http://lehmans.com/
Mountain House http://mountainhouse.com/index.cfm
One Green World http://onegreenworld.com/
Organic Consumers Association http://tinyurl.com/79jzbh3
Solutions For Sustainable Living http://tinyurl.com/7vuj8ot
TeraGanix http://www.teraganix.com/
The Big Tomato - Hydroponic & Organic Center http://tinyurl.com/59kc4q
Victory Seed Company http://tinyurl.com/7t93err
Wood Prairie Farm - Certified Organic Food & Seeds
http://woodprairie.com/


SURVIVAL FOOD VENDORS

BUY EMERGENCY FOOD - http://www.buyemergencyfoods.com/
Efoods DIRECT - http://www.efoodsdirect.com/
EXTREME FOOD STORAGE - http://www.extremefoodstorage.com/


HOME ENERGY ALTERNATIVES

Helix Wind Turbine http://tinyurl.com/7zqxxkd
Heatilators http://tinyurl.com/83k6qba
Mini Wind Turbines by Catapult Design http://tinyurl.com/7qmnxmg
Chambers Stoves http://www.chamberstoves.net/


SKILLS, SURVIVAL SKILLS & MEDICAL

25 Skills Every Man Should Know:... http://tinyurl.com/72kmova
13 Pioneer Skills You May Need #msg-92255762
M40's Wilderness Survival Skills http://tinyurl.com/79m8hd8
"Personal Survival Skills: Life At The Twilight Of Empire" http://tinyurl.com/7gbldmq
How To Remove A Stubborn Splinter With No Pain Or Needles #msg-92483359

REFERENCES

INSECT IDENTIFICATION - http://www.insectidentification.org/


PEAK OIL/DEPRESSION COOKING & RECIPES

Blackberry Cobbler Recipe #msg-81513541
Cooking for Engineers http://tinyurl.com/7lxujcr
Culinary Herb Guide #msg-74985201
Depression Era Recipes http://tinyurl.com/azhd2vz
FRS Cookbook http://tinyurl.com/6tkbhna
Hot sauce recipe; credit to janice shell #msg-27465913
Making simple cheese #msg-39425305
Pasta With Cherry Tomatoes and Arugula; credit to BullNBear52 #msg-30994681
Roasted root vegetables [by mbc] #msg-33649031
Root Recipes #msg-33639086
Salsa Recipe [by **D*A**] #msg-52939817
Tabouli Salad #msg-31184339
The True Food Shopping Guide http://tinyurl.com/7k737x8


SUSTAINABLE LIVING HINTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS

Cooking Collards by Monica - #msg-39724961
Choosing Tomatoes and What to do with them by Annie - #msg-39701343
Drying and Storing Herbs by Annie - #msg-39263311
Rooting blueberry cuttings by 4Kismet - #msg-49614226
Simple Cheese Making by Monica - #msg-39425305


MEMBER PICTURES

GARDEN UPDATE 09 01 12 - http://tinyurl.com/a4apvr8
Some pictures of the garden and the peppers [by mbc] #msg-38702613


VICTORY GARDENS

VICTORY GARDENS http://tinyurl.com/cqm36
FENWAY VICTORY GARDEN http://tinyurl.com/7etojda

PEAK OIL #board-6609
PEAK NATURAL RESOURCES #board-12910
PEAK WATER #board-12656
SUSTAINABLE LIVING FOR CHALLENGING TIMES #board-9881