Eliot Coleman and the Four-Season Farming Revolution
What if you could grow fresh vegetables year-round without heaters or grow lights? What if your rainbow of crops included everything from kale to …
LuminAID Solar-Powered Inflatable Light Review
The LuminAID is a solar-powered, inflatable light that you can charge on the go and inflate to create a lightweight, waterproof light. Pretty neat, …
A vertical garden in your apartment built through distributed DIY
Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in …
Extending the Season for Summer Crops
Continuing our series on extending the harvests in your garden, this week’s post will be about extending the growing seasons for summer and fall …
K-TOR Power Box Pedal-Powered Generator Review
The Power Box by K-TOR is a human powered 120 Volt 20 Watt generator or, to make it simple, it’s like a stationary bicycle …
Miracle-Gro AeroGarden 6 Indoor Growing System Review
The AeroGarden 6 is an advanced NASA-tested hydroponic indoor growing system designed to make it possible to grow your own herbs, vegetables and flowers …
AeroFlo2 Model 60 Aeroponics System Review
The AeroFlo2 Model 60 by General Hydroponics is an aeroponics system where you grow plants in a mist environment without the use of soil. …
How To Build a Thoreau Cabin For Under $1,000
Over the course of two years, two months, and two days Henry David Thoreau carried out his famous experiment in simple living in a …
How To Preserve Your Food Through Drying
In August alone, the FDA issued six recalls on commercially-produced food due to the possibility of contamination. These included chicken, beef, and even salad …
With These Fully Transparent Solar Panels Your Windows Could Harvest Energy
It is called a transparent luminescent solar concentrator, and researchers from Michigan State University report that they can be used on buildings, cell phones …