Learn how to ply yarn using a lazy kate or drop spindle and Andean bracelet.
Fiber artist Dianne MacDonald walks you through the basics of yarn plying.
A reader recently responded to a blog entry from this past July that talked about buying tools locally where you could get service. Brent pointed out that tool-buying decisions should include buying the best-quality tools you can afford. He also mentioned the importance of guarantees and availability of lifetime replacement.
Photo by Audrey Pavia My friend Moira Harris Reeve on my mare, Rosie—they’re both in a better place today. As I sit down today to write my weekly City Stock entry, I am having a very hard time concentrating on chickens and bunnies and my mud-covered horses. (It’s been raining for nearly a week here.) […]
Photo by Lisa Munniksma The Community Learning Project for Food Justice will pair urban-farming organizations to share skills and knowledge with each other. In cities across America, tomatoes are growing in patio pots, beans are creeping up garden trellises and chickens are clucking in backyard coops. The success of the urban-farming movement can be attributed […]
My wife and I went out for lunch the other day to a restaurant that serves local Ligurian specialties. The key dish was farinata.
Courtesy The Economics of Happiness The Economics of Happiness documentary explores local efforts taking place worldwide. In an appropriate follow-up to the cheer of the holiday season, the creators of The Economics of Happiness, a one-hour documentary about the worldwide movement for economic localization, will launch its first screenings in North America. The newest production from […]
Last week, I got one of the best Christmas presents I could have asked for. I had lunch with three of my longest-running gardening friends. We spent three hours playing catch-up with one another, laughing hysterically and probably driving the waiter nuts with our complete lack of focus.
I’ve nearly finished the National Geographic book Edible: An Illustrated Guide to the World’s Food Plants (2008), and so thought I’d regale you with a few more interesting facts from the last section I read. Serendipitously (don’t you just love that word?), the category of plant foods covered in this section included some delicious and healthy edibles bound to put on a short-lived appearance at many Christmas parties and feasts this week.
With Christmas only a few days away, it's not too late to "tool up!" No, I don't mean buying yourself and your loved ones a lot of tools. Hopefully, you've already taken care of that task.
Courtesy iStockphoto/Thinkstock Reheat food in the microwave to save energy and time during holiday meal preparation. With the frenetic pace of the winter holidays, urban farmers looking for ways to save time in their preparations may also have an opportunity to save energy when reheating frozen, made-ahead holiday meals. The Electric Power Research Institute recommends […]
