Living Sustainably

The taste of Spring and the promise of Summer! Come garden with me...

Visit the first ever Natural Living Show at the Altamont Fairground and learn! 100+ Exhibitors.

April is the month of optimism.  So many happy beginnings in the garden in the spring.

Want organic produce in the winter and early spring?

A very different winter and now summer days before spring

"Leave No Trace" is a Cub Scout slogan, or as Paul suggests, maybe some wildflowers...

Winter in the northeast is long.
Evenings are dark and cold.
It’s a good time for a story -- a story with a good plot.

Most know us from the Solar Tour and  NOFA NY, as the off-grid, straw-bale, timber-frame house by Gloversville.

Margaret and I went on a short odyssey, back in time, in search of the perfect scythe. Knowledge was part of the package.

GTTY – a new series for the New Year

Living sustainably means living within our resources. Preparing for more expensive energy is a prudent component of a sustainability plan.

There are easily 10,001 things you can do to save energy. Thinking outside the box, Liz Pohlmann takes a look at what can be the last one.

We are not food critiques, but "Two Thumbs Up" for this restaurateur and her restaurant. Read and see why!

The answers to these two questions may help you get started on your plan to energy independence. If you have another question, please ask!

One of the best places to start your energy reduction project is to figure out how much you are using in the first place. Start Here!

Leaves are a real treasure for the garden.  

Don't let them go to waste

Homesteading can be done most anywhere. We have been working at it here in Clifton Park for 28 years.

Not only can Rye be grown locally, it can be harvested by hand. Read, look and watch

We shift our focus to building a straw-bale, timberframe house, from scratch! Getting this building permit took some time and patience.

Firewood, in all it species, from woodlot management is the most sustainable. How to manage creosote.

Working with nature causes one to reflect: Musings on our short existance relative to Earth and Time.

A good old fashioned timberframe barn raisin' by a bunch of newbies goes off like clockwork.

They built houses and barns the way the did back in the day for some very good reasons - conventional vs. timber frame.

Final stages of barn design include finalizing foundation and getting building permit.

Not all plans are cast in stone; nor should they be. Here is how we planned and then replanned.

Jim and Laurie delve into the past in search of ideas for the future on their homestead in Meco, NY.

We finally found the land that would one day be our Homestead. It was a big decison back then, but the right one for so many reasons.